The company maintains a disciplined capital structure with total debt stabilizing near 8.7 billion as of 2025Q4, supporting a debt-to-equity ratio of approximately 1.07.
| Metric | TTM | Dec'25 | Dec'24 | Dec'23 | Dec'22 | Dec'21 | Dec'20 | Dec'19 | Dec'18 | Dec'17 | Dec'16 | Dec'15 | Dec'14 | Dec'13 | Dec'12 | Dec'11 | Dec'10 | Dec'09 | Dec'08 | Dec'07 | Dec'06 | Dec'05 | Dec'04 | Dec'03 | Dec'02 | Dec'01 | Dec'00 | Dec'99 | Dec'98 | Dec'97 |
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| Total Assets | 18.2B | 17.99B | 17.54B | 17.98B | 18.1B | 15.48B | 14.71B | 14.06B | 14.18B | 8.23B | 8.45B | 8.75B | 8.64B | 4.68B | 4.61B | 1.46B | 1.17B | 1.09B | 1.11B | 1.15B | 1.09B | 983.26M | 1.01B | 906.5M | 893.52M | 915.88M | 904.24M | 859.39M | 816.89M | 524M |
| Asset Growth % | 11.05% | 2.6% | -2.46% | -0.69% | 16.93% | 5.26% | 4.6% | -0.86% | 72.3% | -2.63% | -3.44% | 1.36% | 84.6% | 1.52% | 215.12% | 24.76% | 7.22% | -1.6% | -3.65% | 5.51% | 11.16% | -2.99% | 11.81% | 1.45% | -2.44% | 1.29% | 5.22% | 5.2% | 55.89% | - |
| Real Estate & Other Assets | 0 | -15.89B | 646.3M | 560.28M | 16.51B | 444.47M | 347.16M | 325.3M | 12.64B | 6.98B | 7.02B | 6.09B | 5.92B | 2.84B | 2.82B | 109.07M | 34.1M | 69.24M | 29.21M | 34.21M | -790.04M | -698.63M | -790.26M | -706.13M | -791.72M | -1.1B | -1.15B | -1.12B | -1.07B | 0 |
| PP&E (Net) | 0 | 0 | 12.43B | 11.96B | 0 | 10.58B | 9.9B | 9.02B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 621.18M | 548.13M | 499.25M | 574.33M | 586.59M | 574.11M | 462.34M | 485.5M | 421.54M | 629.53M | 693.67M | 721.74M | 796.91M | 749.01M | 240M |
| Investment Securities | 0 | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K |
| Total Current Assets | 239.27M | 155.33M | 1.51B | 2.26B | 225.94M | 1.07B | 1.13B | 1.39B | 292.49M | 267.53M | 480.56M | 278.03M | 238.29M | 233.68M | 156.43M | 67.67M | 103.49M | 54.45M | 69.87M | 100.47M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19M |
| Cash & Equivalents | 239.27M | 155.33M | 640.37M | 633.86M | 168M | 165.43M | 248.66M | 196.03M | 217.64M | 162.31M | 155.48M | 157.23M | 198.68M | 117.52M | 123.9M | 29.3M | 64.69M | 18.45M | 16.8M | 12.14M | 22.11M | 13.01M | 16.71M | 24.36M | 21.3M | 8.87M | 10.16M | 2.3M | 5.67M | 19M |
| Receivables | 0 | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 919K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Current Assets | 0 | -1.17B | 73.65M | 109.39M | 57.02M | 84.88M | 136.24M | 284.07M | 0 | 0 | -430.6M | -708.01M | -5.76M | -276.7M | 1.45M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -110.99M | -95.95M | -173.85M | -133.72M | -61.55M | -27.66M | -18.11M | -2.3M | -5.67M | 0 |
| Intangible Assets | 2.47B | 2.47B | 1.4B | 1.46B | 1.04B | 1.7B | 1.8B | 1.92B | 2.94B | 1.85B | 17.48M | 1.42B | 1.55B | 721.68M | 733.39M | 62.35M | 38.79M | 36M | 53.07M | 99.87M | 43.74M | 104.31M | 114.11M | 102.14M | 94.44M | 92.81M | 7.95M | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Liabilities | 9.84B | 9.86B | 9.1B | 9.27B | 9.09B | 7.9B | 7.83B | 7.11B | 7.35B | 4.82B | 5.03B | 5.19B | 4.75B | 2.48B | 2.3B | 738.52M | 499.31M | 453.24M | 463M | 512.92M | 453.26M | 372.11M | 392.06M | 308.01M | 319.67M | 354.63M | 340.56M | 349.93M | 306.28M | 223M |
