Same Property Net Operating Income (NOI) increase of 3.6%
Signed-not-open pipeline remains elevated at approximately
In 2025 and 2026, repurchased a total of 16.9 million common shares
for
“KRG is executing across all fronts in 2026: strategically, operationally, and financially,” said
First Quarter 2026 Financial and Operational Results
- Generated Core FFO of the
Operating Partnership of$109.1 million , or$0.52 per diluted share. - Generated NAREIT FFO of the
Operating Partnership of$109.4 million , or$0.52 per diluted share. - Same Property NOI increased by 3.6%.
- Executed 151 new and renewal leases representing 707,000 square feet.
- Blended cash leasing spreads of 13.5% on 113 comparable leases, including 31.3% on 26 comparable new leases, 12.3% on 47 comparable non-option renewals, and 7.0% on 40 comparable option renewals.
- Blended cash leasing spreads of 19.0% for comparable new and non-option renewal leases.
- Operating retail portfolio annualized base rent (ABR) per square foot of
$22.89 atMarch 31, 2026 , a 6.5% increase year-over-year. - Retail portfolio leased percentage of 94.7% at
March 31, 2026 , a 90-basis point increase year-over-year.- Anchor leased percentage of 96.2% at
March 31, 2026 , a 110-basis point increase year-over-year. - Small shop leased percentage of 91.9% at
March 31, 2026 , a 60-basis point increase year-over-year.
- Anchor leased percentage of 96.2% at
- Portfolio leased-to-occupied spread at period end of 350 basis points, which represents approximately
$36.0 million of signed-not-open NOI.
First Quarter 2026 Capital Allocation Activity
Sold Coram Plaza (New York MSA), a 138,385 square foot center, for$12.5 million , consistent with the Company’s strategy to exit non-core, larger-format, and/or lower-growth assets.- In
February 2026 , the Company’sBoard of Trustees approved an upsizing of the Company’s share repurchase program, increasing the size of the program from$300.0 million to$600.0 million of the Company’s common shares. - During the quarter, repurchased approximately 6.0 million common shares, at an average price of
$25.19 per share, for$152.3 million , inclusive of$52.3 million of previously announced activity.- In 2025 and 2026, repurchased a total of 16.9 million common shares, at an average price of
$23.67 per share, for$400.0 million .
- In 2025 and 2026, repurchased a total of 16.9 million common shares, at an average price of
First Quarter 2026 Balance Sheet Overview
- As of
March 31, 2026 , the Company’s net debt to Adjusted EBITDA was 5.2x.
Dividend
- On
April 27, 2026 , the Company’sBoard of Trustees declared a second quarter 2026 dividend of$0.29 per common share, which represents a 7.4% year-over-year increase. The second quarter dividend will be paid on or aboutJuly 16, 2026 , to shareholders of record as ofJuly 9, 2026 .
2026 Earnings Guidance
The Company expects to generate net income attributable to common shareholders of
- 2026 Same Property NOI growth range of 2.50% to 3.50% (previously 2.25% to 3.25%).
- Bad debt reserve of 0.95% of total revenues at the midpoint (previously 1.00% of total revenues).
- Interest expense, net of interest income, excluding unconsolidated joint ventures, of
$121.2 million at the midpoint (previously$121.0 million ).
The following table reconciles the Company’s 2026 net income guidance range to the Company’s 2026 NAREIT and Core FFO guidance ranges:
| Low | High | ||
| Net income | |||
| Impairment charges | 0.03 | 0.03 | |
| Depreciation and amortization | 1.70 | 1.70 | |
| NAREIT FFO | $2.06 | $2.12 | |
| Non-cash items | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Core FFO | $2.06 | $2.12 |
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This Earnings Release also includes certain forward-looking non-GAAP information. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered along with, but not as alternatives to, net income (loss) as a measure of our operating performance. Please see the following pages for the corresponding definitions and reconciliations of such non-GAAP financial measures.
