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Is it Wise to Retain Prologis Stock in Your Portfolio Now?
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Key Takeaways
Prologis' global warehouses in key markets continue to drive healthy operating performance.
The company plans $1-$1.25B in acquisitions and up to $2.75B in 2025 development starts.
Higher interest expenses and cautious tenants amid uncertainty could limit near-term gains.
Prologis (PLD - Free Report) is poised to gain from its scale and strategically located modern distribution facilities in key markets globally. Prudent buyouts, development and a healthy balance sheet will drive growth. The company is also converting some of its warehouses into data centers to capitalize on the growing opportunity in this asset category.
However, amid macroeconomic uncertainty, customers remain focused on cost controls and delay their decision-making with respect to leasing. Elevated interest expenses add to PLD’s concerns.
What’s Aiding Prologis Stock?
Prologis provides industrial distribution warehouse space in some of the busiest distribution markets across the globe. The properties of the company are typically located in large, supply-constrained infill markets in close proximity to airports, seaports and ground transportation facilities, which facilitates rapid distribution of customers’ products. The solid demand for Prologis’ strategically located facilities has driven healthy operating performance over the past several quarters. For 2025, we estimate occupancy to be 95.2%. The company’s new and renewal leases are expected to translate into considerable rises in future rental income. Our estimate points to a year-over-year increase of 7.5% and 4.9% in rental revenues in 2025 and 2026, respectively.
Prologis continues to bolster its presence in high-barrier, high-growth markets through strategic acquisitions and development activities. For 2025, the company anticipates acquisitions at Prologis share between $1 and $1.25 billion. Development starts are expected in the range of $2.25-$2.75 billion.
Prologis maintains a healthy balance sheet position with ample flexibility. As of June 30, 2025, this industrial REIT had a total available liquidity of $7.1 billion. As of the same date, the company's weighted average interest rate on its share of the total debt was 3.2%, with a weighted average term of 8.5 years. Debt to adjusted EBITDA was 5.1X. In addition, the company’s credit ratings as of June 30, 2025 were A2 (Outlook Positive) from Moody’s and A (Outlook Stable) from Standard & Poor’s, enabling the company to borrow at an advantageous rate.
The demand for high-performing data centers is likely to increase in the coming years amid high growth in cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), big data and elevated requirements for third-party IT infrastructure. To capitalize on this growing opportunity, Prologis is focusing on both warehouse conversions and ground-up developments, which will aid future revenue growth.
Solid dividend payouts are arguably the biggest enticements for REIT shareholders, and Prologis remains committed to that. In the last five years, Prologis has increased its dividend five times, and its five-year annualized dividend growth rate is 12.66%. Given the company’s solid operating platform, opportunities for growth, decent financial position compared with the industry and our favorable FFO growth rate estimate for full-year 2025 of 3.5%, this dividend rate is expected to be sustainable in the near term. Check Prologis’ dividend history here.
Shares of Prologis have rallied 10.7% so far in the year, outperforming the industry’s growth of 4.9%. Analysts seem bullish on this Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) company. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for its 2025 FFO per share indicates a favorable outlook as it has moved two cents northward over the past month to $5.77.
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What’s Hurting Prologis Stock?
Amid macroeconomic uncertainty, customers currently remain focused on cost controls and are delaying their decisions with respect to decision-making for leasing. As such, demand remains subdued, and this trend is expected to continue in the near term. Furthermore, recovery in the industrial market has continued for a long time, and the growth of e-commerce sales is likely to stabilize to some extent in the upcoming quarters. Therefore, any robust performance is unlikely in the near term.
The company’s consolidated debt as of June 30, 2025 was $34.67 billion. In the second quarter of 2025, interest expenses jumped 20.9% on a year-over-year basis to $251.9 million. For 2025, our estimate indicates a 13.3% year-over-year increase in the company’s interest expenses.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for VICI Properties’ 2025 FFO per share is pegged at $2.39, suggesting a 5.75% increase year over year.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for W.P. Carey’s 2025 FFO per share is pegged at $4.88, calling for a rise of 3.83% year over year.
Note: Anything related to earnings presented in this write-up represents funds from operations (FFO), a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs.
