EASTGROUP PROPERTIES INC (EGP)

ITEM 2.MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

The following discussion and analysis of results of operations and financial condition should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes “forward-looking statements” (within the meaning of the federal securities laws, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) that reflect EastGroup Properties, Inc.’s (the “Company” or “EastGroup”) expectations and projections about the Company’s future results, performance, prospects, plans and opportunities. The Company has attempted to identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “seek,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “targets,” “intends,” “should,” “estimates,” “could,” “continue,” “assume,” “projects,” “goals,” “plans” or variations of such words and similar expressions or the negative of such words, although not all forward-looking statements contain such words. These forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to the Company and are subject to a number of known and unknown assumptions, risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance, plans or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include, among other things, those discussed below. The Company intends for all such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, as applicable by law. The Company does not undertake to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of changes in underlying assumptions or new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law.

The following are some, but not all, of the risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those presented in the Company’s forward-looking statements (the Company refers to itself as “we,” “us” or “our” in the following):

•international, national, regional and local economic conditions and conflicts;

•the competitive environment in which the Company operates;

•fluctuations of occupancy or rental rates;

•potential defaults (including bankruptcies or insolvency) on or non-renewal of leases by tenants, or our ability to lease space at current or anticipated rents, particularly in light of the ongoing uncertainty around interest rates, tariffs and general economic conditions;

•disruption in supply and delivery chains;

•increased construction and development costs, including as a result of tariffs or the recent inflationary environment;

•acquisition and development risks, including failure of such acquisitions and development projects to perform in accordance with our projections or to materialize at all;

•potential changes in the law or governmental regulations and interpretations of those laws and regulations, including changes in real estate laws, real estate investment trust (“REIT”) or corporate income tax laws, potential changes in zoning laws, or increases in real property tax rates, and any related increased cost of compliance;

•our ability to maintain our qualification as a REIT;

•natural disasters such as fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes or other extreme weather events, which may or may not be directly caused by longer-term shifts in climate patterns, could destroy buildings and damage regional economies;

•the availability of financing and capital, increases in or long-term elevated interest rates, and our ability to raise equity capital on attractive terms;

•financing risks, including the risks that our cash flows from operations may be insufficient to meet required payments of principal and interest, and we may be unable to refinance our existing debt upon maturity or obtain new financing on attractive terms or at all;

•our ability to retain our credit agency ratings;

•our ability to comply with applicable financial covenants;

•credit risk in the event of non-performance by the counterparties to our interest rate swaps;

•how and when pending forward equity sales may settle;

•lack of or insufficient amounts of insurance;

•litigation, including costs associated with prosecuting or defending claims and any adverse outcomes;

•our ability to attract and retain key personnel or lack of adequate succession planning;

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•risks related to the failure, inadequacy or interruption of our data security systems and processes, including security breaches through cyber attacks;

•pandemics, epidemics or other public health emergencies, such as the coronavirus pandemic;

•potentially catastrophic events, such as acts of war, civil unrest and terrorism, including escalation or expansion of the war in the Middle East; and

•environmental liabilities, including costs, fines or penalties that may be incurred due to necessary remediation of contamination of properties presently owned or previously owned by us.

The risks included herein are not exhaustive, and investors should be aware that there may be other factors that could adversely affect our business and financial performance. New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for our management to predict all risk factors, nor can we assess the impact of all risk factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results.

All forward-looking statements should be read in light of the risks identified in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors within the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, as such factors may be updated from time to time in the Company’s periodic filings and current reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

OVERVIEW

EastGroup is a self-administered equity real estate investment trust (“REIT”) focused on maximizing shareholder value by being a leading provider in its markets of functional, flexible and quality business distribution space for location-sensitive customers (primarily in the 20,000 to 100,000 square foot range).  The Company develops, acquires and operates distribution facilities, the majority of which are clustered around major transportation features in supply constrained submarkets in high-growth markets.  The Company’s core markets are in the states of Texas, Florida, California, Arizona and North Carolina. The Company is organized as a Maryland corporation and has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. We utilize an umbrella partnership real estate investment trust (“UPREIT”) organizational structure to hold all or substantially all of our assets through EastGroup Properties, L.P., our operating partnership.

