Dividend Power Score
A single, comprehensive score designed to measure the true strength of a company’s dividend.
This score combines three essential pillars of dividend quality:
Consistency – Measures how reliable the dividend has been over time, focusing on payment history, stability, and the absence of cuts or suspensions.
Payability – Assesses the company’s financial ability to sustain its dividend, taking into account cash flow, earnings coverage, balance sheet strength, and overall financial health.
Growth – Evaluates the long-term growth of both the dividend and the company’s share price, highlighting businesses that consistently increase payouts while creating shareholder value.
Higher scores identify companies that have historically delivered dependable income alongside sustained dividend growth and long-term capital appreciation.
Company Overview
Belpointe PREP, LLC (commonly referred to as Belpointe PREP or PREP (OZ)) is a real estate investment company sponsored by the Belpointe group of companies, focused on developing, acquiring, and managing commercial and mixed-use real estate projects located primarily in federally designated Opportunity Zones within the United States. The company operates within the real estate investment, development, and asset management industries, with a strategic emphasis on tax-advantaged Opportunity Zone structures established under the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
The company’s primary business involves pooling investor capital to finance real estate development and redevelopment projects intended to generate long-term appreciation and operating income. Belpointe PREP’s positioning is centered on combining institutional-style real estate development with Opportunity Zone tax incentives. Publicly available disclosures indicate the company was formed as a limited liability company and later became a publicly reporting entity through securities offerings; however, details regarding its exact public listing status, trading liquidity, and capitalization structure are data inconclusive based on available public sources. The company evolved from Belpointe’s broader real estate development platform, which has operated for multiple decades across commercial property sectors.
Business Operations
Belpointe PREP generates revenue primarily through real estate development gains, rental income from stabilized properties, and potential asset dispositions. Its operations are organized around a single integrated real estate investment platform rather than multiple independently reported segments. Core activities include site acquisition, development planning, construction oversight, leasing, and long-term asset management of Opportunity Zone–qualified properties.
Operations are concentrated in the United States, with assets and development projects located in urban and emerging secondary markets. The company leverages in-house development expertise from affiliated Belpointe entities, as well as third-party construction firms, leasing brokers, and property managers. Belpointe PREP operates alongside affiliated entities such as Belpointe Asset Management, LLC and Belpointe Real Estate, LLC, which provide development, management, and administrative services under contractual arrangements disclosed in offering and regulatory documents.
Strategic Position & Investments
Belpointe PREP’s strategic direction emphasizes long-duration real estate investments designed to maximize Opportunity Zone tax benefits, including deferral and potential exclusion of capital gains subject to statutory holding requirements. Growth initiatives have focused on expanding its development pipeline in high-growth urban submarkets and increasing the scale of assets under management through additional capital raises.
The company has invested in a portfolio of mixed-use, residential, hospitality, and commercial projects, often involving ground-up development or substantial redevelopment. Specific project-level investments have been disclosed in offering materials and periodic filings, though comprehensive, up-to-date portfolio valuations are data inconclusive based on available public sources. Belpointe PREP is not known to operate a traditional subsidiary holding structure beyond property-level special purpose entities commonly used in real estate development.
Geographic Footprint
Belpointe PREP’s activities are concentrated entirely within the United States, with projects located in multiple states and metropolitan areas designated as Opportunity Zones. The company’s headquarters and principal executive offices are based in Connecticut, aligning with the broader Belpointe organization’s historical base of operations.
The firm’s market presence spans several U.S. regions, including the Northeast, Southeast, and Midwest, depending on project availability and Opportunity Zone qualification. There is no verified evidence of direct international operations or non-U.S. investments, and the company’s operational influence remains domestic.
Leadership & Governance
Belpointe PREP is sponsored and managed by executives affiliated with the Belpointe platform, which provides strategic oversight, development expertise, and investment management. Leadership emphasizes disciplined capital allocation, long-term asset appreciation, and regulatory compliance within the Opportunity Zone framework. Governance practices are informed by requirements applicable to publicly reporting entities, as disclosed in SEC filings, though the extent of independent governance is data inconclusive based on available public sources.
Key executives associated with Belpointe PREP and its manager include:
- Steven D. Smith – Founder and Chief Executive Officer
- Joseph M. Smith – President
- Jason McCarthy – Chief Financial Officer
- Adam Belpointe – Executive Vice President
Leadership communications consistently highlight a strategy centered on patient capital, urban revitalization, and alignment of investor returns with community development objectives.