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Orion Properties Inc. (ONL)

Q3 2025 Earnings Call· Fri, Nov 7, 2025

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Operator

Operator

Greetings, and welcome to Orion Properties Third Quarter 2025 Earnings Call. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to Paul Hughes, General Counsel for Orion. Thank you. You may begin.

Paul Hughes

Management

Thank you, and good morning, everyone. Yesterday, Orion released its results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, filed its Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission and posted its earnings supplement to its website at onlreit.com. During the call today, we will be discussing Orion's guidance estimates for calendar year 2025 and other forward-looking statements, which are based on management's current expectations and are subject to certain risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from our estimates. The risks are discussed in our earnings release as well as in our Form 10-Q and other SEC filings, and Orion undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements made during this call. We will also be discussing non-GAAP financial measures such as funds from operations, or FFO, and core funds from operations or core FFO. These non-GAAP financial measures are not a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP, and Orion's earnings release and supplement include a reconciliation of our non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure. Hosting the call today are Orion's Chief Executive Officer, Paul McDowell; and Chief Financial Officer, Gavin Brandon. And joining us for the Q&A session will be Chris Day, our Chief Operating Officer. With that, I am now going to turn the call over to Paul McDowell.

Paul McDowell

Management

Thank you, Paul. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us on Orion Properties third quarter earnings call. Today, I will highlight the substantial progress in executing on our business plan and provide an update on our ongoing leasing, disposition and acquisition activity for the quarter. Following my remarks, Gavin will review our financial results and improved guidance outlook for the rest of the year. We had another very productive leasing quarter with 303,000 square feet of space leased at a weighted average lease term or WALT of over 10 years and an additional 57,000 square feet signed after quarter end. Our primary focus remains on continuing to enhance the quality and durability of our portfolio and its associated cash flows. One critical metric we use to measure that success is the weighted average lease term for the portfolio, which is now 5.8 years or approaching 6 years. This is a material improvement from the roughly 3.5 years at the time of our spin. This substantial progress reflects the steady execution of our business plan and the increasing stability of our tenant base. Year-to-date through November 6, we have completed 919,000 square feet of leasing, which is in addition to the 1.1 million square feet we leased last year, reflecting the improving market backdrop. Included in the total for the third quarter is a 5.4-year new lease agreement for 80,000 square feet at our Kennesaw, Georgia property that we mentioned on the last call. We also signed several renewals during the quarter, including a 15-year extension with AGCO Corporation for 126,000 square feet in Duluth, Georgia, a 7-year extension with T-Mobile for 69,000 square feet in Nashville, Tennessee and a 15-year extension with the United States government for 16,000 square feet in Fort Worth, Texas. Importantly, rent spreads on…

Gavin Brandon

Management

Thanks, Paul. Orion generated total revenues of $37.1 million in the third quarter as compared to $39.2 million in the same quarter of the prior year. Core FFO for the quarter was $11 million or $0.19 per share as compared to $12 million or $0.21 per share in the same quarter of 2024. Core FFO results for the year-to-date 2025 period were $33.1 million or $0.59 per share and include approximately $0.05 per share of lease-related termination income. Included in the $0.05 per share is $0.02 per share associated with the simultaneous sale and early lease termination of a traditional office buildings in Fresno, California. We will recognize an additional $0.03 per share of lease termination income from this transaction in the fourth quarter. Adjusted EBITDA was $17.4 million versus $19.1 million in the same quarter of 2024. The changes year-over-year are primarily related to vacancies, a smaller portfolio and timing of leasing activity. G&A in the third quarter came in as expected at $4.6 million compared to $4.5 million in the same quarter of 2024. CapEx and leasing costs in the third quarter were $18.3 million compared to $6.1 million in the same quarter of 2024. The increase in CapEx in the 2025 period was driven by the acceleration in leasing activity. As we have discussed previously, CapEx timing is dependent on when leases are executed and work is completed on properties. We expect to allocate more capital to CapEx over time as leases roll and new and existing tenants draw upon their tenant improvement allowances. Turning to the balance sheet. At quarter end, we had total liquidity of $273 million, comprised of $33 million of cash and cash equivalents, including the company's pro rata share of cash from the Arch Street joint venture and $240 million of available…

Operator

Operator

[Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from the line of Mitch Germain with Citizens Bank.

Mitch Germain

Analyst

Just I want to talk about some of the puts and takes of guidance. You get the benefit of the lease term income, you're selling some vacancy, which helps with some of the expense drag, though it seems like in effect, if I look at last quarter, the lease term income actually went down. So just maybe kind of describe some of the puts and takes that helped you kind of shape where your outlook is today.

Paul McDowell

Management

Gavin, do you want to take that?

Gavin Brandon

Management

Mitch, Yes. So the lease termination income was a result of the negotiated termination settlement with one of our tenants in the Fresno building. The puts really is driven by that and then as well as our leasing efforts that are taking place in the fourth quarter and the third quarter of leases that we signed in the prior year and the prior quarter as well for the free rent bridge now coming to an end. And then from an interest perspective, our interest rates are coming down, and so we're not paying as much interest expense. So we believe that, that also helped us in the fourth quarter.

Mitch Germain

Analyst

Okay. Your leasing pipeline went down quarter-over-quarter. Does any of that have to do with some execution? Obviously, a little bit of a smaller portfolio as well. Is there anything that we should be thinking about behind that with regards to demand?

Paul McDowell

Management

Well, I think it's a couple of things, Mitch. The answer is no on the demand scale. We've seen continued improved demand for our properties. So we feel pretty good about that. Some of it is exactly what you just mentioned, that is some of the properties that we talked about on the last call that were sort of in the pipeline have -- we've now got leases signed up. And I think the second thing is that's a little different is we have less rollover coming next year. So we have a somewhat smaller portfolio. We've been selling vacancy, and we have less expected vacancies for next year. So all that combines to probably shrinking the pipeline slightly. But the pipeline we do have, we feel pretty good about.

Mitch Germain

Analyst

Got you. Last one for me. You did one acquisition last year. Obviously, you want to change the composition of the types of assets that you're owning over time. It's not going to be an overnight thing. Curious about the pipeline of deals. Are you seeing deals? And is pricing and demand, what could be slowing your ability to acquire here? Maybe just provide some perspective, please?

Paul McDowell

Management

Yes. Well, I think that on the first -- on the last part, we are seeing a pretty strong pipeline of potential transactions. Of course, we are highly sensitive to a number of factors, pricing being probably the biggest one, of course. But then, of course, it's property location and lease duration. So it's a -- it's a little like Goldilocks. We kind of got to find the right temperature for the acquisition that we're looking for. But we do see some good transactions. We're being highly selective, but we do think it makes sense for us to recycle some of the capital -- some of this capital into new assets with long-duration WALT's and with higher quality cash flows. We're just not going to do it willy-nilly. We're going to be highly selective. We expect to add some assets in the next 12 months, but it will not be -- it will be a relatively modest number.

Operator

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, that concludes our question-and-answer session. I'll turn the floor back to Mr. McDowell for any final comments.

Paul McDowell

Management

Thank you all for joining us today, and we look forward to further updating you in the months and quarters ahead. Thank you. Goodbye.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. This concludes today's teleconference. You may disconnect your lines at this time. Thank you for your participation.