As of June 30, 2026, EastGroup owned 557 industrial properties in 12 states. As of that same date, the Company’s portfolio, including development projects and value-add properties in lease-up and under construction, included approximately 65,700,000 square feet consisting of 517 business distribution properties containing 59,800,000 square feet, 19 bulk distribution properties containing 5,100,000 square feet, and 21 business service properties containing 800,000 square feet.

During the six months ended June 30, 2026, economic uncertainty and stock market volatility continued due to a number of factors, including persistent inflation, interest rate uncertainty, concerns about tariffs, supply chain or trade disruptions and geopolitical conflict. While these factors did not have a significant adverse impact on EastGroup during the six months ended June 30, 2026, they may adversely impact the Company in the future. Most of the Company’s leases require the tenants to pay their pro rata share of operating expenses, including real estate taxes, insurance and common area maintenance, thereby reducing the Company’s exposure to increases in operating expenses resulting from inflation or other factors. Additionally, most of the Company's leases include scheduled rent increases. In the event inflation causes increases in the Company’s general and administrative expenses, or higher interest rates increase the Company’s cost of doing business, such increased costs would not be passed through to tenants and could adversely affect the Company’s results of operations. The Company continues to monitor inflation and interest rates, as well as direct and indirect impacts resulting from the uncertainty related to, or changes to, the overall regulatory and economic environment and from ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

EastGroup believes its current operating cash flow and unsecured bank credit facilities provide the capacity to fund the operations of the Company, and the Company also believes it can issue common and/or preferred equity and obtain debt financing on currently acceptable terms.

During the six months ended June 30, 2026, EastGroup sold, and subsequently settled the issuance of, 365,620 shares of common stock directly through sales agents under its at-the-market (“ATM”) common stock offering program at a weighted average price of $191.46 per share, providing aggregate net proceeds to the Company of $69,300,000.

During the six months ended June 30, 2026, EastGroup entered into forward equity sale agreements with certain financial institutions acting as forward counterparties under its ATM common stock offering program with respect to 1,040,457 shares of

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common stock with an initial weighted average forward price of $201.45 per share. The Company did not receive any proceeds from the sale of common shares by the forward counterparties at the time we entered into forward equity sale agreements.

EastGroup’s financing and equity issuances are further described in Liquidity and Capital Resources.

The Company’s primary source of revenue is rental income.  During the six months ended June 30, 2026, EastGroup executed new and renewal leases on 4,887,000 square feet (representing 7.8% of the operating portfolio’s total square footage of 62,523,000). For new and renewal leases signed during the first six months of 2026, average rental rates increased by 35.2%, as compared to the former leases on the same spaces.

On a diluted per share basis, Net Income Attributable to EastGroup Properties, Inc. Common Stockholders was $3.17 for the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to $2.35 for the same period of 2025, a 34.9% increase. See the Company’s analysis of performance trends below for further details.

Property Net Operating Income (“PNOI”), Excluding Income from Lease Terminations, from same properties (defined as operating properties owned during the entire period from January 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026), increased 6.8% for the six months ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the same period in 2025.

EastGroup’s operating portfolio was 96.8% leased and 95.6% occupied as of June 30, 2026, compared to 97.1% and 96.0%, respectively, at June 30, 2025.  As of July 21, 2026, the operating portfolio was 96.9% leased and 95.6% occupied. As of June 30, 2026, leases approximating 4.5% of the operating portfolio, based on a percentage of annualized base rent, were scheduled to expire during the remainder of 2026. This percentage was reduced to 3.6% as of July 21, 2

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

The following discussion and analysis of results of operations and financial condition should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

OVERVIEW

EastGroup’s goal is to maximize shareholder value by being a leading provider in its markets of functional, flexible and quality business distribution space for location-sensitive customers (primarily in the 20,000 to 100,000 square foot range).  The Company develops, acquires and operates distribution facilities, the majority of which are clustered around major transportation features in supply-constrained submarkets in high-growth regions.  The Company’s core markets are in the states of Texas, Florida, California, Arizona and North Carolina.

