Find out why Rexford Industrial Realty's 7.6% return over the last year is lagging behind its peers.
A Discounted Cash Flow model projects Rexford Industrial Realty's adjusted funds from operations into the future and then discounts those cash flows back to today in $ terms, to estimate what the business might be worth now.
On this basis, Rexford is generating roughly $543.16 Million in free cash flow today, with analysts and internal estimates pointing to steady growth over the next decade. By 2029, free cash flow is projected to be about $645.13 Million, and Simply Wall St extrapolates this further into the early 2030s, assuming moderating but positive growth each year.
When those future cash flows are discounted back using a 2 stage Free Cash Flow to Equity model based on adjusted funds from operations, the intrinsic value comes out at about $44.92 per share. That is roughly an 11.4% discount to the current share price, which suggests the stock screens as modestly undervalued rather than deeply mispriced.
Result: UNDERVALUED
Our Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis suggests Rexford Industrial Realty is undervalued by 11.4%. Track this in your watchlist or portfolio, or discover 904 more undervalued stocks based on cash flows.
For a profitable REIT like Rexford Industrial Realty, the price to earnings ratio is a useful way to see how much investors are willing to pay today for each dollar of current earnings. In general, stronger expected growth and lower perceived risk justify a higher PE, while slower growth or higher risk should pull the multiple down.
Rexford currently trades on about 28.18x earnings. That is a premium to the broader Industrial REITs industry average of roughly 16.67x, but a modest discount to the 30.02x average of its closest peers. To refine this comparison, Simply Wall St uses a proprietary Fair Ratio, which is the PE multiple you might expect once you factor in the company’s earnings growth outlook, profit margins, size, sector and specific risk profile. This Fair Ratio for Rexford is 30.19x, which is more tailored than a simple industry or peer average because it adjusts for what actually makes Rexford different rather than assuming all REITs deserve the same multiple. With the current PE sitting slightly below that Fair Ratio, the stock appears modestly undervalued on this metric.
Result: UNDERVALUED
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Earlier we mentioned that there is an even better way to understand valuation. Let us introduce you to Narratives, which let you attach a simple story about Rexford Industrial Realty to your numbers by linking your view of its future revenue, earnings and margins to a financial forecast and ultimately to a fair value estimate. You can then easily compare that estimate to the current share price to decide whether to buy, hold or sell.
On Simply Wall St’s Community page, millions of investors use Narratives as an accessible tool that turns their qualitative view into a living valuation. For example, investors might have optimism about Southern California scarcity value or concern about rent pressure and redevelopment risk. Narratives convert those views into valuations that automatically update when new earnings, news or estimates arrive. These valuations can differ meaningfully, with some investors seeing Rexford’s fair value closer to the most bullish target of around $44, while more cautious users anchor nearer the bearish end around $35.
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