General Growth Properties Reports Higher Revenue in March Quarter
May 02 2016 - 5:16PM
Dow Jones News
By Maria Armental
General Growth Properties Inc.'s (GGP) revenue rose 2% in the
first three months of the year as results beat projections.
Shares, up 3% over the past 12 months, rose 3.4% to $29.60 in
after-hours trading.
The second-largest mall owner in the U.S. by number of
properties, General Growth has been shifting its focus to high-end
urban addresses like Manhattan's Fifth Avenue and Chicago's
Michigan Avenue. It exited bankruptcy protection in 2010.
Over all for the latest quarter, General Growth reported a
profit of $191.8 million, or 20 cents a share, compared with $634.7
million, or 66 cents a share, a year earlier.
The sharp drop in profit came as the year-earlier quarter was
boosted by more investment property-related gains. General Growth
reported a $74.6 million gain from changes in control of investment
properties in the first quarter, compared with a $591.2 million
gain in the year-ago period.
Funds from operations, meanwhile, rose to 40 cents a share,
compared with 32 cents a year earlier. General Growth had projected
34 cents to 36 cents a share.
Revenue rose 2% to $607 million, above analysts' projected $590
million.
Rental rates for signed leases signed in the previous 12 months
rose 13% to $66.37 a square foot, while tenant sales, excluding
anchor stores, rose 2.1% to $20.3 billion on a trailing 12-month
basis.
Meanwhile, the percentage of leased properties on a same-store
basis was 95.9%, compared with 95.8% a year earlier and 96.9% in
the previous quarter.
Expenses rose 11% to $433 million as the company set aside $40.7
million as a provision for impairments and $36.1 million for a loan
loss.
For the current quarter, General Growth expects FFO of 34 cents
to 36 cents a share, compared with analysts' projected 36 cents a
share, according to Thomson Reuters.
Write to Maria Armental at maria.armental@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
May 02, 2016 17:01 ET (21:01 GMT)
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