During 2025, economic uncertainty and stock market volatility continued due to a number of factors, including persistent inflation, interest rate uncertainty, concerns about tariffs, supply chain or trade disruptions and geopolitical conflict. While these factors did not have a significant adverse impact on EastGroup’s operations during 2025, they may adversely impact the Company in the future. Most of the Company’s leases require the tenants to pay their pro rata share of operating expenses, including real estate taxes, insurance and common area maintenance, thereby reducing the Company’s exposure to increases in operating expenses resulting from inflation or other factors. Additionally, most of the Company’s leases include scheduled rent increases. In the event inflation causes increases in the Company’s general and administrative expenses, or higher interest rates increase the Company’s cost of doing business, such increased costs would not be passed through to tenants and could adversely affect the Company’s results of operations. The Company continues to monitor inflation and interest rates, as well as the uncertainty resulting from the overall regulatory and economic environment.

EastGroup believes its current operating cash flow and unsecured bank credit facilities provide the capacity to fund the operations of the Company, and the Company also believes it can issue common and/or preferred equity and obtain debt financing on currently acceptable terms.

During 2025, EastGroup sold, and subsequently settled the issuance of, 33,120 shares of common stock directly through sales agents under its at-the-market (“ATM”) common stock offering programs at a weighted average price of $183.15 per share, providing aggregate net proceeds to the Company of $6,005,000.

During 2025, EastGroup entered into forward equity sale agreements with certain financial institutions acting as forward counterparties under its ATM programs with respect to 1,063,825 shares of common stock with an initial weighted average forward price of $181.89 per share. The Company did not receive any proceeds from the sale of common shares by the forward counterparties at the time it entered into forward equity sale agreements. Also during 2025, the Company settled outstanding forward equity sale agreements that were previously entered into by issuing 1,449,078 shares of common stock in exchange for net proceeds of approximately $258,066,000.

During 2025, EastGroup also closed $250,000,000 of unsecured debt with a weighted average effectively fixed interest rate of 4.13%. EastGroup’s financing and equity issuances are further described in Liquidity and Capital Resources.

The Company’s primary source of revenue is rental income.  During 2025, EastGroup executed leases on 9,270,000 square feet of operating properties (15.1% of EastGroup’s total square footage of 61,561,000 as of December 31, 2025). For new and renewal leases signed during 2025, average rental rates increased by 40.1% as compared to the former leases on the same spaces.

On a diluted per share basis, Net Income Attributable to EastGroup Properties, Inc. Common Stockholders was $4.87 for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to $4.66 for 2024, a 4.5% increase. See the Company’s analysis of performance trends below for further details.

Property Net Operating Income (“PNOI”) Excluding Income from Lease Terminations from same properties (defined as operating properties owned during the entire current and prior year reporting periods – January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2025), increased 7.0% for 2025 compared to 2024.

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EastGroup’s operating portfolio was 97.0% leased at December 31, 2025 compared to 97.1% at December 31, 2024. Occupancy at the end of 2025 for the operating portfolio was 96.5% compared to 96.1% at December 31, 2024. As of February 10, 2026, the operating portfolio was 96.5% leased and 96.1% occupied. As of December 31, 2025, leases approximating 13.1% of the operating portfolio, based on a percentage of annualized base rent, were scheduled to expire in 2026. This percentage was reduced to 12.4% as of February 10, 2026.

The Company generates new sources of leasing revenue through its acquisitions and also its development and value-add program.  The Company mitigates risks associated with development through a Board-approved maximum level of land held for development and by adjusting development start dates according to leasing activity.

During the year ended December 31, 2025, EastGroup purchased 300.4 acres of land in four markets for a total of $118,584,000. The Company began construction of a redevelopment project and six development projects containing 1,439,000 square feet in five markets. Also in 2025, the Company transferred 11 development and value-add projects (2,109,000 square feet) in seven markets from its development and value-add program to real estate properties, with costs of $279,082,000 at the date of transfer. As of December 31, 2025, EastGroup’s development and value-add program consisted of 17 projects (3,473,000 square feet) located in 12 markets.  The projected total cost for the development and value-add projects, which were collectively 18.8% leased as of February 10, 2026, is $499,900,000, of which $161,317,000 remained to be invested as of December 31, 2025.

