Equity Commonwealth Reports Third Quarter 2024 Results

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CHICAGO, October 23, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Equity Commonwealth (NYSE: EQC) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024.

Financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024

Net loss attributable to common shareholders was $28.2 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. This compares to net income attributable to common shareholders of $24.1 million, or $0.22 per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2023. The decrease in net income was primarily due to a $50.2 million loss on asset impairment.

Funds from Operations, or FFO, as defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, were $26.2 million, or $0.24 per diluted share. This compares to FFO for the quarter ended September 30, 2023 of $28.7 million, or $0.26 per diluted share. The following items impacted FFO for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, compared to the corresponding 2023 period:

  • $(0.02) per diluted share increase in general and administrative expenses, including $1.2 million of wind down costs incurred during the quarter;

  • $(0.01) per diluted share decrease in same property NOI; and

  • $0.01 per diluted share increase in interest and other income, net.

Normalized FFO was $27.4 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. This compares to Normalized FFO for the quarter ended September 30, 2023 of $28.6 million, or $0.26 per diluted share. The following items impacted Normalized FFO for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, compared to the corresponding 2023 period:

  • $(0.01) per diluted share decrease in same property NOI;

  • $(0.01) per diluted share increase in general and administrative expenses; and

  • $0.01 per diluted share increase in interest and other income, net.

Normalized FFO begins with FFO and eliminates certain items that, by their nature, are not comparable from period to period, non-cash items, and items that obscure the company’s operating performance. Definitions of FFO, Normalized FFO and reconciliations to net income, determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, are included at the end of this press release.

Our two Austin properties and 1250 H Street are classified as held for sale as of September 30, 2024. We recognized a $50.2 million loss on asset impairment related to these properties. The impairment charge reflects our estimated market value of the properties less costs to sell. Of the $50.2 million loss on asset impairment, $33.9 million was charged against the net book value of the real estate and $16.3 million was charged against non-real estate assets to be transferred to a buyer or written off upon sale.