FRP Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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November 6, 2024

There are 4 speakers on the call.

Operator

Please note this call is being recorded.

Operator

And I will be standing by if you should need any assistance. It is now my pleasure to turn the conference over to Matt McNulty, CFO of FRP.

Speaker 1

Thank you. Good afternoon. I am Matt McNulty, CFO of FRP Holdings Inc. With me today are John Baker III, our CEO David de Villiers III, our COO David de Villiers Jr, our President John Baker II, our Chairman John Milton, our Executive Vice President and General Counsel and John Klopfenstein, our Chief Accounting Officer. First, a disclosure regarding forward looking statements and non GAAP measures used by the company.

Speaker 1

As a reminder, any statements on this call, which relate to the future are, by their nature, subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those indicated in such forward looking statements. We have no obligation to revise or update any forward looking statements, except as imposed by law, as a result of future events or new information. To supplement the presentation of our GAAP financial results, FRP presents certain non GAAP financial measures within the meaning of the SEC's Regulation G. The non GAAP financial measures referenced in this call are net operating income or NOI and pro rata NOI. FRP uses these non GAAP financial measures to analyze its operations and to monitor, assess and identify meaningful trends in its operating and financial performance.

Speaker 1

This measure is not and should not be viewed as a substitute for GAAP financial measures. To reconcile NOI to GAAP net income, please refer to the segment titled non GAAP Financial Measures on Pages 1415 of our most recent earnings press release. Now for certain financial highlights following our Q3. Net income for the Q3 increased 8 percent to $1,400,000 or $0.07 per share versus $1,300,000 or $0.07 per share in the same period last year. For the 1st 9 months, net income saw a 94% increase to $4,700,000 or $0.25 per share versus $2,400,000 or $0.13 per share for the 1st 9 months of last year.

Speaker 1

The company's pro rata share of NOI in the Q3 was up 39 percent to $11,300,000 and year to date was up 28% to $29,000,000 The year to date increase in NOI was mostly driven by the performance of our multifamily segment due to improved results at all 6 of our stabilized multifamily projects versus the same period last year. Year to date, these 6 multifamily projects contributed an additional $3,700,000 of pro rata NOI, while the Mining segment contributed an additional $1,800,000 of NOI and the Industrial and Commercial segment an additional $829,000 versus the 1st 9 months of last year. Over the last 3 years, we have grown pro rata NOI at a compound annual growth rate of 26.4% on a trailing 12 month basis. In the Q3, we exceeded that pace due mainly to a one time $1,900,000 minimum royalty payment received during the quarter. This payment was a back payment for 24 months of additional minimums owed to us by the mining tenant after failing to meet a minimum production requirement in the lease.

Speaker 1

Earlier today, we posted to our website an updated presentation of financial highlights for the Q3 and year to date results, which includes an estimated value of our real estate assets net of debt and liabilities. Our analysis yielded a per share value in the range of $34.54 to $39.15 In this most recent release, we changed the way we value the mining royalty asset stream from an EBITDA multiple to a cap rate valuation as management believes this methodology more appropriately reflects how these assets should be valued. Any reference to cap rates, asset values, per share values or the estimated value of our assets, net of debt and liabilities, are for illustrative purposes only as a reflection of how management uses various assets for purposes of informing management decisions and do not necessarily reflect the price that would be obtained upon a sale of the asset or the associated costs or tax liability. I will now turn the call over to our COO, David de Villiers III, for his report on operations. David?

Speaker 2

Thank you, Matt, and good day to those on the call. Allow me to provide an operational perspective on the Q3 results of the company. Starting with our Commercial and Industrial segment, this segment consists of 9 buildings totaling nearly 550,000 square feet, which are mainly warehouses in the State of Maryland. At quarter end, 95.6% of the buildings were occupied. Total revenues and NOI for the quarter totaled 1,500,000 dollars and $1,200,000 respectively, an increase of 0.9% and 10.3% over the same period last year.

Speaker 2

Moving on to the results of our Mining and Royalty Business segment. This division consists of 16 minuteing locations predominantly located in Florida and Georgia with 1 minuteing in Virginia. Total revenues and NOI for the quarter totaled $3,200,000 $5,100,000 respectively, an increase of 3.8% and 79.9% over the same period last year. NOI for this quarter included a $1,900,000 one time cash royalty received during the quarter that is straight lined over the life of the agreement. As for our multifamily segment, this business segment consists of 1827 apartments and over 125,000 Square Feet of Retail Located in Washington DC and South Carolina.

Speaker 2

At quarter end, the apartments were 91.9% occupied and the retail space was 79.4% occupied. Total revenues and NOI for the quarter were $14,200,000 $8,200,000 respectively. FRP's share of revenues and NOI for this quarter totaled $8,200,000 $4,700,000 respectively. This is a significant increase over prior quarters due to our Bryant Street and 408 Jackson joint ventures being included in this segment as of January 1, 2024 and The Verge being included in this segment as of July 1, 2024. These three projects contributed $4,700,000 $2,500,000 in revenue and NOI this quarter versus $3,600,000 $1,800,000 in last year's 3rd quarter.