Consolidated Balance Sheets (dollars in thousands) (unaudited) | ||||||||
2026 | 2025 | |||||||
| Assets: | ||||||||
| Investment properties, at cost | $ | 7,029,261 | $ | 7,003,479 | ||||
| Less: accumulated depreciation | (1,717,404 | ) | (1,656,191 | ) | ||||
| Net investment properties | 5,311,857 | 5,347,288 | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 32,539 | 36,761 | ||||||
| Tenant and other receivables, including accrued straight-line rent of | 133,290 | 127,865 | ||||||
| Restricted cash and escrow deposits | 190,581 | 441,605 | ||||||
| Deferred costs, net | 172,805 | 181,553 | ||||||
| Prepaid and other assets | 98,560 | 93,913 | ||||||
| Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures | 356,555 | 364,407 | ||||||
| Assets associated with investment properties held for sale | 54,073 | 71,105 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 6,350,260 | $ | 6,664,497 | ||||
| Liabilities and Equity: | ||||||||
| Liabilities: | ||||||||
| Mortgage and other indebtedness, net | $ | 2,992,389 | $ | 3,025,478 | ||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 156,908 | 221,118 | ||||||
| Deferred revenue and other liabilities | 207,603 | 221,813 | ||||||
| Liabilities associated with investment properties held for sale | 3,754 | 4,314 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 3,360,654 | 3,472,723 | ||||||
| Commitments and contingencies | ||||||||
| Limited Partners’ interests in the | 130,306 | 116,245 | ||||||
| Equity: | ||||||||
| Common shares, | 2,031 | 2,090 | ||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 4,445,350 | 4,612,280 | ||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income | 21,352 | 23,079 | ||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (1,611,337 | ) | (1,563,840 | ) | ||||
| Total shareholders’ equity | 2,857,396 | 3,073,609 | ||||||
| Noncontrolling interests | 1,904 | 1,920 | ||||||
| Total equity | 2,859,300 | 3,075,529 | ||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | 6,350,260 | $ | 6,664,497 | ||||
Consolidated Statements of Operations (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) (unaudited) | ||||||||
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||||
| Revenue: | ||||||||
| Rental income | $ | 198,042 | $ | 219,172 | ||||
| Other property-related revenue | 1,359 | 1,480 | ||||||
| Fee income | 1,296 | 425 | ||||||
| Total revenue | 200,697 | 221,077 | ||||||
| Expenses: | ||||||||
| Property operating | 31,116 | 29,826 | ||||||
| Real estate taxes | 24,824 | 27,761 | ||||||
| General, administrative and other | 13,950 | 12,258 | ||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 82,491 | 98,231 | ||||||
| Impairment charges | 5,888 | — | ||||||
| Total expenses | 158,269 | 168,076 | ||||||
| Other (expense) income: | ||||||||
| Interest expense | (31,696 | ) | (32,954 | ) | ||||
| Income tax expense of taxable REIT subsidiaries | (395 | ) | (10 | ) | ||||
| Gain on sales of operating properties, net | — | 91 | ||||||
| Net gains from outlot sales | 1,039 | — | ||||||
| Equity in loss of unconsolidated joint ventures | (2,216 | ) | (607 | ) | ||||
| Other income, net | 2,572 | 4,743 | ||||||
| Net income | 11,732 | 24,264 | ||||||
| Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | (338 | ) | (534 | ) | ||||
| Net income attributable to common shareholders | $ | 11,394 | $ | 23,730 | ||||
| Net income per common share – basic and diluted | $ | 0.06 | $ | 0.11 | ||||
| Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic | 205,686,342 | 219,715,674 | ||||||
| Weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted | 206,063,468 | 219,827,298 | ||||||
NAREIT Funds From Operations (“FFO”)(1) (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) (unaudited) | ||||||||
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||||
| Net income | $ | 11,732 | $ | 24,264 | ||||
| Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in properties | (70 | ) | (70 | ) | ||||
| Less: gain on sales of operating properties, net | — | (91 | ) | |||||
| Add: impairment charges | 5,888 | — | ||||||
| Add: depreciation and amortization of consolidated and unconsolidated entities, net of noncontrolling interests | 91,824 | 98,677 | ||||||
| NAREIT FFO of the | 109,374 | 122,780 | ||||||
| Less: Limited Partners’ interests in FFO | (2,623 | ) | (2,463 | ) | ||||
| FFO attributable to common shareholders(1) | $ | 106,751 | $ | 120,317 | ||||
| FFO, as defined by NAREIT, per share of the | $ | 0.52 | $ | 0.55 | ||||
| FFO, as defined by NAREIT, per share of the | $ | 0.52 | $ | 0.55 | ||||
| Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic | 205,686,342 | 219,715,674 | ||||||
| Weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted | 205,775,355 | 219,827,298 | ||||||
| Weighted average common shares and units outstanding – basic | 210,742,420 | 224,214,867 | ||||||
| Weighted average common shares and units outstanding – diluted | 210,831,433 | 224,326,491 | ||||||
