---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001025378-26-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WPC"
cik: "0001025378"
company_name: "W. P. Carey Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T03:30:06.329228+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# W. P. Carey Q4 AFFO $1.27 (+5% YoY); 2026 guidance $5.13-$5.23; dividend raised 4.5%

## Summary
- Net income $148.3M in Q4, up 215.5% YoY; full year $466.4M, up 1.2%.
- AFFO per diluted share $1.27 in Q4 (+5% YoY); full year $4.97 (+5.7% YoY).
- Revenue $444.5M in Q4 (+9.4% YoY); full year $1.72B (+8.9% YoY).
- Record annual investment volume $2.1B in 2025; 2026 AFFO guidance midpoint $5.18 implies ~4% growth.
- Quarterly dividend raised to $0.920/share ($3.68 annualized), up 4.5% YoY.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001025378-26-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WPC
- cik: 0001025378
- company_name: W. P. Carey Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025378/000102537826000026/0001025378-26-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025378/000102537826000026/wpc-20260210.htm

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