India, May 1 -- Real estate investment trust National Retail Properties, Inc. (NNN) reported Thursday that net earnings for the first quarter grew to $96.46 million or $0.51 per share from $94.37 million or $0.52 per share in the prior-year quarter.

Funds from Operations or FFO, available to common stockholders for the quarter were $158.73 million or $0.85 per share, up from $151.26 million or $0.83 per share last year.

Core FFO, available to common stockholders was $160.91 million or $0.86 per share, compared to $151.58 million or $0.83 per share a year ago.

Adjusted FFO available to common stockholders was $163.02 million or $0.87 per share, compared to $153.26 million or $0.84 per share a year ago

On average, three analysts polled by...