Postal Realty Trust, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2025 Results

- Increased 2025 AFFO Guidance $0.06 to $1.30 - $1.32 Per Diluted Share -
- Amended, Extended, and Expanded Unsecured Credit Facilities to $440 Million -
- U.S. Postal Service Operations Not Affected by Government Shutdown -
- Acquired 47 USPS Properties for $42.3 million at a Weighted Average Capitalization Rate of 7.7% -
- Raised $26.0 Million from ATM Program During Q3 to Fund Acquisitions -

CEDARHURST, New York, Nov. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Postal Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: PSTL) (the “Company”), an internally managed real estate investment trust that owns and manages over 2,200 properties leased primarily to the United States Postal Service (the “USPS”), ranging from last-mile post offices to industrial facilities, today announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025.

Highlights for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2025

• 24% growth in revenues from third quarter 2024 to third quarter 2025
• Net income attributable to common shareholders of $3.8 million, or $0.13 per diluted share
• Funds from Operations ("FFO") of $11.0 million, or $0.34 per diluted share
• Adjusted Funds from Operations ("AFFO") of $10.8 million, or $0.33 per diluted share
• Acquired 47 USPS properties for $42.3 million, excluding closing costs, at a weighted average capitalization rate of 7.7%
• Subsequent to quarter end, the Company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.2425 per share

"We are pleased with our strong third quarter results; we are increasing our AFFO per share guidance for the year by $0.06, driven by strength in our programmatic leasing with the U.S. Postal Service and operating efficiencies," said Andrew Spodek, Chief Executive Officer. “Additionally, our acquisition volume of $101 million closed year to date through October 17th supports future growth.” Mr. Spodek continued, “we believe our focus on internal growth, disciplined acquisitions, and a resilient balance sheet positions us well to continue creating value for shareholders.”

Property Portfolio & Acquisitions

The Company’s owned portfolio was 99.8% occupied, comprised of 1,853 properties across 49 states and one territory with approximately 6.9 million net leasable interior square feet and a weighted average rental rate of $11.62 per leasable square foot based on rents in place as of September 30, 2025. The weighted average rental rate consisted of $13.81 per leasable square foot on last-mile and flex properties, and $4.23 on industrial properties.

During the third quarter, the Company acquired 47 last-mile and flex properties leased to the USPS for $42.3 million excluding closing costs, comprising approximately 160,000 net leasable interior square feet at a weighted average rental rate of $21.59 per leasable square foot based on rents in place as of September 30, 2025. During the third quarter, the Company acquired the Newtonville, MA post office for $23.5 million at a capitalization rate of 7.6%. Excluding the Newtonville, MA acquisition, the weighted average rental rate of properties acquired during the third quarter was $12.21 per leasable square foot based on rents in place as of September 30, 2025.

Leasing

As of October 17, 2025, the Company has fully executed 196 new leases with the USPS for leases expired or scheduled to expire in 2025. The Company has been working diligently with the Postal Service to have fully executed leases in hand prior to upcoming expirations. The total lump sum catch-up payment received from the USPS was approximately $0.3 million for leases executed during the third quarter 2025 and $0.9 million for leases executed in the first nine months of 2025.

Balance Sheet & Capital Markets Activity

As previously disclosed, the Company announced it had closed on the recast of its credit facilities (the "Recast", and the credit facilities made available to the Company pursuant to the Recast, the "2025 Credit Facilities"). Among other things, the Recast provided for the expansion of the 2025 Credit Facilities to $440 million in commitments, the extension of maturity dates on the Company's revolving credit facility (the "Revolving Credit Facility"), from January 2026 to November 2029, and existing Senior Unsecured Term Loan (the "2030 Term Loan") from January 2027 to January 2030, and the removal of the existing 10 basis point SOFR-related spread adjustment from the 2025 Credit Facilities.

