UNIBAIL-RODAMCO-WESTFIELD REPORTS FY-2024 EARNINGS
Paris,
February 13, 2025
Press release
UNIBAIL-RODAMCO-WESTFIELD REPORTS FY-2024
EARNINGS
Strong operational performance
supported by increased tenant sales and footfall,
dynamic leasing activity for retail and offices, and
record C&E results
Westfield Rise achieved 2024 net
margin target of €75 Mn
Like-for-like EBITDA up +7.0%
and
Adjusted Recurring EPS above guidance at
€9.85
€1.6 Bn of disposal
transactions1
achieved at book value
improving the Group’s financial
ratios
€0.6 Bn of JV partner stake
acquisitions at attractive terms
Strategic decision to retain US
Flagship assets
+40% increase of
proposed2
distribution to €3.50/share
2025 AREPS forecasted to be in the
range of €9.30 to €9.50
reflecting underlying growth of at least 5% and 2024
& 2025 disposals
2024 in review:
- Tenant sales up +4.5% and footfall
up +2.6% vs. 2023
- €465 Mn of Minimum Guaranteed Rent
(MGR) signed, with +6.5% uplift on top of indexed passing rents,
including +11.1% on long-term deals
- Shopping Centre vacancy at 4.8%, 60
bps improvement vs. 2023, reaching its lowest level since 2017
- Shopping Centre Net Rental Income
(NRI) at €2,073 Mn, up +5.8%3 on a like-for-like
basis
- Offices & Others NRI of €102
Mn, up +14.4% on a like-for-like basis
- Convention & Exhibition Net
Operating Income of €219 Mn, up +66.0% thanks to seasonality and
the positive impact of the Paris Olympics and Paralympics
- EBITDA of €2,352 Mn, up +7.0% vs.
2023 on a like-for-like basis
- €1.6 Bn of disposal
transactions1 completed or secured at book value
- Net Debt to EBITDA at 8.7x vs. 9.3x
in 2023
- More than 36 months of liquidity,
with €13.9 Bn4 available including €5.3 Bn of cash on
hand
- Recurring net result5 of
+€1,472 Mn and IFRS net result6 of +€146 Mn
- Successful delivery of 4 projects,
including CNIT Eole and Lightwell, both in Paris La Défense
- €0.6 Bn7 of assets
acquired at attractive terms, including the remaining 50% stake in
both Westfield Montgomery and CH Ursynów shopping centres, as well
as an additional 38.9% stake in the URW Germany JV8
Commenting on the results, Jean-Marie Tritant, Chief
Executive Officer, said:
“In 2024, we delivered strong operating
performance across all activities. Our Flagship shopping
centres demonstrated their strength, with higher tenant sales
and footfall in all regions, while our proactive leasing strategy
delivered the highest occupancy level since 2017.
Our Convention & Exhibition business
delivered record results supported by the Paris Olympic and
Paralympic Games, and Westfield Rise achieved the €75 Mn net margin
target we set when this business was launched in 2022.
We achieved €1.6 Bn of disposals at book
value, leading to a 100 basis point improvement in our loan to
value ratio, which is now at its lowest level since 2019.
Our strong operating performance and
disposal activity, combined with the stabilisation of retail asset
values, allows us to propose a 40% increase in cash distribution to
€3.50 per share – up from €2.50 per share last year.
Over the past four years, we have reshaped
our portfolio through €6.4 Bn of disposals in Europe and the US,
made significant deleveraging progress, enhanced our operations and
transformed the Group’s risk profile.
Having achieved this transformation, we have
made the strategic decision to retain our high performing Flagship
assets in the US, which will deliver further growth and value
creation.
We will continue to deleverage through
retained earnings, disciplined capital allocation and non-core
disposals.
We look forward to sharing our future growth
plans at our Investor Day on May 14, 2025.”
For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations
Meriem Delfi
+33 7 63 45 59 77
investor.relations@urw.com
Juliette Aulagnon
+33 6 15 74 20 43
investor.relations@urw.com
Imane Rafiky
+33 6 10 95 86 88
investor.relations@urw.com
Media Relations
UK/Global:
Robin Haddrill – Finelk
+44 7920 016 203
urw@finelk.eu
France:
Etienne Dubanchet – PLEAD
+33 6 62 70 09 43
Etienne.Dubanchet@plead.fr
United States:
Robyn Cottelli – URW
+1 (929) 254-8309
Robyn.Cottelli@urw.com
About Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield is an owner, developer
and operator of sustainable, high-quality real estate assets in the
most dynamic cities in Europe and the United States.
The Group operates 67 shopping centres in 11
countries, including 39 which carry the iconic Westfield brand.
These centres attract over 900 million visits annually and provide
a unique platform for retailers and brands to connect with
consumers. URW also has a portfolio of high-quality offices, 10
convention and exhibition venues in Paris, and a €3.5 Bn
development pipeline of mainly mixed-use assets. Its
€50 Bn portfolio is 87% in retail, 6% in offices, 5% in convention
and exhibition venues, and 2% in services (as at December 31,
2024).
URW is a committed partner to major cities on
urban regeneration projects, through both mixed-use development and
the retrofitting of buildings to industry-leading sustainability
standards. These commitments are enhanced by the Group’s Better
Places plan, which strives to make a positive environmental, social
and economic impact on the cities and communities where URW
operates.
URW’s stapled shares are listed on Euronext
Paris (Ticker: URW), with a secondary listing in Australia through
Chess Depositary Interests. The Group benefits from a BBB+ rating
from Standard & Poor’s and from a Baa2 rating from Moody’s.
For more information, please visit
www.urw.com
1 Contribution to the proportionate net debt
reduction for completed or secured disposals.
2 Subject to approval by Annual General Meeting of
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE on April 29, 2025, to be paid on May
12, 2025.
3 Shopping Centres Lfl NRI excluding airports, US Regionals and CBD
asset.
4 On an IFRS basis.
5 Excluding hybrids coupon.
6 IFRS result including recurring and non-recurring (including
gains or losses on disposals, mark-to-market of assets and
financial derivatives, etc.).
7 Based on valuations as at December 31, 2024.
8 URW Germany JV (“URW Germany”) owns Minto
(Mönchengladbach), Höfe am Brühl (Leipzig), Palais Vest
(Recklinghausen), a 50% stake in Paunsdorf Center (Leipzig), a 20%
stake in Gropius Passagen (Berlin), the fee business activity for
third-party assets in Germany, as well as a cash amount including
the net proceeds from the recent sale of Pasing Arcaden
(Munich).
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