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Is it Wise to Retain Prologis Stock in Your Portfolio Now?
Key Takeaways
Prologis (PLD - Free Report) is poised to gain from its scale and strategically located modern distribution facilities in key markets globally. Prudent buyouts, development and a healthy balance sheet will drive growth. The company is also converting some of its warehouses into data centers to capitalize on the growing opportunity in this asset category.
However, amid macroeconomic uncertainty, customers remain focused on cost controls and delay their decision-making with respect to leasing. Elevated interest expenses add to PLD’s concerns.
What’s Aiding Prologis Stock?
Prologis provides industrial distribution warehouse space in some of the busiest distribution markets across the globe. The properties of the company are typically located in large, supply-constrained infill markets in close proximity to airports, seaports and ground transportation facilities, which facilitates rapid distribution of customers’ products. The solid demand for Prologis’ strategically located facilities has driven healthy operating performance over the past several quarters. For 2025, we estimate occupancy to be 95.2%. The company’s new and renewal leases are expected to translate into considerable rises in future rental income. Our estimate points to a year-over-year increase of 7.5% and 4.9% in rental revenues in 2025 and 2026, respectively.
Prologis continues to bolster its presence in high-barrier, high-growth markets through strategic acquisitions and development activities. For 2025, the company anticipates acquisitions at Prologis share between $1 and $1.25 billion. Development starts are expected in the range of $2.25-$2.75 billion.
Prologis maintains a healthy balance sheet position with ample flexibility. As of June 30, 2025, this industrial REIT had a total available liquidity of $7.1 billion. As of the same date, the company's weighted average interest rate on its share of the total debt was 3.2%, with a weighted average term of 8.5 years. Debt to adjusted EBITDA was 5.1X. In addition, the company’s credit ratings as of June 30, 2025 were A2 (Outlook Positive) from Moody’s and A (Outlook Stable) from Standard & Poor’s, enabling the company to borrow at an advantageous rate.
The demand for high-performing data centers is likely to increase in the coming years amid high growth in cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), big data and elevated requirements for third-party IT infrastructure. To capitalize on this growing opportunity, Prologis is focusing on both warehouse conversions and ground-up developments, which will aid future revenue growth.
Solid dividend payouts are arguably the biggest enticements for REIT shareholders, and Prologis remains committed to that. In the last five years, Prologis has increased its dividend five times, and its five-year annualized dividend growth rate is 12.66%. Given the company’s solid operating platform, opportunities for growth, decent financial position compared with the industry and our favorable FFO growth rate estimate for full-year 2025 of 3.5%, this dividend rate is expected to be sustainable in the near term. Check Prologis’ dividend history here.
Shares of Prologis have rallied 10.7% so far in the year, outperforming the industry’s growth of 4.9%. Analysts seem bullish on this Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) company. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for its 2025 FFO per share indicates a favorable outlook as it has moved two cents northward over the past month to $5.77.
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What’s Hurting Prologis Stock?
Amid macroeconomic uncertainty, customers currently remain focused on cost controls and are delaying their decisions with respect to decision-making for leasing. As such, demand remains subdued, and this trend is expected to continue in the near term. Furthermore, recovery in the industrial market has continued for a long time, and the growth of e-commerce sales is likely to stabilize to some extent in the upcoming quarters. Therefore, any robust performance is unlikely in the near term.
The company’s consolidated debt as of June 30, 2025 was $34.67 billion. In the second quarter of 2025, interest expenses jumped 20.9% on a year-over-year basis to $251.9 million. For 2025, our estimate indicates a 13.3% year-over-year increase in the company’s interest expenses.
Stocks to Consider
Some better-ranked stocks from the REIT sector are VICI Properties (VICI - Free Report) and W.P. Carey (WPC - Free Report) , each carrying a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) at present. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for VICI Properties’ 2025 FFO per share is pegged at $2.39, suggesting a 5.75% increase year over year.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for W.P. Carey’s 2025 FFO per share is pegged at $4.88, calling for a rise of 3.83% year over year.
Note: Anything related to earnings presented in this write-up represents funds from operations (FFO), a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs.