Safehold Inc. Segments Disclosure
Note 16—Segment Reporting
The Company conducts its business through one reportable and one operating segment by acquiring, managing and capitalizing Ground Leases, which the Company believes provides an opportunity for safe, growing income. The Company’s chief executive officer is the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) and uses net income (loss), as reported on the consolidated statements of operations, to measure segment operating performance. All of the Company’s expenses are included in segment operating performance and are reviewed regularly. However, the CODM reviews interest expense and general and administrative expense on a more disaggregated basis. The CODM reviews interest expense in more detail because the Company uses its cost of capital to price its investments. The CODM also reviews general and administrative expense, which includes public company costs consisting of compensation, occupancy, and other corporate costs, in more detail to ensure its resources are in line with its business and operating needs. The measure of segment assets is reported on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as total assets. The CODM also reviews assets and asset level metrics such as rent coverage, GAAP and cash asset yields, Ground Lease cost to value ratios, unrealized capital appreciation and certain other metrics on a regular basis.
The following table presents the Company’s expenses that are reviewed in more detail by the CODM for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 ($ in thousands):
For the Years Ended December 31, | |||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | | 2023 | |||||
Interest expense | |||||||||
Cash | $ | 179,272 | $ | 170,315 | $ | 153,071 | |||
Non-cash | 27,414 | 27,727 | 27,940 | ||||||
Subtotal interest expense | 206,686 | 198,042 | 181,011 | ||||||
General and administrative(1) | |||||||||
Public company and other costs | 41,788 | 41,160 | 37,015 | ||||||
Stock-based compensation | 12,549 | 13,757 | 23,230 | ||||||
Management fees | — | — | 5,199 | ||||||
Expense reimbursements to the Former Manager | — | — | 3,125 | ||||||
Subtotal general and administrative |
| 54,337 |
| 54,917 |
| 68,569 | |||
| (1) | The CODM also considers management fees earned from Star Holdings (refer to Note 15) in their review of general and administrative expense because many of the Company’s employees spend time and resources performing basic functions for the management of Star Holdings. During the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, the Company earned $11.7 million, $16.8 million and $19.4 million, respectively, in management fees from Star Holdings. The management fees are included in “Other income” in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. |
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Feb 12, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| 2022 | Feb 22, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Feb 23, 2021 | |
| 2019 | Feb 24, 2020 | |
| 2018 | Feb 26, 2019 | |
| 2017 | Feb 26, 2018 | |
| 2016 | Feb 27, 2017 | |
| 2015 | Feb 26, 2016 | |
About Segments Disclosures
Segment disclosures break a company into its reportable operating units, revealing revenue, profit, and asset allocation that consolidated financial statements obscure. Under ASC 280, segments must match how the chief operating decision maker views the business, providing a window into internal management structure and resource allocation priorities.
Key signals: compare segment margins to identify which units drive profitability and which destroy value. Watch for changes in the number of reportable segments — segment aggregation or disaggregation often coincides with strategic shifts or attempts to obscure declining performance. Intersegment elimination patterns reveal internal pricing practices. The reconciliation between segment totals and consolidated figures exposes corporate overhead allocation and unallocated items. Geographic revenue concentration highlights regulatory and currency exposure. Compare segment-level capital expenditure against segment revenue to assess where management is investing for future growth versus harvesting existing assets.