Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT): Assessing Valuation After a Recent Share Price Slide and Weak Total Returns

Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT) has quietly drifted lower this year, even as its rental income and net income keep growing at a healthy clip. This sets up an interesting risk reward trade off for income focused investors.

See our latest analysis for Four Corners Property Trust.

That recent slide to a share price of $23.08, with a year to date share price return of negative 13.91 percent and a one year total shareholder return of negative 16.54 percent, suggests momentum has been fading even as the long term three and five year total shareholder returns hover just above flat.

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With rental and net income still rising and the share price now trading at a sizable discount to analyst targets, investors face a familiar dilemma: is FCPT now undervalued, or is the market already discounting future growth?

Most Popular Narrative: 19% Undervalued

With Four Corners Property Trust last closing at $23.08 against a narrative fair value of $28.50, the gap hinges on how durable its cash flows really are.

The company's focus on acquiring and expanding high quality, e commerce resistant retail and essential service properties (such as quick service restaurants, automotive services, and medical retail) positions FCPT's tenant base to benefit from long term growth in physical service retail, supporting future rental income and revenue stability.

Read the complete narrative.

Curious how steady expansion, rising margins and a richer future earnings multiple all fit together? The popular narrative connects these levers in a very specific way. Want to see which assumptions really power that target valuation and how a modest growth profile still supports a higher price? Dive in and decide if the story stacks up.

Result: Fair Value of $28.5 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, even this steady story could wobble if restaurant traffic weakens further or higher for longer inflation keeps pressuring margins and acquisition spreads.

Find out about the key risks to this Four Corners Property Trust narrative.

Another Take on Value

On earnings, FCPT trades at 22.4 times profits, cheaper than the US Specialized REITs average of 28.3 times but below a fair ratio of 33.3 times that our work suggests the market could move toward. If sentiment normalizes, is today’s discount mispricing or caution well placed?

See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.

Build Your Own Four Corners Property Trust Narrative

If you see the story differently or want to stress test the numbers yourself, you can build a fresh narrative in minutes: Do it your way.

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