17.  SEGMENT REPORTING 

 

The Company generates revenue from its portfolio of community and neighborhood shopping centers. The Chief Executive Officer, as the Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM), evaluates performance and resource allocation at the portfolio level. The Company does not segment its operations geographically for performance measurement purposes. As a result, it operates as a single reportable segment (the “Reporting Segment”) under GAAP. The Reporting Segment follows the same accounting policies outlined in the summary of significant accounting policies (see Note 2 for details).

 

Net income attributable to Whitestone REIT, as shown in the Consolidated Statements of Operations, is a key metric used by the CODM to assess performance and allocate resources. Additionally, total assets, as presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, are used to measure the Reporting Segment’s assets.

 

The table below provides revenues and significant segment expenses (in thousands):

 

 

  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2025

  

2024

  

2023

 
             

Revenues

            

Total revenues

 $160,859  $154,282  $146,969 

Less:

            

Depreciation and amortization

  35,929   34,894   32,966 

Operating and maintenance

  31,825   28,205   27,948 

Real estate taxes

  18,310   17,773   18,016 

General and administrative

  21,218   23,189   20,653 

Interest expense

  33,672   34,035   32,866 
Extinguishment of debt cost  798       

Gain on sale of properties

  (29,957)  (22,125)  (9,006)

Loss on disposal of assets, net

  239   547   522 
Gain on partnership redemption  (2,075)      

Interest, dividend and other investment income

  (138)  (87)  (51)

Add:

            

Deficit in earnings of real estate partnership

     (28)  (3,155)

Provision for income tax

  (482)  (450)  (450)

Net income

  50,556   37,373   19,450 
             

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

  630   480   270 
             

Net income attributable to Whitestone REIT

 $49,926  $36,893  $19,180 

 

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Mar 6, 2026Showing above
2024Mar 17, 2025
2023Mar 13, 2024
2022Mar 8, 2023
2021Mar 11, 2022
2017Mar 6, 2018

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.