Net operating income, net operating income (cash basis), and operating margin (continued)
Net operating income is a non-GAAP financial measure calculated as net income (loss), the
most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP,
excluding equity in the earnings of our unconsolidated real estate joint ventures, general and
administrative expenses, interest expense, depreciation and amortization, impairments of real estate,
gains or losses on early extinguishment of debt, gains or losses on sales of real estate, and investment
income or loss. We believe net operating income provides useful information to investors regarding our
financial condition and results of operations because it primarily reflects those income and expense
items that are incurred at the property level. Therefore, we believe net operating income is a useful
measure for investors to evaluate the operating performance of our consolidated real estate assets. Net
operating income on a cash basis is net operating income adjusted to exclude the effect of straight-line
rent, amortization of acquired above- and below-market lease revenue, amortization of deferred revenue
related to tenant-funded and tenant-built landlord improvements, and provision for expected credit
losses on financial instruments adjustments required by GAAP. We believe that net operating income on
a cash basis is helpful to investors as an additional measure of operating performance because it
eliminates straight-line rent revenue and the amortization of acquired above- and below-market leases
and tenant-funded and tenant-built landlord improvements.
Furthermore, we believe net operating income is useful to investors as a performance
measure of our consolidated properties because, when compared across periods, net operating income
reflects trends in occupancy rates, rental rates, and operating costs, which provide a perspective not
immediately apparent from net income or loss. Net operating income can be used to measure the initial
stabilized yields of our properties by calculating net operating income generated by a property divided by
our investment in the property. Net operating income excludes certain components from net income in
order to provide results that are more closely related to the results of operations of our properties. For
example, interest expense is not necessarily linked to the operating performance of a real estate asset
and is often incurred at the corporate level rather than at the property level. In addition, depreciation and
amortization, because of historical cost accounting and useful life estimates, may distort comparability of
operating performance at the property level. Impairments of real estate have been excluded in deriving
net operating income because we do not consider impairments of real estate to be property-level
operating expenses. Impairments of real estate relate to changes in the values of our assets and do not
reflect the current operating performance with respect to related revenues or expenses. Our
impairments of real estate represent the write-down in the value of the assets to the estimated fair value
less cost to sell. These impairments result from investing decisions or a deterioration in market
conditions. We also exclude realized and unrealized investment gain or loss, which results from
investment decisions that occur at the corporate level related to non-real estate investments in publicly
traded companies and certain privately held entities. Therefore, we do not consider these activities to be
an indication of operating performance of our real estate assets at the property level. Our calculation of
net operating income also excludes charges incurred from changes in certain financing decisions, such
as losses on early extinguishment of debt and provision for expected credit losses on financial
instruments, as these charges often relate to corporate strategy. Property operating expenses included
in determining net operating income primarily consist of costs that are related to our operating
properties, such as utilities, repairs, and maintenance; rental expense related to ground leases;
contracted services, such as janitorial, engineering, and landscaping; property taxes and insurance; and
property-level salaries. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of accounting and
corporate compensation, corporate insurance, professional fees, rent, and supplies that are incurred as
part of corporate office management. We calculate operating margin as net operating income divided by
total revenues.
We believe that in order to facilitate for investors a clear understanding of our operating
results, net operating income should be examined in conjunction with net income or loss as presented in
our consolidated statements of operations. Net operating income should not be considered as an
alternative to net income or loss as an indication of our performance, nor as an alternative to cash flows
as a measure of our liquidity or our ability to make distributions.
Operating statistics
We present certain operating statistics related to our properties, including number of
properties, RSF, occupancy percentage, leasing activity, and contractual lease expirations as of the end
of the period. We believe these measures are useful to investors because they facilitate an
understanding of certain trends for our properties. We compute the number of properties, RSF,
occupancy percentage, leasing activity, and contractual lease expirations at 100%, excluding RSF at
properties classified as held for sale, for all properties in which we have an investment, including
properties owned by our consolidated and unconsolidated real estate joint ventures. For operating
metrics based on annual rental revenue, refer to the definition of annual rental revenue herein.
Same property comparisons
As a result of changes within our total property portfolio during the comparative periods
presented, including changes from assets acquired or sold, properties placed into development or
redevelopment, and development or redevelopment properties recently placed into service, the
consolidated total income from rentals, as well as rental operating expenses in our operating results, can
show significant changes from period to period. In order to supplement an evaluation of our results of
operations over a given quarterly or annual period, we analyze the operating performance for all
consolidated properties that were fully operating for the entirety of the comparative periods presented,
referred to as same properties. We separately present quarterly and year-to-date same property results
to align with the interim financial information required by the SEC in our management’s discussion and
analysis of our financial condition and results of operations. These same properties are analyzed
separately from properties acquired subsequent to the first day in the earliest comparable quarterly or
year-to-date period presented, properties that underwent development or redevelopment at any time
during the comparative periods, unconsolidated real estate joint ventures, properties classified as held
for sale, and corporate entities (legal entities performing general and administrative functions), which are
excluded from same property results. Additionally, termination fees, if any, are excluded from the results
of same properties.
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