The 2025 Credit Facilities replace the Company’s prior credit facilities and consists of (i) a $150 million Revolving Credit Facility, (ii) an upsize in the 2030 Term Loan from $75 million to $115 million (the "2030 Term Loan"), an increase of 53%, and (iii) a $175 million 2028 Term Loan (and, collectively, with the 2030 Term Loan, the "Term Loans"). Truist Bank is acting as administrative agent and Truist Securities, Inc., M&T Bank and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. are joint lead arrangers and joint book runners. M&T Bank is acting as syndication agent and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Mizuho Bank Ltd., and Truist Bank are co-documentation agents. Additional lenders include Stifel Bank & Trust and TriState Capital Bank. The 2025 Credit Facilities include an accordion feature permitting the Company to borrow up to an additional $150 million under the Revolving Credit Facility and up to an additional $100 million under the Term Loans. In addition, each of the Revolving Credit Facility and 2030 Term Loan may be extended for one additional 12-month period. Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility carry an interest rate of SOFR plus a margin ranging from 1.50% to 2.00% per annum and SOFR plus a margin ranging from 1.45% to 1.95% per annum for the Term Loans, in each case, depending on the Company's consolidated leverage ratio. The Company repaid a portion of the outstanding balance on the Revolving Credit Facility with the proceeds generated from this transaction.

In addition, on September 19, 2025, the Company entered into interest rate swaps having a notional amount of $40 million with certain affiliates of the lenders under the 2025 Credit Facilities that fixed the SOFR component of the interest rate through January 2030 and brought the all-in current interest rate on the $40 million of additional borrowings to a weighted average of 4.73% when taking into account the applicable margin.

As of September 30, 2025, the Company had approximately $2.3 million of cash and property-related reserves, and approximately $347 million of net debt with a weighted average interest rate of 4.37%. At the end of the quarter, 93% of the Company's debt outstanding was set to fixed rates (when taking into account interest rate hedges), and $125 million of the Company's revolving credit facility was undrawn.

During the third quarter, the Company issued 1,677,683 shares of common stock through its at-the-market equity offering program at an average price of $15.49 per share and 45,314 common units in its operating partnership at a price of $15.77 per unit as part of consideration for a portfolio acquisition.

Dividend

On October 22, 2025, the Company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.2425 per share of Class A common stock. The dividend equates to $0.97 per share on an annualized basis. The dividend will be paid on November 28, 2025 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on November 4, 2025.

Subsequent Events

Subsequent to quarter end and through October 17, 2025, the Company acquired 19 properties comprising approximately 38,000 net leasable interior square feet for approximately $7.2 million, excluding closing costs. The Company had another nine properties totaling approximately $5.1 million under definitive contracts.

Full Year 2025 Guidance

Note: The Company does not provide guidance with respect to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure or provide reconciliations to GAAP from its forward-looking non-GAAP financial measure of AFFO per share guidance due to the inherent difficulty of forecasting the effect, timing and significance of certain amounts in the reconciliation that would be required by Item 10(e)(1)(i)(B) of Regulation S-K. Examples of these amounts include impairments of assets, gains and losses from sales of assets, and depreciation and amortization from new acquisitions or developments. In addition, certain non-recurring items may also significantly affect net income but are generally adjusted for in AFFO. Based on our historical experience, the dollar amounts of these items could be significant, and could have a material impact on the Company's GAAP results for the guidance period.

Webcast and Conference Call Details

The Company will host a webcast and conference call to discuss the third quarter 2025 financial results on Wednesday, November 05, 2025, at 9:00 A.M. Eastern Time. A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available on the Company’s investor website at https://investor.postalrealtytrust.com/Investors/events-and-presentations/default.aspx. To participate in the conference call, callers from the United States and Canada should dial-in ten minutes prior to the scheduled call time at 1-877-407-9208. International callers should dial 1-201-493-6784.

Replay

A telephonic replay of the call will be available starting at 1:00 P.M. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 05, 2025, through 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, by dialing 1-844-512-2921 in the United States and Canada or 1-412-317-6671 internationally. The passcode for the replay is 13753370.

Non-GAAP Supplemental Financial Information

An explanation of certain non-GAAP financial measures used in this press release, including, FFO, AFFO and net debt, as well as reconciliations of those non-GAAP financial measures, to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, is included below.

