# W. P. Carey Inc. (WPC)

- Sector: Real Estate · Industry: Reit Diversified
- SEC CIK: 0001025378 ([filings on EDGAR](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001025378))
- Full page: https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/wpc
- Data as of: price 2026-09-25; newest filing used 2026-07-29; latest fiscal period ended 2026-06-30

## Grade

**C** on the balance-sheet rubric used for lenders, 3 of 5 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | $651M |  |
| Earnings growing overall | failed | $651M | $753.5M |
| Earnings growing recently | passed | $651M | $466.4M |
| Earns well on its assets | passed | 3.5% |  |
| Book value per share growing | failed | $36.72 | $44.87 |

Business quality (the + / − mark): 4 of 6 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | 36.3% |  |
| Healthy profit margin | passed | 36.3% |  |
| Strong operating margin | failed | 11.7% |  |
| Good return on equity | failed | 8.0% |  |
| Debt under control | passed | 1.09 |  |
| Turns sales into cash | passed | 28.5% |  |

How the grade works: the letter counts failed checks (none → A, one → B, two → C, three → D, four or more → F). It is built from SEC filings only — the share price never enters it — and describes the business, not whether the stock is worth buying.

## Key figures

In US dollars, as filed.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Revenue, trailing twelve months | $1.8B |
| Net income, trailing twelve months | $651M |
| Net margin | 36.3% |
| Return on equity | 8.0% |
| Debt to equity | 1.09 |
| Share price | $66.09 |
| Market value | $15.1B |
| Price / sales | 8.4x |

## More on this company

- [Overview](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/wpc)
- [Financial statements](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/wpc/financials)
- [Competitors](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/wpc/peers)
- [Earnings](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/wpc/earnings)

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