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Brad Schwer

Simon Property Group Starts the Year Strong; Pressure Eases on Occupancy Cost Ratio

Simon Property Group reported strong first-quarter results driven by operating growth from existing properties, along with additions from developments and redevelopments. Occupancy trended lower, though, ending the quarter at 94.6%, down 100 basis points both sequentially and on a year-over-year basis. Overall, we didn’t see anything in Simon’s first-quarter results that would alter our long-term view of the firm, so we are maintaining our $146 per share fair value estimate and no-moat rating. W...
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Simon Property Group Inc.

Simon Property Group operates as a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust. Simon Property Group, L.P. is the company's majority-owned Delaware partnership subsidiary that owns all of its real estate properties and other assets. The company owns, develops and manages shopping, dining, entertainment and mixed-use destinations, which consist primarily of malls, Premium Outlets?, and The Mills? in United States as well as internationally including Puerto Rico, Asia, Europe and Canada. The company also owned equity stake in Klepierre SA, a Paris-based real estate company, which owns, or has an interest in, shopping centers in Europe.

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Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Brad Schwer

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