The Company calculates FFO in accordance with the current National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”) definition. NAREIT currently defines FFO as follows: net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP) excluding depreciation and amortization related to real estate, gains and losses from the sale of certain real estate assets, gains and losses from change in control, and impairment write-downs of certain real estate assets and investments in entities when the impairment is directly attributable to decreases in the value of depreciable real estate held by an entity. Other REITs may not define FFO in accordance with the NAREIT definition or may interpret the current NAREIT definition differently than the Company does and therefore the Company’s computation of FFO may not be comparable to such other REITs.

The Company calculates AFFO by starting with FFO and adjusting for recurring capital expenditures (defined as all capital expenditures and leasing costs that are recurring in nature, excluding expenditures that (i) are for items identified or existing at the time a property was acquired or contributed (including through the Company's formation transactions), (ii) are part of a strategic plan intended to increase the value or revenue-generating ability of a property, (iii) are for replacements of roof or parking lots, (iv) are considered infrequent or extraordinary in nature, or (v) for casualty damage), acquisition-related expenses (defined as expenses that are incurred for investment purposes and business acquisitions and do not correlate with the ongoing operations of the Company's existing portfolio, including due diligence costs for acquisitions not consummated and certain professional fees incurred that were directly related to completed acquisitions or dispositions and integration of acquired business) that are not capitalized, and certain other non-recurring expenses and then adding back non-cash items including: write-off and amortization of deferred financing fees, straight-line rent and other adjustments (including lump sum catch up amounts for increased rents, net of any lease incentives), fair value lease adjustments, non-real estate depreciation and amortization, non-cash components of compensation expense and casualty losses (recoveries) (which beginning in Q2 2025, includes income (expenses) on insurance recoveries from casualties) and, for periods prior to Q2 2025, income (expenses) on insurance recoveries from casualties. AFFO is a non-GAAP financial measure and should not be viewed as an alternative to net income calculated in accordance with GAAP as a measurement of the Company's operating performance. The Company believes that AFFO is widely used by other REITs and is helpful to investors as a meaningful additional measure of the Company's ability to make capital investments. Other REITs may not define AFFO in the same manner as the Company does and therefore the Company's calculation of AFFO may not be comparable to such other REITs.

The Company calculates its net debt as total debt less cash and property-related reserves. Net debt as of September 30, 2025 is calculated as total debt of approximately $349 million less cash and property-related reserves of approximately $2 million.

These metrics are non-GAAP financial measures and should not be viewed as an alternative measurement of the Company’s operating performance to net income. Management believes that accounting for real estate assets in accordance with GAAP implicitly assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. Since real estate values have historically risen or fallen with market conditions, many industry investors and analysts have considered the presentation of operating results for real estate companies that use historical cost accounting to be insufficient by themselves. As a result, the Company believes that the additive use of FFO and AFFO, together with the required GAAP presentation, is widely-used by the Company’s competitors and other REITs and provides a more complete understanding of the Company’s performance and a more informed and appropriate basis on which to make investment decisions.

Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements.” Forward-looking statements include statements identified by words such as “could,” “may,” “might,” “will,” “likely,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “seeks,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “continues,” “projects” and similar references to future periods, or by the inclusion of forecasts or projections. Forward-looking statements, including, among others, statements regarding the Company’s anticipated growth and ability to obtain financing and close on pending transactions on the terms or timing it expects, if at all, are based on the Company’s current expectations and assumptions regarding capital market conditions, the Company’s business, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, by their nature, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. As a result, the Company’s actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include the USPS’s terminations or non-renewals of leases, changes in demand for postal services delivered by the USPS, the solvency and financial health of the USPS, competitive, financial market and regulatory conditions, disruption in market, general real estate market conditions, the Company’s competitive environment and other factors set forth under “Risk Factors” in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statement made in this press release speaks only as of the date on which it is made. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

About Postal Realty Trust, Inc.

Postal Realty Trust, Inc. is an internally managed real estate investment trust that owns and manages over 2,200 properties leased primarily to the USPS. More information is available at postalrealtytrust.com.

Contact:

Steve Bakke
EVP and Chief Financial Officer
Email: sbakke@postalrealty.com 
Phone: 516-734-0420

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