Basic Profile & Key Statistics
Ascendas REIT (AREIT) invests in Office, Industrial and Logistics sectors properties. It is currently the largest SREIT in terms of market cap.
Lease Profile
Occupancy is slightly low at 91.5%. WALE is short at 3.9 years, where highest lease expiry of 18.3% falls in FY22. Weighted average land lease expiry is slightly short at 52.84 years.
Debt Profile
Gearing is healthy at 36.1%. Cost of debt is moderate at 2.9% despite high unsecured debt at 89.5%. Fixed-rate debt is moderate at 80.9%. Interest cover ratio is high at 4.2. WADE is long at 3.6 years where the highest debt maturity of 18.5% falls in FY2024.
Diversification Profile
AREIT is not diversified in terms of Geographical as 78.5% of income is from Singapore properties. AREIT is diversified in terms of property and tenants where top property, top tenant and top 10 tenants contribute 4.7%, 4.2% and 18.1% respectively.
Key Financial Metrics
Property yield and distribution on capital are high at 6.1% and 4.2% respectively. Management fee is competitive in which unitholders receive S$8.26 for every dollar paid. Distribution margin is moderate at 50.7%. Income support is low at only 1.8%, this figure is estimated from latest annual report.
Related Parties Shareholding
Sponsor and directors of REIT manager (around 0.003%) holding a lesser stake than SREITs median level while REIT manager holing a higher stake than SREITs median level.
Trend
DPU and distribution for pre-rights issues and pre-COVID maintained more or less the same for past 5 years. NAV per unit is on a slight uptrend.
Relative Valuation 
i) Average Dividend Yield - Apply past 4 quarters DPU of 14.755 cents to average yield of 6.01% will get S$ 2.46.
ii) Average Price/NAV - Average value is at 1.26, apply the latest NAV of S$2.20 will get S$ 2.77.
Author's Opinion
| Favorable | Less Favorable |
| Diversified Sector | Weighted Average Land Lease Expiry |
| Well Spread Lease Expiry | Top Geographical Contribution |
| Unsecured Debt | |
| Interest Cover Ratio | |
| WADE | |
| Well Spread Debt Maturity | |
| Top Property Contribution | |
| Top Tenant & Top 10 Tenants Contribution | |
| Property Yield | |
| Distribution on Capital | |
| Management Fees |
From the above table, there is a lot of favorable points for AREIT. Even after recent right issues and COVID, AREIT NAV per unit remains intact. However, its DPU potential (3% increase as per the proposed acquisition presentation) could not be realized due to COVID. However, AREIT share price has been increasing, faster than its NAV per unit and DPU growth.
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