WPC — W P Carey Inc

Stock analysis, trade plans, and proprietary indicators by Trend Edge.

Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates WPC Bullish with a Setup Score of 40, net conviction 46, actionability 34. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score40
Directional BiasBullish
Net Conviction46
Actionability34 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

About W P Carey Inc

W. P. Carey Inc. ranks among the largest net lease REITs with a well-diversified portfolio of high-quality, operationally critical commercial real estate. It includes 1,748 net lease properties covering approximately 188 million square feet as of June 30, 2026. With offices in New York, London, Amsterdam and Dallas, the company remains focused on investing primarily in single-tenant, industrial, warehouse and retail properties located in the U.S.… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$71.58
Market Cap$16.40B
Float225.2M
Shares Outstanding227.8M
P/E (Forward)25.00
P/E (TTM)24.66
Price/Sales (TTM)9.01
vs. Analyst Target+11.8% to analyst PT
Profit Margin35.76%
Operating Margin (TTM)59.30%
Revenue (TTM)$1.82B
Earnings Growth (YoY)256.50%
Dividend Rate3.8%
Analyst Target Price$80.00 (14 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $1.17B $455M $1.12B $1.04B
2021 $1.26B $410M $1.21B $1.16B
2022 $1.47B $599M $1.40B $1.29B
2023 $1.74B $708M $1.60B $1.44B
2024 $1.58B $461M $1.46B $1.31B
2025 $1.72B $466M $491M $1.32B

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Sep 2025 $656M $141M
Dec 2025 $445M $148M
Mar 2026 $455M $176M
Jun 2026 $30.2M $185M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership1.0%
Institutional Ownership81.1%
Short Float3.6%
% of All Funds Holding10.13%
Number of Funds Holding891

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$72.92Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$71.24Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$67.78Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$65.27Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$70.81Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$67.19Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$63.22Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$56.00 support 1.02x 17 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (111 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.04% 0.00% 41.44% 16.65% -5.08%
1 Day 0.11% 0.00% 48.65% 20.63% -10.31%
1 Week -0.29% -0.30% 45.95% 25.66% -13.75%
2 Weeks 0.33% 0.97% 54.95% 18.48% -15.00%
1 Month 1.20% 1.50% 60.00% 19.17% -34.78%

Next earnings: October 16, 2026 (52 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan1.1%53.6%28
Feb0.0%44.8%29
Mar0.2%55.2%29
Apr1.3%65.5%29
May1.6%58.6%29
Jun-1.5%31.0%29
Jul3.5%75.9%29
Aug-0.2%50.0%28
Sep-1.9%42.9%28
Oct1.3%60.7%28
Nov-0.4%42.9%28
Dec1.4%60.7%28

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.01% 48.7% 1350
Tuesday 0.05% 49.5% 1476
Wednesday 0.02% 48.8% 1476
Thursday -0.00% 50.1% 1449
Friday 0.09% 53.6% 1439

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 81.1%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 1.0%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings2
Net Value-$65,114.5
Net Shares Change-933
% of Float-0.0%
C-Suite Filings2
Clusters Detected0

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Zander Brian H Chief Accounting Officer -$65,114.5 2 2 sell

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-05-07 Zander Brian H Chief Accounting Officer -$32,042 Transaction at $74.00, now -3.3%
2025-08-27 Zander Brian H Chief Accounting Officer -$33,072.5 Transaction at $66.14, now +8.2%

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AI Consult Analysis

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