---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001025378-25-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WPC"
cik: "0001025378"
company_name: "W. P. Carey Inc."
filed_at: "2025-02-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T23:12:44.742984+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# W. P. Carey Q4 net income $47M (-67% YoY); AFFO $1.21/sh (+1.7%); 2025 guide $4.82-$4.92

## Summary
- Q4 net income $47.0M, down 67.4% YoY; diluted EPS $0.21.
- Q4 AFFO $267.6M, $1.21 per share, up 1.7% YoY.
- Full year 2024 AFFO $4.70 per share, down 9.3% from $5.18.
- Record Q4 investment volume $841.3M; total 2024 investments $1.6B.
- Quarterly dividend raised to $0.880/share ($3.52 annualized), paid Jan 15.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001025378-25-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WPC
- cik: 0001025378
- company_name: W. P. Carey Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-02-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025378/000102537825000022/0001025378-25-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025378/000102537825000022/wpc-20250211.htm

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