MGM Growth Properties reports full rental payments for Q2

August 4, 2020
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Real estate investment trust MGM Growth Properties reported full and on time rental payments for Q2.

MGP earned rental revenue of $188m for the quarter and consolidated net income of $97m. 

Rental revenue is down 14% year-on-year. 

James Stewart, CEO of MGM Growth Properties, said: "Despite the economic challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to receive our rental payments in full and on time. In the second quarter of 2020, we continued to execute on our strategy of returning value to shareholders via the accretive redemption of 30.3 million Operating Partnership units, which allowed us to increase our dividend for the eleventh time in four years.” 

The 30.3m operating partnership units totaled $700m in cash. 

MGP reported $41m of quarterly earnings attributable to Class A shareholders. 

MGP had $726m of cash and cash equivalents as of 30 June, 2020. 

The company’s Las Vegas portfolio includes MGM Resorts properties MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay and Park MGM.

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