| Total Debt | 0 | 8.72B | 8.18B | 8.28B | 7.88B | 6.94B | 6.85B | 6.15B | 6.38B | 4.27B | 4.44B | 4.48B | 4.09B | 2.07B | 1.97B | 822.53M | 396.98M | 326.33M | 326.87M | 316.75M | 278.65M | 246.11M | 292.7M | 209.19M | 235.05M | 295.51M | 290.16M | 317.35M | 271.3M | 208M |
| Net Debt | -239.27M | 8.57B | 7.54B | 7.65B | 7.71B | 6.77B | 6.6B | 5.95B | 6.16B | 4.1B | 4.29B | 4.34B | 3.89B | 1.95B | 1.84B | 560.07M | 332.29M | 307.88M | 310.07M | 304.61M | 256.55M | 231.68M | 278.02M | 257.57M | 226.62M | 303.44M | 295.3M | 315.05M | 265.63M | 189M |
| Long-Term Debt | 0 | 8.72B | 7.37B | 8.14B | 7.88B | 6.79B | 6.7B | 6.05B | 6.38B | 4.27B | 4.44B | 4.48B | 4.09B | 2.07B | 1.97B | 589.37M | 255.23M | 215.33M | 245.87M | 254.05M | 278.65M | 246.11M | 292.7M | 156.9M | 235.05M | 295.51M | 290.16M | 317.35M | 271.3M | 208M |
| Short-Term Borrowings | 0 | 0 | 670.31M | 1.68M | 0 | 908K | 5.86M | 4.59M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233.16M | 141.75M | 111M | 81M | 62.7M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.3M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Capital Lease Obligations | 1.5M | 0 | 143.27M | 138.73M | 0 | 146.44M | 151.47M | 87.66M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Current Liabilities | 0 | 877.52M | 1.33B | 664.24M | 852.1M | 624.27M | 632.4M | 575.34M | 576.05M | 372.82M | 374.01M | 445.09M | 393.92M | 234.13M | 229.34M | 149.15M | 244.07M | 237.91M | 200.9M | 246.13M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15M |
| Accounts Payable | 0 | 670.04M | 449.91M | 465.98M | 623.84M | 418.2M | 424.9M | 387.82M | 403.9M | 263.05M | 266.92M | 342.37M | 293.85M | 166.38M | 158.68M | 82.06M | 40.81M | 51.71M | 61.93M | 88.3M | 68.68M | 20.97M | 18.45M | 15.09M | 1.13M | -1.31M | -2.65M | 7.23M | 7.01M | 9M |
| Deferred Revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 965K | 965K | 0 | 6.07M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.49M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Liabilities | 9.84B | 104.06M | 119.83M | 136.87M | 184.58M | 183.29M | 349.4M | 395.81M | 225.13M | 114.92M | 123.17M | 169.26M | 181.14M | 135.64M | 153.98M | 7.7M | 0 | 0 | 16.22M | 18.83M | -360.67M | -286.02M | -333.05M | -186.43M | -235.05M | -302.12M | -290.16M | -317.35M | -271.3M | 0 |
| Total Equity | 8.36B | 8.13B | 8.43B | 8.71B | 9.01B | 7.58B | 6.88B | 6.95B | 6.83B | 3.41B | 3.43B | 3.56B | 3.89B | 2.2B | 2.26B | 724.1M | 673.02M | 632.41M | 648.14M | 640.36M | 639.75M | 611.16M | 621.48M | 598.49M | 573.86M | 560.46M | 562.88M | 509.46M | 510.61M | 301M |
| Equity Growth % | -13.24% | -3.56% | -3.13% | -3.35% | 18.79% | 10.25% | -1% | 1.73% | 100.21% | -0.4% | -3.83% | -8.46% | 76.63% | -2.42% | 211.74% | 7.59% | 6.42% | -2.43% | 1.21% | 0.1% | 4.68% | -1.66% | 3.84% | 4.29% | 2.39% | -0.43% | 10.48% | -0.22% | 69.64% | - |