| Reconciliation of NAREIT FFO to Core FFO(2) | ||||||||
| NAREIT FFO of the | $ | 109,374 | $ | 122,780 | ||||
| Add: | ||||||||
| Amortization of deferred financing costs | 1,807 | 1,644 | ||||||
| Non-cash compensation expense and other | 3,215 | 2,660 | ||||||
| Less: | ||||||||
| Straight-line rent – minimum rent and common area maintenance | 2,141 | 2,578 | ||||||
| Market rent amortization income | 2,089 | 3,542 | ||||||
| Amortization of debt discounts, premiums and hedge instruments | 1,029 | 2,756 | ||||||
| Core FFO of the | $ | 109,137 | $ | 118,208 | ||||
| Core FFO per share of the | $ | 0.52 | $ | 0.53 | ||||
(1) “NAREIT FFO of the Operating Partnership” measures 100% of the operating performance of the Operating Partnership’s real estate properties. “FFO attributable to common shareholders” reflects a reduction for the redeemable noncontrolling weighted average diluted interest in the (2) Includes the Company’s pro rata share from unconsolidated joint ventures. NAREIT Funds From Operations (“FFO”) is a widely used performance measure for real estate companies and is provided here as a supplemental measure of our operating performance. The Company calculates FFO, a non-GAAP financial measure, in accordance with the best practices described in the Considering the nature of our business as a real estate owner and operator, the Company believes that FFO is helpful to investors in measuring our operational performance because it excludes various items included in net income that do not relate to or are not indicative of our operating performance, such as gains or losses from sales of depreciated property and depreciation and amortization, which can make periodic and peer analyses of operating performance more difficult. FFO (a) should not be considered as an alternative to net income (calculated in accordance with GAAP) for the purpose of measuring our financial performance, (b) is not an alternative to cash flows from operating activities (calculated in accordance with GAAP) as a measure of our liquidity, and (c) is not indicative of funds available to satisfy our cash needs, including our ability to make distributions. The Company’s computation of FFO may not be comparable to FFO reported by other REITs that do not define the term in accordance with the current NAREIT definition or that interpret the current NAREIT definition differently than we do. From time to time, the Company may report or provide guidance with respect to “FFO, as adjusted,” which removes the impact of certain non-recurring and non-operating transactions or other items the Company does not consider to be representative of its core operating results including, without limitation, (i) gains or losses associated with the early extinguishment of debt, (ii) gains or losses associated with litigation involving the Company that is not in the normal course of business, (iii) merger and acquisition costs, (iv) the impact on earnings from significant and non-recurring employee severance costs and recruiting expenses, including sign-on bonuses and search fees, (v) the excess of redemption value over carrying value of preferred stock redemption, and (vi) the impact of prior period bad debt or the collection of accounts receivable previously written off (“prior period collection impact”), which are not otherwise adjusted in the Company’s calculation of FFO. Core Funds From Operations (“Core FFO”) is a non-GAAP financial measure of operating performance that modifies FFO for certain non-cash transactions that result in recording income or expense and impact the Company’s period-over-period performance, including (i) amortization of deferred financing costs, (ii) non-cash compensation expense and other, (iii) straight-line rent related to minimum rent and common area maintenance, (iv) market rent amortization income, and (v) amortization of debt discounts, premiums and hedge instruments, and include adjustments related to our pro rata share from unconsolidated joint ventures for these categories as applicable. The Company believes that Core FFO is useful to investors in evaluating the core cash flow-generating operations of the Company by adjusting for items that we do not consider to be part of our core business operations, allowing for comparison of core operating performance of the Company between periods. Core FFO should not be considered as an alternative to net income as an indicator of the Company’s performance or as an alternative to cash flow as a measure of liquidity or the Company’s ability to make distributions. The Company’s computation of Core FFO may differ from the methodology for calculating Core FFO used by other REITs, and therefore, may not be comparable to such other REITs. | ||||||||
Same Property Net Operating Income (“NOI”) (dollars in thousands) (unaudited) | ||||||||
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | Change | ||||||
| Number of properties in | 164 | 164 | ||||||