Speaker 2

As a same store comparison, which only includes DOC, Marin and Riverside, FRP's share of revenues and NOI for the quarter totaled $3,500,000 dollars 2,200,000 respectively, an increase of 2.2% and 6.5% over the same period last year. New deliveries and existing supply in the DC market will continue to put pressure on vacancies and revenue growth for these DC assets in the foreseeable future. Management continues to be diligent in tenant retention and related rental rates in the market. As a result, we are pleased to have renewal success rates over 50% with all renewal rental rates showing positive growth and a majority of our trade out rental rates being positive as well. Now on to the Development segment.

Speaker 2

In terms of our commercial industrial development pipeline, our 258,000 square feet state of the art Class A warehouse building in the Pearman Industrial Sector, Harford County, Maryland is nearing completion and is expected to be delivered before year end. Upon shell completion, this asset will be moved to the Industrial Commercial segment and will impact NOI negatively until it is occupied and stabilized. Thereafter, the operating expenses can be passed through to the tenants. The project is estimated to cost $116 per square foot, exclusive of contingencies. Our 200,000 square foot Class 8 warehouse building in Lakeland, Florida located along the I-four corridor between Tampa and Orlando where FRP intends to be a 90% partner with BBX Logistics, is well into the entitlement stage.

Speaker 2

Permits for development should be in hand on or before Q1 2025. The project is estimated to cost them $141 per square foot with contingencies. FRP and BBX also closed on land that will support 2 Class A warehouse buildings in Broward County, Florida, totaling over 182,000 square feet. The site is minutes from Port Everglades and the Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport with frontage on I-five ninety five accessing the Florida Turnpike and I-ninety five. The entitlement process is well underway and permits may be in hand by Q1 2025.

Speaker 2

The project is estimated to cost some $3.18 per square foot with contingencies. In Cecil County, Maryland, along the I-ninety five corridor, we are in the middle of permitting activities on 170 acres of industrial land that will support a 900,000 square foot distribution center. We look to secure permits in Q3 of 2025. Finally, we are in the initial permitting stage for our 55 acre tract in Harford County, Maryland. The intent is to attain permits for 4 buildings totaling some 635,000 square feet of industrial product with construction of our first building in the park slated for 2026 pending favorable market conditions.

Speaker 2

The building totaling 212,000 square feet with an estimated cost of some $133 per square foot. Existing land leases for the storage of trailers on-site help to offset our carrying and entitlement costs until we are ready to build. Over the next 3 to 5 years, we will focus on the permitting, construction and lease up of the Pearman, Lakeland, Fort Lauderdale and the 212,000 square foot building on our Hartford County property. These four buildings represent over 850,000 square feet of new industrial commercial product with an estimated total project cost of $145,000,000 of which FRP share is $130,000,000 With 6% to 7% return on cost expectations upon stabilization, these projects represent some $7,800,000 to $9,100,000 in potential pro rata NOI. In closing, we are excited to bring online our 258,000 Square Foot Perryman Industrial Building by year end.

Speaker 2

This is our 1st industrial delivery since Q1 2023. Building permits for our Lakeland joint venture project should be in hand by year end with building permits for our Fort Lauderdale JV project coming in Q1 2025, followed by our 212,000 square foot building in 2026. With the Federal Reserve lowering interest rates for the first time since 2020 and construction costs appearing to stabilize, there are some positive signals for developing our industrial and residential assets. However, industrial and multifamily vacancy rates are slightly up across all markets as a result of new deliveries that took place over the last 2 years, especially in the DC Waterfront submarket. Rental rate increases have decelerated and appear to be coming back to historical annual 3% to 4% norms.

Speaker 2

It is our plan to continue to monitor these data points and see where we are in 2025. Thank you. And I'll turn the call over to John Baker III, our CEO.

Speaker 3

Thank you, David, and good afternoon to all those on the call. The 26.4% NOI compound annual growth rate that Matt referenced that we've achieved over the last 3 years is remarkable. It's also unsustainable. Our ratio of stabilized assets to projects under development is beginning to shift. So while we expect to continue to grow NOI both organically on a same store level and incrementally through future development, the rate at which we will grow NOI should moderate as earnings and cash flow growth increase with more stabilized projects.

Speaker 3

Though our NOI growth rate might taper on a percentage basis, we are by no means slowing down. As David spoke to, we have a healthy industrial development pipeline of joint ventures and 100 percent in house projects, which in the immediate future will deliver 3 projects totaling 649,000 square feet of new Class A industrial space and an estimated costing an estimated $118,000,000 in total CapEx. Further interest rate cuts and stable construction costs make the prospect of multifamily development more palatable than it has been in some time. We will continue to monitor the fundamentals of that asset class, but at least for now, the lion's share of our development strategy remains focused on industrial. I will now open the call up for any questions you might have.

Operator

And I'm showing we have no questions in the queue at this time.

Speaker 3

Thank you all and we appreciate your continued investment and interest

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