Its NAV fell slightly, by 0.08% to 105.81p per share, but its net operating profit remained stable at £20.2m.
During the period the company completed one new operating asset and forward funded a second, 326-bed, scheme.
The company said it was on track to deliver an additional 758 beds by the 2017-18 academic year, and reported that it had agreed a new £10m three-year unsecured loan, which has been drawn down.
ESP boosted the number of schemes in its Hello Student platform by 20 to 56 during the period. The platform is on track to be managing 61 operational buildings for the 2017-18 academic year.
At the end of the period, Empiric owned a portfolio of 90 buildings, comprising 8,672 beds across 30 towns and cities.
The group highlighted the growing demand for PBSA coupled with demand on local housing markets, and said it was confident that the student accommodation market would not be affected by Brexit.
In a statement, EPS’s non-executive chairman, Rt Hon Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, said: “The UK government recognises the importance of the continued success of the higher education sector. Around 23% of students in the UK are international, of which nearly 7% are from the EU. Many are postgraduates who come to the UK for 12 months or less, which means they should not be affected by post-Brexit limits on immigration, which would apply to those coming here for more than one year.
“The student accommodation market remains highly attractive and we have the strategy, pipeline, financial resources, management team and people to continue to grow the business successfully in the second half of the year and into the future. In summary, we are optimistic about Empiric’s prospects in the remainder of 2017 and beyond.”