| Leased percentage at period end | 94.6 | % | 94.3 | % | |||
| Economic occupancy percentage at period end | 91.1 | % | 91.8 | % | |||
| Economic occupancy percentage(2) | 91.1 | % | 92.2 | % |
| Minimum rent | $ | 144,188 | $ | 140,903 | |||||||
| Tenant recoveries | 44,054 | 40,641 | |||||||||
| Bad debt reserve | (1,499 | ) | (1,887 | ) | |||||||
| Other income, net | 2,458 | 2,140 | |||||||||
| Total revenue | 189,201 | 181,797 | |||||||||
| Property operating | (28,105 | ) | (25,899 | ) | |||||||
| Real estate taxes | (24,098 | ) | (23,606 | ) | |||||||
| Total expenses | (52,203 | ) | (49,505 | ) | |||||||
| Same Property NOI(3) | $ | 136,998 | $ | 132,292 | 3.6 | % | |||||
| Reconciliation of Same Property NOI to mostdirectly comparable GAAP measure: | |||||||||||
| Net operating income – same properties | $ | 136,998 | $ | 132,292 | |||||||
| Net operating income – sold properties | (215 | ) | 20,470 | ||||||||
| Net operating income – non-same activity(4) | 9,306 | 10,607 | |||||||||
| Less: KRG share of unconsolidated joint ventures included in Same Property NOI above | (2,628 | ) | (304 | ) | |||||||
| Net gains from outlot sales | 1,039 | — | |||||||||
| Total property NOI | 144,500 | 163,065 | (11.4 | %) | |||||||
| Other income, net | 1,257 | 4,551 | |||||||||
| General, administrative and other | (13,950 | ) | (12,258 | ) | |||||||
| Impairment charges | (5,888 | ) | — | ||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | (82,491 | ) | (98,231 | ) | |||||||
| Interest expense | (31,696 | ) | (32,954 | ) | |||||||
| Gain on sales of operating properties, net | — | 91 | |||||||||
| Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | (338 | ) | (534 | ) | |||||||
| Net income attributable to common shareholders | $ | 11,394 | $ | 23,730 | |||||||
(1) Same Property NOI excludes the following: (i) (2) Excludes leases that are signed but for which tenants have not yet commenced the payment of cash rent. Calculated as a weighted average based on the timing of cash rent commencement and expiration during the period. (3) Same Property NOI for all periods presented includes 52% of the NOI from three previously wholly owned properties that were contributed to the Seed Asset Joint Venture in (4) Includes non-cash activity as well as NOI from properties not included in the The Company uses NOI, a non-GAAP financial measure, to evaluate the performance of our properties. The Company also uses total property NOI, which is defined as NOI plus net gains from outlot sales. The Company defines NOI as income from our real estate, including lease termination fees received from tenants, less our property operating expenses. NOI excludes amortization of capitalized tenant improvement costs and leasing commissions and certain corporate-level expenses, including merger and acquisition costs. The Company believes that NOI is helpful to investors as a measure of our operating performance because it excludes various items included in net income that do not relate to or are not indicative of our operating performance, such as depreciation and amortization, interest expense, and impairment, if any. The Company also uses same property NOI (“Same Property NOI”), a non-GAAP financial measure, to evaluate the performance of our properties. Same Property NOI is net income excluding properties that have not been owned for the full periods presented. Beginning in 2026, the Company revised its Same Property NOI definition to exclude the results of the Company’s insurance captive to more clearly reflect the performance of our core real estate portfolio. Same Property NOI also excludes (i) net gains from outlot sales, (ii) straight-line rent revenue, (iii) lease termination income in excess of lost rent, (iv) amortization of lease intangibles, (v) significant prior period expense recoveries and adjustments, if any, and (vi) income or expense associated with the Company’s captive insurance company. When the Company receives payments in excess of any accounts receivable for terminating a lease, Same Property NOI will include such excess payments as monthly rent until the earlier of the expiration of 12 months or the start date of a replacement tenant. The Company believes that Same Property NOI is helpful to investors as a measure of our operating performance because it includes only the NOI of properties that have been owned for the full periods presented. The Company believes such presentation eliminates disparities in net income due to the acquisition or disposition of properties during the particular periods presented and thus provides a more consistent metric for the comparison of our properties. Additionally, because results from the Company’s insurance captive are driven by insurance underwriting, loss experience, and actuarial assumptions and therefore do not reflect the operating performance of our real estate properties, management believes excluding the impacts of the insurance captive improves transparency and comparability for the Company’s investors. Same Property NOI includes the results of properties that have been owned for the entire current and prior year reporting periods. Same Property NOI for all periods presented includes 52% of the NOI from three previously wholly owned properties that were contributed to the Seed Asset Joint Venture in NOI and Same Property NOI should not, however, be considered as an alternative to net income (calculated in accordance with GAAP) as an indicator of our financial performance. The Company’s computation of NOI and Same Property NOI may differ from the methodology used by other REITs and, therefore, may not be comparable to such other REITs. When evaluating the properties that are included in the | |||||||||||
