All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2018; the latest 2021-04-09.
From the record
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.'s filings since 2018 show 2 warning events: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2021-04-09) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+33.9% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 9 of 9.
From the record
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $54 million in fiscal 2017 to $561 million in fiscal 2025, up 33.9% a year; it rose in 8 of 8 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 9 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count grew 13.4% a year. 64% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 3 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 13.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 64% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 3 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-16 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 6%: 6¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 39%: owes 39¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. earned about 6 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 39 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 11.8% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 24% of 157 in its family; net margin 45.1%.
From the record
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.'s standing among 157 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $561 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 47% by size; a net margin of 45.1% ranks in the top 12%; revenue growth of 25.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 6% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 39% of 160 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2018.
From the record
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Mavoides, Peter M. (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2018-06-20, 8.4 years (top 47% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.8 years (bottom 37%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (bottom 29%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 32% of 146 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $60 million against debt of $2.5 billion leaves -36% of its assets as net cash, bottom 44% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 67.9% of revenue (top 9%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 28% of 153 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 25.1% a year over the last three filed years against 33.9% over all 9, slowing (bottom 25% of its family); the newest year grew 24.8% (top 7%); capital spending grew 3427.3% a year (top 1%) (its annual reports). Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 46% of 150 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $561 million in fiscal 2025 came in 0.3% below the $563 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 41% of its family); net income of $253 million against a prior three-year average of $176 million (top 34%); a net margin of 45.1% against 48.3% before (bottom 36%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made