secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     W. P. Carey Inc. (WPC)
CIK:        0001025378
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001025378-26-000074
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

W. P. Carey Q1 AFFO $1.30 vs $1.17; raises 2026 AFFO guidance to $5.16-$5.26
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- Net income $176.3M ($0.80 EPS) up 40.1% YoY; AFFO $288.7M ($1.30/share) up 11.1% YoY.
- Raises 2026 AFFO guidance to $5.16-$5.26/sh; projects investment volume $1.5B-$2.0B.
- Q1 gross dispositions $162.6M incl. $75.2M from 11 self-storage properties; same-store rent growth 2.4%.
- Quarterly dividend increased 4.5% to $0.93/share ($3.72 annualized). Raised €1B in notes at 3.25%-3.75%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025378/000102537826000074/0001025378-26-000074-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025378/000102537826000074/wpc-20260428.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001025378-26-000074

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