How do you interpret reportable legal entities — payments to acquire real estate?

Increased spending indicates aggressive growth and property portfolio expansion, whereas a decrease may signal a focus on portfolio optimization or capital preservation.

How does reportable legal entities — payments to acquire real estate compare across companies?

A core metric for all REITs; comparable to 'property acquisitions' or 'investment in real estate assets' at peer firms.

Regency Centers REG Reportable Legal Entities — Payments To Acquire Real Estate

Discontinued — last reported Q1 '17

Similar metrics at other companies

CTREReportable Legal Entities — Payments To Acquire Real Estate

$207K-99.5%

AMHReportable Legal Entities — Payments To Acquire Residential Real Estate

$149.67M+103%

CTREReportable Legal Entities — Payments To Develop Real Estate Assets

$484K-1.6%

CTREReportable Legal Entities — Payments For Deposits On Real Estate Acquisitions

$1.25M-65.6%

AMHReportable Legal Entities — Payments To Acquire Buildings

$5.01M—

CTREReportable Legal Entities — CapEx

$622K+718%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$412.5M+8.3%

Net income$128.5M+17.3%

EPS (diluted)$0.68+17.2%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$145.6M+85.3%

Total debt$241.0M-1.2%

Total equity$6.9B+2.9%

Total assets$13.0B+3.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$152.7M-5.2%

CapEx$7.8M-40.5%

Free cash flow$144.9M-2.0%

Valuation

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Market cap$14.08B+3.5%

Enterprise value$14.17B+2.9%

P/E25.8×-8.2×

P/S8.9×-0.4×

Profitability

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Net margin34.5%+7.3pp

FCF margin51.5%0.0pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity8%+2.2pp

Debt / equity0×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Regency Centers in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireRealEstate.

The official record: Regency Centers’s 10-Q, filed May 10, 2017, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does reportable legal entities — payments to acquire real estate mean?: Cash spent on acquiring new real estate properties.
How do you interpret reportable legal entities — payments to acquire real estate?: Increased spending indicates aggressive growth and property portfolio expansion, whereas a decrease may signal a focus on portfolio optimization or capital preservation.
How does reportable legal entities — payments to acquire real estate compare across companies?: A core metric for all REITs; comparable to 'property acquisitions' or 'investment in real estate assets' at peer firms.