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STAG Industrial Amends and Restates Unsecured Term Loans

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STAG Industrial, Inc. (STAG - Free Report) has made the announcement of amending and restating the two $150 million unsecured bank term loans. This new arrangement for Term Loan B is likely to add to the financial flexibility of the Boston, MA-based real estate investment trust (“REIT”).

STAG Industrial focuses on the acquisition, ownership and management of single-tenant industrial properties throughout the U.S. The rate on Term Loan A has been lowered from LIBOR plus 1.65% to LIBOR plus 1.30%. The rate on Term Loan B has been changed from LIBOR plus 1.70% to LIBOR plus 1.30%. The maturity dates of these two loans, however, have been kept unchanged.

Shares of STAG Industrial outperformed the Zacks categorized REIT and Equity Trust - Other industry, year to date. During the same time span, shares of the company grew 28.5%, whereas the industry gained 4.4%. Further, over the past 60 days, current-year estimates for STAG Industrial rose 1.3% to $1.57 per share.


STAG Industrial currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).

Some better-ranked stocks in the real estate space include AGNC Investment Corp. (AGNC - Free Report) , Seritage Growth Properties (SRG - Free Report) and DCT Industrial Trust Inc. . While AGNC Investment sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), both Seritage Growth and DCT Industrial Trust carry a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

AGNC Investment’s current-year estimates have moved up 7.3% to $2.36 per share, over the past 60 days.

Seritage Growths’ current-year estimates have moved up 0.9% to $2.34 per share, over the past 60 days.

DCT Industrial Trust’s current-year estimates have moved up 2.3%, over the past 60 days to $2.24 per share.

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