Jeremy Fox-Geen
Analyst · SunTrust
Thank you, Jay, and good morning, everyone. I'll turn to Slide 3 in our earnings presentation, where we present an overview of the second quarter. We're pleased with the performance of our portfolio and business during this extraordinary period. As expected, we received 100% of our ground rent during the quarter, which has given us the confidence to continue raising our dividend. In addition, solid earnings and the quality of our portfolio has led to strong stock performance, keeping us the number one performing REIT year-to-date. Further, we were able to close several transactions this quarter in what has been a challenging environment for real estate. We remain open for business with a significant amount of dry powder that we're actively looking to deploy. Turning to Slide 4 for the quarter's results. Revenues were $37.4 million for the second quarter, up 90% from $19.7 million for the same period last year. Net income for the quarter was $12.6 million, up 111% from $5.9 million for the quarter last year. And earnings per share was $0.24, up 39% from the $0.18 for the same quarter last year. Year-to-date figures were also strong, with revenues of $77.5 million, up 87% from $41.5 million; net income of $30 million, up 75% from $17.1 million; and earnings per share of $0.60, up 19% from $0.51 reported for the same period last year. On Slide 5, we show historical dividend and stock performance. As announced, we raised our dividend by 4% to approximately $0.649 per share. This is the second consecutive year we've raised our dividend by 4% and is consistent with our current policy to grow our dividend at twice the rate of inflation. Additionally, our stock has been a strong performer this year, in part because the market has begun to recognize the value embedded in a long duration contractually growing high credit quality cash flow stream with significant principal safety. Slide 6 provides more detail on our portfolio. As we discussed last quarter, the real estate industry has significantly curtailed acquisition and disposition activity in the face of COVID caused uncertainty. Nevertheless, we closed 4 deals this quarter, totaling $61 million. At the end of the quarter, our portfolio stood at $2.9 billion. And based on our cash at hand and capacity to draw on our revolving credit facility, we have approximately $900 million of levered purchasing power to continue our growth. On the next slide, you can see the geographic breakdown of our portfolio as we continue to diversify across the U.S. with a focus on the top 30 MSAs. Slide 8 shows our portfolio metrics. The average ground rent coverage of the assets in our portfolio was 4.0x this quarter, down from 4.1x at the end of last quarter, reflecting some of the emerging impacts of COVID-19 on some of our customers. Over the coming quarters, we expect this metric to further reflect the impact of the broader economic slowdown on our customers' properties. Weighted average ground lease to value was 37%. The combined property values we use for this metric are based on CBRE appraisals to conduct it annually based upon when we acquire a given asset. As CBRE continues to appraise additional assets in our portfolio, we would expect our LTV metric to reflect the broader economic slowdown on the value of our customers' properties over the coming quarters. That being said, we take a long-term through-cycle view of our portfolio and continue to believe our portfolio is well protected through a combination of our senior position in the capital stack, diversification and the long-term nature of our contracts, as demonstrated by our receipt of 100% of ground rent. For the quarter, annualized GAAP rent after depreciation and amortization was $155 million or 5.5% yield. Annualized cash rent was $98 million, representing a 3.5% cash yield. Our portfolio is 62% office, 19% hotel and 18% multifamily. And our weighted average lease term is 89 years. Turning to Slide 9. At the end of the quarter, unrealized capital appreciation stood at $5.2 billion, representing a 12x growth since our IPO in mid-2017. Our UCA valuation process obtains appraisals on the properties in our portfolio on an annual basis with a portion being reappraised each quarter. As such, this metric does not fully reflect the impact of COVID-19 on the value of UCA. As CBRE continues its appraisal process, we would expect to see the broader economic slowdown reflected over the coming quarters. Slide 10 presents detail on our capital structure. Our equity market capitalization is $2.7 billion with $1.2 billion of book equity. We presently have $296 million of cash and revolver availability. We're conservatively leveraged at 0.6x to equity market capitalization, and 1.4x debt-to-book equity. We have $1.7 billion of total debt. And as we previously announced, we closed $106 million of long-term financing during this quarter. The weighted average interest rate of our debt is 4.0x, which is a 150 basis point spread to the 5.5% yield of the portfolio. Our cash interest rate is 3.1x, and our debt has a 31 years average maturity. In conclusion, Safehold had strong, steady performance in the second quarter. We're focused on continuing to execute our strategy and remain confident in the long-term vision of what we're building at Safehold. And with that, let me turn it back to Jay.