CTO Realty Growth

CTO

Market cap $586M

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.

WINTER PARK, Fla., Dec. 19, 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, announced today the sale of the Shops at Legacy North, a 243,000-square-foot mixed-use lifestyle center in Dallas, Texas (the “Property”). The Property was sold for $78.0 million, equating to $321 per square foot.

WINTER PARK, Fla., Dec. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CTO Realty Growth, Inc. (NYSE: CTO) (the “Company” or “CTO”), a leading owner and operator of high-quality, open-air shopping centers located in the higher growth Southeast and Southwest markets of the United States, today announced the acquisition of Pompano Citi Centre (the “Property”), an open-air retail center located on 35 acres in the Pompano Beach submarket of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for a purchase price of $65.2 million.

WINTER PARK, Fla., Dec. 17, 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, is pleased to announce the grand opening of Boot Barn at Marketplace at Seminole Towne Center (the “Center”), a retail power center in Orlando, Florida.

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U.S. equity markets posted mixed performance after an unusually divided Federal Reserve delivered a third-straight rate cut, but signaled a likely "pause" in the easing cycle. Perhaps the last rate cut under the "Powell Fed," the FOMC voted 9-3 to lower the federal funds rate to 3.75%, with two votes to keep rates unchanged. Markets saw hawkish undertones in the updated Economic Projections and commentary from Chair Powell, which emphasized lingering uncertainty around the inflation outlook and lack of conviction in softening labor markets.

WINTER PARK, Fla., Dec. 09, 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 primarily in higher-growth markets in the Southeast and Southwest regions, announced the grand openings of two new tenants at Beaver Creek Crossings in the Raleigh-Durham metro area: One Life Fitness (45,000 square feet) and Lime & Lemon Indian Grill & Bar (6,600 square feet).