| Shareholders Equity | 8.34B | 8.12B | 8.43B | 8.7B | 8.99B | 7.58B | 6.88B | 6.94B | 6.82B | 3.19B | 3.3B | 3.43B | 3.75B | 1.9B | 1.99B | 682.58M | 625.01M | 625.63M | 648.14M | 634.27M | 631.99M | 607.47M | 620.07M | 596.64M | 572.37M | 559.66M | 562.07M | 512.6M | 514.23M | 301M |
| Minority Interest | 16.01M | 15.88M | 4.43M | 6.56M | 15M | 1.67M | 1.66M | 6.24M | 5.78M | 219.12M | 123.47M | 134.19M | 139.85M | 298.32M | 270.18M | 41.52M | 48.01M | 6.78M | 0 | 6.09M | 7.76M | 3.69M | 1.41M | 1.85M | 1.48M | 794K | 802K | -3.14M | -3.63M | 0 |
| Common Stock | 223K | 219K | 219K | 219K | 211K | 190K | 175K | 172K | 165K | 107K | 106K | 104K | 105K | 69K | 69K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 745.97M | 740.59M | 734.66M | 709.72M | 690.59M | 664.75M | 644.75M | 526.13M | 517.75M | 301M |
| Additional Paid-in Capital | 0 | 11.83B | 11.81B | 11.78B | 11.71B | 9.98B | 8.93B | 8.72B | 8.19B | 4.43B | 4.4B | 4.28B | 4.29B | 2.26B | 2.18B | 779.07M | 763.73M | 754.51M | 765.95M | 748.58M | 745.97M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Retained Earnings | 0 | -3.54B | -3.2B | -2.89B | -2.49B | -2.22B | -1.85B | -1.56B | -1.14B | -1.05B | -894.14M | -738.65M | -497.73M | -318.58M | -172.18M | -95.05M | -145.77M | -138.44M | -116.99M | -117.05M | -114.01M | -131.18M | -114.43M | -112.57M | -111.97M | -3.43M | -74.26M | -11.56M | -2.8M | 0 |
| Preferred Stock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Return on Assets (ROA) | 2.86% | 2.63% | 2.6% | 3.93% | 3.57% | 2.72% | 3.17% | 2.16% | 3.67% | 3.32% | 3.11% | 1.98% | 3.56% | 2.13% | 2.05% | 10.56% | 6.53% | 6.26% | 6.89% | 7.06% | 8.31% | 4.87% | 6.86% | 6.99% | 5.15% | 3.93% | -1.05% | 4.06% | 5.74% | 7.74% |
| Return on Equity (ROE) | 6.29% | 5.63% | 5.38% | 8% | 7.22% | 5.67% | 6.59% | 4.43% | 8.04% | 8.11% | 7.66% | 4.62% | 7.79% | 4.43% | 4.17% | 19.91% | 11.33% | 10.78% | 12.11% | 12.38% | 13.8% | 7.89% | 10.79% | 10.73% | 8.21% | 6.37% | -1.73% | 6.67% | 9.48% | 13.48% |
| Debt / Assets | 0% | 48.49% | 46.67% | 46.09% | 43.52% | 44.82% | 46.6% | 43.71% | 44.97% | 51.82% | 52.53% | 51.18% | 47.34% | 44.19% | 42.71% | 56.24% | 33.86% | 29.85% | 29.42% | 27.47% | 25.49% | 25.03% | 28.88% | 23.08% | 26.31% | 32.27% | 32.09% | 36.93% | 33.21% | 39.69% |
| Debt / Equity | 0.00x | 1.07x | 0.97x | 0.95x | 0.87x | 0.92x | 1.00x | 0.88x | 0.93x | 1.25x | 1.30x | 1.26x | 1.05x | 0.94x | 0.87x | 1.14x | 0.59x | 0.52x | 0.50x | 0.49x | 0.44x | 0.40x | 0.47x | 0.35x | 0.41x | 0.53x | 0.52x | 0.62x | 0.53x | 0.69x |
| Net Debt / EBITDA | -0.17x | 6.67x | 4.12x | 3.69x | 4.20x | 4.11x | 4.31x | 3.77x | 5.46x | 4.03x | 4.16x | 4.20x | 4.29x | 3.73x | 8.32x | 3.71x | 2.84x | 2.83x | 2.58x | 2.10x | 1.64x | 2.04x | 0.91x | 1.21x | 2.58x | 1.74x | 1.95x | 2.46x | 2.29x | 1.33x |
| Book Value per Share | 37.73 | 36.79 | 38.25 | 40.36 | 44.95 | 41.41 | 39.34 | 40.56 | 58.03 | 31.58 | 31.99 | 33.44 | 39.07 | 31.60 | 46.95 | 18.06 | 16.82 | 15.92 | 16.11 | 16.06 | 16.36 | 15.66 | 15.95 | 15.61 | 15.82 | 15.99 | 18.81 | 19.90 | 20.53 | 11.72 |
Portfolio transition execution risk
