CTO Realty Growth

CTO

Market cap $631M

CTO Realty Growth, Inc. (CTO) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

CTO Realty (CTO) came out with quarterly funds from operations (FFO) of $0.51 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.5 per share. This compares to FFO of $0.49 per share a year ago.

–  Closed $165.9 million of investments at a weighted average initial cash yield of 9.0% in 2025 – – Signed comparable retail leases for a record 24% increase in cash base rent in 2025 – – Current signed-not-open pipeline of $6.1 million and record high leased occupancy of 95.9% – – Provides 2026 Outlook –

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WINTER PARK, Fla., Jan. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CTO Realty Growth (NYSE: CTO) (the “Company”) announced today that it will report its financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2025 after the market closes on Thursday, February 19, 2026. A conference call to discuss its financial and operating results is scheduled for Friday, February 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM ET.

According to Moody's methodology, CTO Realty is positioned around Ba3, which places it in the lower investment-grade/high speculative range. The preferred stock, CTO.PR.A, rated B2, offers a current yield of ~7.4%, which does not adequately compensate for the risk taken compared to available alternatives. CTO has ~97% unencumbered assets and asset coverage above 200%, which supports capital stability. However, high leverage and cyclical exposure increase credit risk.

CTO Realty Growth trades at a depressed P/FFO multiple, offering an 8.3% yield and attractive relative valuation. CTO benefits from contractual rent bumps, high-yield loan investments, and upcoming lease rollovers with embedded rent growth. Dividend appears safe on AFFO metrics, but is underfunded on a cash basis due to excluded CapEx, resulting in a true payout ratio above 100%.

U.S. equity markets climbed to fresh record highs in the Christmas-shortened trading week, buoyed by surprisingly solid GDP data, positive holiday spending trends, and a pullback in global interest rates. The delayed GDP report released this week showed a modest reacceleration in U.S. economic growth in the third-quarter to the strongest pace in two years alongside a cooler-than-expected inflation reading. Precious metals stole the show. Gold, silver, and platinum extended a historic rally fueled by a combination of easing rates, central-bank buying, end-market demand, and investor appetite for hard assets.

WINTER PARK, Fla., Dec. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CTO Realty Growth, Inc. (NYSE: CTO) (the “Company” or “CTO”), an owner and operator of high-quality open-air retail centers located predominately in high-growth markets across the Southeast and Southwest, today announced that the Company has signed an anchor lease with an investment-grade national retailer at Marketplace at Seminole Towne Center (the “Center”), located in Orlando, Florida.

U.S. equity markets posted mixed performance as surprisingly cool inflation data and soft employment data were tempered by a hawkish pushback from Fed officials and skeptics clinging to inflation fears. The critical CPI report showed inflation easing to four-year lows, a heavily criticized report that may, ironically, be the most accurate inflation reading in several years due to collection limitations. The report "zeroed out" shelter inflation due to incomplete collection, combined with an antiquated and lagged sampling methodology, effectively "correcting" its data by removing the most persistent source of distortion.