Added to YB: 2026-09-18
Pitch date: 2026-09-15
IRT [neutral]
Independence Realty Trust, Inc.
Author Info
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Company Info
Independence Realty Trust, Inc., an S&P 400 MidCap Company, is a real estate investment trust that owns and operates multifamily communities across non-gateway U.
Market Cap
$3.6B
Pitch Price
N/A
Price Target
N/A
Dividend
4.75%
EV/EBITDA
16.11
P/E
84.65
EV/Sales
9.02
Sector
Residential REITs
Category
special_situation
$IRT: Centerspace earmarked 60 million for a special distribution, then sold itself instead
IRT (overview): Independence Realty Trust’s fixed, no-collar offer of 3.800 shares per Centerspace share keeps a planned $50–60M special distribution — 5–6% of Centerspace’s market value — on the combined balance sheet after Centerspace completed $318.8M of asset sales. At IRT’s $15.19 price, consideration is $57.72 versus Centerspace at $58.29, a 1% inversion. The key risk is Centerspace’s majority-of-shares-outstanding vote requirement, under which abstentions count against the deal.
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