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    What Phillips Edison (PECO)'s Springs Plaza JV Acquisition Means For Shareholders

    Simply Wall St·12/22/2025 19:16:07
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    • Cohen & Steers Income Opportunities REIT recently acquired Springs Plaza, a 195,000-square-foot, 99% occupied grocery-anchored center in Bonita Springs, Florida, through a programmatic joint venture with Phillips Edison & Company.
    • The deal deepens Phillips Edison’s role as an operator of necessity-based retail while aligning it with an institutional partner targeting income-focused, grocery-anchored shopping centers in high-growth suburbs.
    • We’ll now examine how this latest grocery-anchored joint venture acquisition shapes Phillips Edison’s investment narrative and its income-focused growth emphasis.

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    Phillips Edison Investment Narrative Recap

    To own Phillips Edison, you need to believe in the staying power of necessity-based, grocery-anchored centers and the company’s ability to grow income through disciplined acquisitions and high occupancy. The Springs Plaza joint venture fits that thesis but is unlikely to change the key near term catalyst, which is continued rent and occupancy strength, or the main risk, which remains concentrated exposure to grocery and necessity retail tenants.

    In that context, the recent 5.7% increase in the monthly dividend to US$0.1083 per share underlines Phillips Edison’s income focus and its confidence in cash flow from grocery-anchored centers. For investors watching catalysts, ongoing dividend growth and regular affirmations matter at least as much as any single acquisition when assessing how resilient the current income stream may be.

    But investors also need to be aware that heavy reliance on grocery anchors could become a headwind if...

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    Phillips Edison’s narrative projects $811.1 million revenue and $93.3 million earnings by 2028. This implies 5.3% yearly revenue growth and about a $24.5 million earnings increase from $68.8 million today.

    Uncover how Phillips Edison's forecasts yield a $39.18 fair value, a 9% upside to its current price.

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    Only one fair value estimate from the Simply Wall St Community currently pegs Phillips Edison at about US$39.18 per share, showing how limited community data can be. Against that, the key risk of sector concentration in grocery anchored centers could materially influence how different investors think about the company’s resilience and future returns.

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    This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned.