Financial Results
COVID-19 Update
The pandemic has impacted the Company through government mandated limits imposed on tenant businesses and continuing public perceptions regarding safety, which impacted its tenants’ ability to pay rent. In response to tenant requests, the Company provided rent relief, primarily through short-term rent deferrals or lease modifications. To date, the Company has increased its monthly rent and interest collections from 70% in May to 90% in October, repaid in full the balance of its revolving credit facility, and increased its quarterly cash dividend. Further, nearly all the Company’s properties are currently open for business with two industries – movie theaters and early childhood education – remaining most impacted. The Company continues to closely monitor unpredictable factors that could impact its business going forward, including the duration and scope of the pandemic; governmental, business, and individuals' actions in response to the pandemic; and the overall impact on economic activity.
Total Revenues
Total revenues were $175.2 million for the third quarter of 2020, an increase of 2.0% from $171.8 million for the third quarter of 2019.
Total revenues for the first nine months of 2020 were $521.4 million, an increase of 5.9% from $492.3 million for the first nine months of 2019. The increase was driven primarily by the growth in the size of STORE Capital’s real estate investment portfolio, which grew from $8.4 billion in gross investment amount representing 2,417 property locations and 464 customers at September 30, 2019 to $9.3 billion in gross investment amount representing 2,587 property locations and 511 customers at September 30, 2020. Partially offsetting the revenue increases generated by the growth in the Company’s portfolio was the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as previously noted.
Net Income
Net income was $54.6 million, or $0.21 per basic and diluted share, for the third quarter of 2020, as compared to $111.6 million, or $0.48 per basic and diluted share, for the third quarter of 2019. Net income for the third quarter of 2020 included an aggregate net gain on dispositions of real estate of $3.5 million, as compared to an aggregate net gain on dispositions of real estate of $59.3 million for the same period in 2019.
Net income includes such items as gain or loss on dispositions of real estate and provisions for impairment, which can vary from quarter to quarter and impact net income and period-to-period comparisons.
Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $157.9 million, or $0.63 per basic and diluted share, compared to $225.1 million, or $0.99 per basic and diluted share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. Net income for the first nine months of 2020 included an aggregate net gain on dispositions of real estate of $6.8 million as compared to $72.4 million for the same period in 2019.
Adjusted Funds from Operations (AFFO)
AFFO increased 2.6% to $119.1 million, or $0.47 per basic and $0.46 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2020, compared to AFFO of $116.1 million, or $0.50 per basic and diluted share, for the third quarter of 2019.