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (“EBITDA”) (dollars in thousands) (unaudited) | ||||
| Three Months Ended | ||||
| Net income | $ | 11,732 | ||
| Depreciation and amortization | 82,491 | |||
| Interest expense | 31,696 | |||
| Income tax expense of taxable REIT subsidiaries | 395 | |||
| EBITDA | 126,314 | |||
| Unconsolidated EBITDA, as adjusted | 9,978 | |||
| Impairment charges | 5,888 | |||
| Other income and expense, net | (356 | ) | ||
| Noncontrolling interests | (197 | ) | ||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 141,627 | ||
| Annualized Adjusted EBITDA(1) | $ | 566,508 | ||
| Company share of Net Debt: | ||||
| Mortgage and other indebtedness, net | $ | 2,992,389 | ||
| Add: Company share of unconsolidated joint venture debt | 203,315 | |||
| Add: debt discounts, premiums and issuance costs, net | 2,216 | |||
| Less: Partner share of consolidated joint venture debt(2) | (9,741 | ) | ||
| Company’s consolidated debt and share of unconsolidated debt | 3,188,179 | |||
| Less: cash and cash equivalents | (32,539 | ) | ||
| Less: restricted cash and escrow deposits | (190,581 | ) | ||
| Less: Company share of unconsolidated joint venture cash and cash equivalents | (13,816 | ) | ||
| Company share of Net Debt | $ | 2,951,243 | ||
| Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA | 5.2 | x | ||
(1) Represents Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended (2) Partner share of consolidated joint venture debt is calculated based upon the partner’s pro rata ownership of the joint venture, multiplied by the related secured debt balance. The Company defines EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, as net income before interest expense, income tax expense of the taxable REIT subsidiaries, and depreciation and amortization. For informational purposes, the Company also provides Adjusted EBITDA, which it defines as EBITDA less (i) EBITDA from unconsolidated entities, as adjusted, (ii) gains on sales of operating properties or impairment charges, (iii) merger and acquisition costs, (iv) other income and expense, (v) noncontrolling interest Adjusted EBITDA, and (vi) other non-recurring activity or items impacting comparability from period to period. Annualized Adjusted EBITDA is Adjusted EBITDA for the most recent quarter multiplied by four. Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA is the Company’s share of net debt divided by Annualized Adjusted EBITDA. EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Annualized Adjusted EBITDA and Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA, as calculated by the Company, are not comparable to EBITDA and EBITDA-related measures reported by other REITs that do not define EBITDA and EBITDA-related measures exactly as we do. EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Annualized Adjusted EBITDA do not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered alternatives to net income as an indicator of performance or as alternatives to cash flows from operating activities as an indicator of liquidity. Considering the nature of our business as a real estate owner and operator, the Company believes that EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and the ratio of Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA are helpful to investors in measuring our operational performance because they exclude various items included in net income that do not relate to or are not indicative of our operating performance, such as gains or losses from sales of depreciated property and depreciation and amortization, which can make periodic and peer analyses of operating performance more difficult. For informational purposes, the Company also provides Annualized Adjusted EBITDA, adjusted as described above. The Company believes this supplemental information provides a meaningful measure of its operating performance. The Company believes presenting EBITDA and the related measures in this manner allows investors and other interested parties to form a more meaningful assessment of the Company’s operating results. | ||||
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317.713.7780
thenshaw@kiterealty.com
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