According to reported financial statements, WPC's total assets have remained relatively stable at $18.2 billion as of 2026Q1, suggesting that the company is successfully recycling capital from the office sector exit into its core industrial and warehouse portfolio without significant net asset base erosion.
The stabilization of total assets following the office spin-off indicates that management is effectively managing the transition to a more focused industrial footprint. Investors should monitor whether the company can maintain this asset scale while simultaneously improving the quality and growth profile of its underlying property holdings.
As reported in quarterly filings, WPC's total debt has fluctuated between $7.9 billion and $8.7 billion over the last ten quarters, reflecting a disciplined approach to financing the portfolio transition while maintaining a debt-to-equity ratio that appears to be stabilizing near 1.0x.
The consistency in debt levels suggests that management is avoiding excessive leverage during the portfolio repositioning phase. However, the reliance on debt to fund acquisition activity warrants close observation to ensure that interest coverage remains robust as the company integrates new industrial assets.
Based on the provided financial data, cash balances have shown significant volatility, peaking at $1.1 billion in 2024Q2 before declining to $239.3 million in 2026Q1, which may indicate the deployment of liquidity into strategic acquisitions following the office sector divestiture.
The reduction in cash reserves suggests that the company is actively utilizing its balance sheet to fund its growth strategy in the industrial sector. Analysts should evaluate whether the current cash position provides sufficient cushion for future development pipeline funding requirements and potential market volatility.
As indicated by the financial tables, equity has remained resilient, hovering around $8.3 billion in 2026Q1, which suggests that the company's book value has been largely preserved despite the significant portfolio restructuring and the associated dividend reset implemented by management.
The stability of the equity base implies that the market's concerns regarding the office spin-off have not resulted in a material impairment of the company's net asset value. This resilience may provide a foundation for future growth, provided that the new industrial acquisitions deliver the expected yield improvements.
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying WPC stock.
As of 2025, W. P. Carey Inc. (WPC) had total assets of $17.99B including $155.3M in current assets.
W. P. Carey Inc. (WPC) carries total debt of $8.72B. Comparing total debt to cash helps evaluate the company's debt burden and net leverage.
W. P. Carey Inc. (WPC) has total shareholders' equity (book value) of $8.12B ($36.79 book value per share). Book value represents the net worth of the company belonging to common stock holders.
W. P. Carey Inc. (WPC) reported a current ratio of 0.18x. A current ratio above 1.0x indicates that the company has more current assets than current liabilities, suggesting sufficient short-term liquidity.