Broadstone Net Lease
BNL on NYSE. Broadstone Net Lease owns commercial buildings and rents them to businesses under long-term leases. Market value $3.5bn.
Price checks use the past 12 months to June 2026. Some use the latest annual report instead, as marked. Quality checks use five annual reports, the latest for the year to December 2025.
Capital spending looks too small to be complete, so we leave free cash flow out.
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$18.40 a share, 7% above its 1-year low
Over the past year the price has ranged from $17.16 to $23.10.
Dividend: 6.2% a year
Paid every year for at least 5 years
Prices from Monday’s close (5 October).
Five years of cash, in billions
| Revenue | |||||
| Revenue | $383m | $408m | $443m | $432m | $454m |
| Operating margin | |||||
| Operating margin | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Debt to equity | |||||
| Debt to equity | 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.63 | 0.64 | 0.87 |
| Shares outstanding | |||||
| Shares outstanding | 0.17bn | 0.19bn | 0.19bn | 0.19bn | 0.19bn |
Health checks
- Free cash flow positive2 of 2 years
- Accounting looks honest (Beneish)Not enough data
- Financial strength (Piotroski)4 of 7 checks we could run
- Profit backed by cash (accruals)Yes
- Debt0.87× equity
- Revenue growth, five yearsSlow, 7.1% a year
- Buying back its own sharesNo, 11% more shares since 2021
The quarter to June 2026
How the business did, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
- Sales: $122 million last quarter, up 8% on a year ago.
- Profit: $40 million, up 97% on a year ago.
- 2% more shares than a year ago. Each share owns a bit less of the company.
- Debt is $2.7 billion more than cash, up from $2.1 billion a year ago.
- Sales grew on a year ago in each of the last 4 quarters.
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | $108m |
| December 2024 | $112m |
| March 2025 | $109m |
| June 2025 | $113m |
| September 2025 | $114m |
| December 2025 | $118m |
| March 2026 | $121m |
| June 2026 | $122m |
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | $36m |
| December 2024 | $26m |
| March 2025 | $17m |
| June 2025 | $20m |
| September 2025 | $26m |
| December 2025 | $33m |
| March 2026 | $46m |
| June 2026 | $40m |
From the company's quarterly reports to the SEC.
Dates
- Next results (estimated)
- n/a
- Last annual report (10-K)
- 19 February 2026
- Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
- 28 October 2026
Who owns it
3 long-term investors we follow own it, up from 2 last quarter. 378 funds in all.
- LSV Asset ManagementJosef Lakonishok
- Value
- $43m
- Share of fund
- <0.1%
| Fund | Value | Share of that fund | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| LSV Asset ManagementJosef Lakonishok | $43m | <0.1% | |
| Boston PartnersBoston Partners team | $29m | <0.1% | Cut |
| Barrow HanleyBarrow Hanley team | $5,167 | <0.1% | New |
Largest holders overall
- BlackRock$712mAdded
- Vanguard Portfolio Management$414mAdded
- State Street$227mAdded
- Vanguard Capital Management$178m
- Geode Capital Management$116mAdded
- Nuveen$95mCut
- Invesco$89mCut
- Alliancebernstein L.P.$81m
- Charles Schwab Investment Management$77mAdded
- AEW Capital Management L P$67mAdded
From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.
Big holders and activists
4 investors own more than 5%.
- BlackRock, Inc.Passive investor16.7%Since 30 April 2026
- Vanguard Portfolio ManagementPassive investor10.3%+0.8 ptsSince 30 April 2026
- STATE STREET CORPORATIONPassive investor5.6%Since 30 June 2026
- Vanguard Capital ManagementPassive investor5.3%Since 31 March 2026
- PRINCIPAL REAL ESTATE INVESTORS LLCPassive investorSold down below 5%Since 30 June 2025
- The Vanguard GroupPassive investorSold down below 5%Since 13 March 2026
| Holder | Stake | Since | |
|---|---|---|---|
BlackRock, Inc. Passive investor | 16.7% | 30 April 2026 | |
Vanguard Portfolio Management Passive investor | 10.3%+0.8 pts | 30 April 2026 | |
STATE STREET CORPORATION Passive investor | 5.6% | 30 June 2026 | |
Vanguard Capital Management Passive investor | 5.3% | 31 March 2026 | |
PRINCIPAL REAL ESTATE INVESTORS LLC Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 30 June 2025 | |
The Vanguard Group Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 13 March 2026 |
From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.
What insiders did
In the last 12 months, 1 insider bought $211,600 of shares on the open market.
- Imperiale Richard PDirectorBought
- Date
- 21 August 2026
- Shares
- 5,000
- Price
- $21.10
- Value
- $105,500
- Imperiale Richard PDirectorBought
- Date
- 20 August 2026
- Shares
- 5,000
- Price
- $21.22
- Value
- $106,100
| Date | Who | Did | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 2026 | Imperiale Richard P Director | Bought | 5,000 | $21.10 | $105,500 |
| 20 August 2026 | Imperiale Richard P Director | Bought | 5,000 | $21.22 | $106,100 |
From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.
Warning signs in its filings
Problems the company itself reported to the SEC, in its own words.
None of the warning signs we check for were found.
We look for five warning signs: doubt it can keep going, weak checks on its own accounts, a notice that its past accounts can't be relied on, a change of auditor, and one customer bringing in a big share of sales. We don't check lawsuits, investigations or debt yet.
We checked the auditor's report, internal controls, restatement notices, auditor changes and big customers in the 10-K filed 19 Feb 2026, plus the 10-Q filed 29 Jul 2026 and 11 later 8-Ks.
A 10-K is the yearly report every US company files with the SEC. An 8-K is a short notice of a big event.
What could go wrong
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The deep dive
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