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Shares
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Earnings call · FY2026 Q1

Global Net Lease, Inc. Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

Global Net Lease, Inc. Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

Concluded May 7, 2026 Audio replay
May 7, 2026 40:41 34 turns
Period
FY2026 Q1
Runtime
40:41
Sources
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Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

Global Net Lease reported Q1 2026 results while announcing a leverage-neutral, all-stock acquisition of Motive Industrial, expected to be ~4% accretive to AFFO per share and to close in Q3 2026, alongside continued office dispositions and share repurchases.

Office Portfolio Disposition 67 Motive Industrial Acquisition 36 Balance Sheet and Leverage 15 Capital Recycling / Portfolio Repositioning 14 Share Repurchase Program 11 Industrial Asset Acquisition Pipeline 8

Management tone

Confident

Net tone +65 · moderate hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “We are very excited about this transaction, which we expect to close in the third quarter of this year.”
  • “Our pipeline of redeployment opportunities continues to grow, and we believe we are well positioned to execute on a leverage-neutral basis in a way that drives earnings growth while preserving the balance sheet quality we have established.”
  • “I think you heard a lot of exciting news about Global Net Lease, Inc. We thought we were well positioned for 2026 before the announcement of Motive. We are even more excited to integrate that high-quality portfolio into ours and continue with this strategy for growth.”
  • “We feel very confident about the remainder of 2026.”

Forward guidance

1 guided metrics

Management's latest ranges and targets are included below.

Research coverage

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Revenue $109.29M -17.5% YoY
Diluted EPS -$0.08
Net income -$5.08M

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Key takeaways

What improved, and what deserves a closer read.

Constructive signals

  • Planned all-stock Motive Industrial acquisition is expected to be ~4% accretive to AFFO per share and leverage neutral with no new external capital.
  • Pro forma Motive deal extends weighted average lease term from 5.9 to 6.7 years and raises industrial exposure to ~50% with ~45% of ABR from investment grade tenants.
  • Portfolio occupancy rose to 97% from 95%, with office occupancy up to 99% from 95% after disposition of a vacant asset that removed over $1 million of annualized negative NOI drag.
  • Investment grade or implied investment grade tenant share increased to 64% from 60% in 2025, with 100% rent collection reported.
  • Q1 leasing delivered ~5.1% positive renewal spreads and a FedEx distribution renewal at ~9% above expiring rents.
  • Repurchased 19.7 million shares at a weighted average price of $8.05, totaling $158.2 million to date under the buyback program.

Risks & pressure points

  • Office concentration remains elevated at ~24–26% of the portfolio, and management has not provided a specific target allocation or timeline for further reductions.
  • Average annual contractual rental escalators are only 1.5% outside of CPI-linked leases, limiting organic rent growth in the non-CPI portion of the portfolio.
  • Motive transaction and other strategic activities are subject to closing conditions, market conditions and capital availability and may not be completed on favorable terms or at all.
  • Company is only about halfway through its $300 million repurchase authorization, and management gave no forward guidance on pace or price discipline for remaining buybacks.
  • 2026 lease rollover exposure noted at 4.4% of the portfolio with no specific disclosure on potential move-outs.

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“We also reaffirm our stated net debt to Adjusted EBITDA range of 6.5x to 6.9x. This guidance excludes the anticipated benefit from the Motive transaction, which we plan to address and update upon closing, although we believe it is worth emphasizing that the acquisition is structured to be leverage neutral within our 2026 net debt to Adjusted EBITDA guidance range of 6.5x to 6.9x.” Speaker 3, CFO
“Since the beginning of our share repurchase program through 05/01/2026, we have repurchased 19.7 million shares at a weighted average price of $8.05, totaling $158.2 million. We have been deliberate and opportunistic in how we have executed this program, and we remain disciplined in balancing these repurchases with our continued focus on leverage reduction and the redeployment of capital into higher-quality assets.” Speaker 2, CEO

Forward guidance

From the 8-K filed May 5, 2026.

Metric Guided
AFFO Per Share
Full-Year
$0.80 – $0.84

Quarter detail

How the reported period landed and where the business moved.

Revenue · segments

Industrial and Distribution Segment$49.18M -15.2% YoY
Office Segment$30.56M -18.4% YoY
Single Tenant Retail Segment$29.55M -20.1% YoY

Capital returned

Buybacks
$38.37M
Shares repurchased
4.22M
Dividend / share
$0.19
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