Agree Realty

ADC

Market cap $8.65B

U.S. equity markets dipped in a volatile week, while benchmark interest rates pulled back from one-month highs, as renewed anxiety over stretched AI-driven valuations collided with mounting monetary policy uncertainty. Public commentary from Fed officials revealed an unusually fractured committee, with a divide that was deepened further by a mixed slate of employment data via the long-delayed September payrolls report. Payrolls data showed that the U.S. economy added 119k jobs in September- better than estimates- but prior months were revised lower and the unemployment rate rose to four-year highs.

Agree Realty Corporation is a financially robust REIT with a $9.08B asset base, investment-grade ratings, and a 30-year dividend history. ADC.PR.A preferred stock offers a 5.88% yield, outperforming ADC's unsecured bonds, and features cumulative dividends and a short duration to call in 2026. ADC.PR.A's BBB-/BBB/Baa2 ratings and strong financial metrics make it an appealing choice for conservative, risk-averse investors seeking stable income.

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Agree Realty delivered another strong, consistent quarter, with results slightly exceeding expectations and full-year AFFO guidance raised again. ADC's disciplined approach, high-quality tenants, and strategic acquisitions underpin its reliable performance, highlighted by $451 million invested in Q3 2025. The company remains selective with equity issuance, aligning funding with acquisitions and maintaining a robust pipeline of unsettled forward shares for future growth.

ROYAL OAK, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Agree Realty Corporation (NYSE: ADC) (the “Company”) today announced the closing of an unsecured $350 million 5.5-year term loan (the “Term Loan”). The Term Loan includes an accordion option that allows the Company to request additional lender commitments up to a total of $500 million. To date, no amounts have been drawn under the Term Loan, which has a 12-month delayed draw feature and matures in May 2031. In anticipation of the new Term Loan, the Company ent.

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ROYAL OAK, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Agree Realty Corporation (NYSE: ADC) (the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized, and the Company has declared, a monthly cash dividend of $0.262 per common share. The monthly dividend reflects an annualized dividend amount of $3.144 per common share, representing a 3.6% increase over the annualized dividend amount of $3.036 per common share from the fourth quarter of 2024. The dividend is payable December 12, 2025 to stockholder.

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