Broadstone Net Lease
Broadstone Net Lease's revenue rose 5.2% to $454 million in fiscal 2025. Its net margin was 21.2%, down from 37.6% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $270 million, up 4.0%. It paid out $219 million in dividends and buybacks, 81% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 0.5%.
Net margin is net income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.
Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.
What Broadstone Net Lease does
Broadstone Net Lease is a real estate investment trust (REIT), a company that owns property and pays out most of its income. It owns commercial buildings, mostly with a single tenant each, and leases them on a long-term, "net" basis. Under a net lease the tenant runs the property and covers most of its costs, while the tenant keeps control of a location that matters to its business.
At the end of 2025 its portfolio held 771 properties, with about 41.6 million rentable square feet. Nearly all are in the United States and a few are in Canada. It earns rent from tenants in many industries and spreads its holdings across property types, regions and tenants. Most leases include built-in rent increases.
It aims to grow in three ways: raising rents under existing leases, building properties for tenants, and buying more properties. It competes for acquisitions with other publicly traded REITs and with private investors.
Its biggest risks, as it describes them
- Tenants may default or leave, and each property depends on a single tenant.
- Rents rise only by the amounts written into its long leases, which limits growth.
- Growth depends on finding and paying for more property purchases.
- Higher interest rates could raise its borrowing costs.
- Competition from larger REITs and private investors when buying properties.
Income statement
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, earnings per share fell 3.5% a year and net income grew 11.4% a year, as new shares raised the share count by 238% and diluted each share's earnings.
Returns on capital
Balance sheet
Five years at a glance
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 22 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 30 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 1,699 | 2,034 | 1,920 | 1,920 | 2,526 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 1,678 | 2,012 | 1,900 | 1,905 | 2,495 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | — | 4.9x | 4.9x | 7.1x |
| Debt to equity | 0.7x | 0.7x | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.9x |
| Interest coverage | — | — | 3.0x | 3.2x | 2.0x |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quick ratio | — | — | — | — | — |
Cash flow
Projections
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What Broadstone Net Lease says to expect
- Full year 2026: AFFO per diluted share
For 2026, BNL expects to report AFFO of between $1.55 to $1.57 per diluted share.
Insider trades
Over the 12 months between November 7, 2025 and November 6, 2026, 1 insider bought $211,600 of Broadstone Net Lease shares on the open market, and none sold any.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | Richard P ImperialeDirector | Bought | 5,000 | $21.10 | $105,500 | Form 4 |
| Aug 20, 2026 | Richard P ImperialeDirector | Bought | 5,000 | $21.22 | $106,100 | Form 4 |
Indicators
Four widely used measures, worked out from the company's filings. The cutoffs are the ones their authors or users go by, not a verdict of ours.
| Indicator | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piotroski F-score | — | — | — |
| Rule of 40 | 59.4% | 57.6% | 64.6% |
| Altman Z'' | — | — | — |
| Accruals ratio | −2.2% | −2.2% | −3.7% |
The nine F-score tests
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Pass | Fail | Fail |
| Current ratio rose | — | — | — |
| Share count didn't rise | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| Gross margin rose | — | — | — |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| F-score | — | — | — |
Compare
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadstone Net Lease | FY25 | 5.2% | — | 59.4% | 3.6% | 7.1x | — | |
| Terreno Realty | FY25 | 24.5% | — | 43.8% | — | — | — | Compare |
| EastGroup Properties | FY25 | 12.7% | — | 56.1% | — | — | — | Compare |
| First Industrial Realty Trust | FY25 | 8.6% | — | — | — | — | — | Compare |
| Innovative Industrial Properties | FY25 | −13.8% | 46.7% | — | — | 1.8x | — | Compare |
10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 143 | 182 | 238 | 299 | 322 | 383 | 408 | 443 | 432 | 454 |
| Revenue growth | 45.7% | 27.1% | 30.8% | 25.8% | 7.6% | 19.0% | 6.4% | 8.7% | −2.5% | 5.2% |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Research and development | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | 64 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net income | 36 | 55 | 69 | 79 | 51 | 102 | 122 | 156 | 162 | 96 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 0.69 | 0.80 | 0.86 | 0.83 | 0.44 | 0.67 | 0.72 | 0.83 | 0.86 | 0.50 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 58 | 74 | 88 | 103 | 129 | 164 | 180 | 196 | 197 | 198 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 67 | 98 | 128 | 147 | 179 | 245 | 256 | 271 | 276 | 300 |
| Capital expenditure | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 31 | 46 | 17 | 30 |
| Free cash flow | 65 | 91 | 123 | 142 | 168 | 243 | 225 | 225 | 259 | 270 |
| Dividends paid | 36 | 44 | 52 | 62 | 72 | 154 | 181 | 208 | 217 | 219 |
| Share buybacks | 8 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Acquisitions | 519 | 684 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stock-based compensation | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 22 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 100 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 30 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | — | 1,182 | 1,451 | 1,990 | 1,548 | 1,699 | 2,034 | 1,920 | 1,920 | 2,526 |
| Total assets | 1,952 | 2,579 | 3,097 | 3,918 | 4,258 | 4,619 | 5,458 | 5,269 | 5,216 | 5,717 |
| Total liabilities | 954 | 1,295 | 1,568 | 2,139 | 1,779 | 1,878 | 2,195 | 2,074 | 2,075 | 2,684 |
| Shareholders' equity | 912 | 1,187 | 1,417 | 1,668 | 2,299 | 2,577 | 3,093 | 3,049 | 3,004 | 2,902 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | 44.5% | 46.8% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net margin | 25.4% | 30.2% | 29.2% | 26.6% | 15.9% | 26.8% | 30.0% | 35.1% | 37.6% | 21.2% |
| Free cash flow margin | 45.7% | 50.2% | 51.7% | 47.6% | 52.3% | 63.6% | 55.1% | 50.8% | 60.1% | 59.4% |
| Rule of 40 (growth + FCF margin) | 91.3% | 77.3% | 82.5% | 73.5% | 59.9% | 82.6% | 61.5% | 59.4% | 57.6% | 64.6% |
| Return on capital | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.5% | 4.7% | 3.6% |
| Return on equity | — | 5.2% | 5.3% | 5.2% | 2.6% | 4.2% | 4.3% | 5.1% | 5.4% | 3.3% |
| Return on assets | — | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.3% | 1.2% | 2.3% | 2.4% | 2.9% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | 7.9x | — | — | — | — | — | 4.9x | 4.9x | 7.1x |