CMCT Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

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Fri, May 8, 2026 astatine 12:03 PM CDT 12 min read

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DATE

Friday, May 8, 2026 astatine 12 p.m. ET

CALL PARTICIPANTS

• Chief Executive Officer — David Thompson

• Chief Financial Officer — Steve Altebrando

• Vice President, Finance — Brandon Hill

Full Conference Call Transcript

David Thompson: Hello, everyone, and convey you for joining america today. I would similar to statesman with an update connected the strategical program we outlined connected anterior calls: fortify our equilibrium sheet, amended liquidity, and sharpen our absorption connected premier multifamily assets. We made meaningful advancement against those priorities successful the archetypal quarter. Over the past respective months, we person taken actions to presumption Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation for semipermanent stableness and growth. During the quarter, we completed the redemption of $243 cardinal of preferred banal into communal stock. This was a transformational measurement for the institution that importantly improved our equilibrium expanse and volition amended our funds from operations starting successful 2026.

We expect the redemption to summation our FFO by astir $16 cardinal per twelvemonth and instrumentality the company's superior operation backmost successful enactment with our semipermanent targets. Since archetypal announcing our program to fortify our equilibrium expanse and amended liquidity successful September 2024, the institution has redeemed $396 cardinal of preferred banal into communal stock. In parallel, we person besides shifted our financing strategy toward an asset-based approach. We person completed financings connected 9 assets and person afloat retired our recourse recognition facility. As a result, we present run with minimal recourse debt, importantly reducing hazard and improving our flexibility. We besides sold our lending part successful January 2026.

After accounting for indebtedness repayment, transaction expenses, and different related items, this transaction yielded nett currency proceeds to the institution of astir $31 million. In summary, we judge that we person restored the institution to a presumption of fiscal health. With a stronger equilibrium sheet, improved liquidity, and a much focused portfolio, we are present good positioned for growth. Going forward, our superior absorption is connected improving FFO successful 2026 and 2027. We judge determination are 2 cardinal levers that volition alteration america to execute this. First, we are focused connected improving property-level show crossed our portfolio. Second, we expect a important simplification successful preferred dividend obligations.

As a reminder, we completed the redemption adjacent the extremity of the archetypal quarter, truthful the interaction of that enactment was lone minimally reflected successful our archetypal 4th FFO. The afloat payment of that redemption volition statesman successful the 2nd quarter. In addition, we are continuing to instrumentality proactive steps to further fortify our fiscal profile. We are actively moving to widen indebtedness maturities connected a fistful of assets, and astatine the aforesaid time, we volition proceed to measure selective plus income wherever we spot opportunities to unlock value, amended portfolio quality, oregon redeploy superior much efficiently.