During the year ended December 31, 2025, EastGroup acquired 739,000 square feet of operating properties in three markets for a total of $143,099,000. There were no value-add property acquisitions during the period.

During the year ended December 31, 2025, EastGroup sold a 12,000 square foot operating property in San Francisco, generating gross sales proceeds of $3,573,000. The Company did not recognize a gain or loss on this disposition.

The Company typically funds its development and acquisition programs through its $675,000,000 unsecured bank credit facilities (as discussed below in Liquidity and Capital Resources).  As market conditions permit, EastGroup issues equity and/or employs fixed rate debt, including variable rate debt that has been swapped to an effectively fixed rate through the use of interest rate swaps, to replace short-term bank borrowings. In May 2025, Moody’s Ratings affirmed EastGroup's issuer rating of Baa2 and changed its rating outlook from stable to positive. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. Each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating. For future debt issuances, the Company intends to issue primarily unsecured fixed rate debt, including variable rate debt that has been swapped to an effectively fixed rate through the use of interest rate swaps. The Company may also access the public debt or convertible bond markets in the future as a means to raise capital.

Investors and industry analysts following the real estate industry primarily utilize two supplemental operating performance measures in analyzing the Company's operating results: (1) funds from operations attributable to common stockholders (“FFO”), and (2) property net operating income (“PNOI”).

FFO is computed in accordance with standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc. (“Nareit”). Nareit’s guidance allows preparers an option as it pertains to whether gains or losses on sale, or impairment charges, on real estate assets incidental to a REIT’s business are excluded from the calculation of FFO. EastGroup has made the election to exclude activity related to such assets that are incidental to our business.

FFO is calculated as net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders computed in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), excluding gains and losses from sales of real estate property (including other assets incidental to the Company’s business) and impairment losses, adjusted for real estate related depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. FFO is not considered as an alternative to net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) as an indication of the Company’s financial performance, nor is it a measure of the Company’s liquidity or indicative of funds available to provide for the Company’s cash needs, including its ability to make distributions.  The Company’s key drivers affecting FFO are changes in PNOI (as discussed below), interest rates, the amount of leverage the Company employs and general and administrative expenses.

PNOI is defined as Income from real estate operations less Expenses from real estate operations (including market based internal management fee expense) plus the Company’s share of income and property operating expenses from its less-than-wholly-owned real estate investments.

EastGroup sometimes refers to PNOI from Same Properties as “Same PNOI”; the Company also presents Same PNOI Excluding Income from Lease Terminations. Same Properties is defined as operating properties owned during the entire

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current period and prior year reporting period. Properties developed or acquired are excluded until held in the operating portfolio for both the current and prior year reporting periods. Properties sold during the current or prior year reporting periods are also excluded. For the year ended December 31, 2025, Same Properties includes properties which were included in the operating portfolio for the entire period from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2025. The Company presents Same PNOI and Same PNOI Excluding Income from Lease Terminations as a property-level supplemental measure of performance used to evaluate the performance of the Company’s investments in real estate assets and its operating results on a same property basis.

FFO and PNOI are supplemental industry reporting measurements used to evaluate the performance of the Company’s investments in real estate assets and its operating results. The Company believes that the exclusion of depreciation and amortization in the calculations of PNOI and FFO provides supplemental indicators of the properties’ performance since real estate values have historically risen or fallen with market conditions.  PNOI and FFO as calculated by the Company may not be comparable to similarly titled but differently calculated measures for other REITs.  Investors should be aware that items excluded from or added back to FFO are significant components in understanding and assessing the Company’s financial performance. These non-GAAP figures should not be considered a substitute for, and should only be considered together with and as a supplement to, the Company’s financial information presented in accordance with GAAP.

The following table presents reconciliations of Net Income to PNOI, Same PNOI and Same PNOI Excluding Income from Lease Terminations for the three fiscal years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023.

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