Sabana Shari'ah Compliant Industrial REIT Review @ 27 July 2021

Basic Profile & Key Statistics

Sabana Shari'ah Compliant Industrial REIT (Sabana) invests in industrial and logistics properties which currently owns 18 properties in Singapore.

Performance Highlight

Performance improved YoY due to higher contribution from certain properties, write-back of impairment loss from the previous year and absence of rental waiver in 2021.

1H rental reversion is at 11.8%, which is a significant improvement as compared to the previous few years.

AEI completed for 23SNA5, 10CCS2 and phase 1 of 8CL. Phase 2 of 8CL and rejuvenation of passenger lifts and toilets of 151LC are ongoing. All these lead to an increase in property valuation.

NTP+ Lifestyle Mall AEI has been completed in 1Q 2021 where it achieves 97.4% occupancy as of 30 June.

Related Parties Shareholding

• REIT sponsor's shareholding is low at 20.88%
• REIT manager's shareholding is low at 0%
• Directors of REIT manager's shareholding is low at 0%

Lease Profile

• Occupancy is low at 83.4%
• WALE is short at 2.8 years
• Highest lease expiry within 5 years is moderate at 26.5% which falls in 2023
• Weighted average land lease expiry is short at 31.62 years

Debt Profile

• Gearing ratio is slightly low at 34.9%
• Cost of debt is high at 3.4%
• Fixed rate debt % is low at 60.4%
• All debts are secured debt
• WADM is short at 2 years
• Highest debt maturity within 5 years is high at 40.3% which falls in 2024
• Interest coverage ratio is moderate at 4.1 times

Diversification Profile

• All of its properties are located in Singapore
• Top property contribution is high at 21.5%
• Top 5 properties contribution is low at 44.7%
• Top tenant contribution is moderate at 11.1% 
• Top 10 tenants contribution is high at 45.8%

Key Financial Metrics

• Property yield is moderate at 5.3% 
• Management fees over distribution is low at 11% in which unitholders receive S$ 9.09 for every dollar paid 
• Distribution on capital is high at 4.6%
• Distribution margin is moderate at 50.7%

Trends

Let's look at the period from 1Q 2017 when strategic review started to take place.

• Uptrend - Interest Coverage Ratio
• Flat - Distribution on Capital, Distribution Margin
• Slight Downtrend - NAV per Unit, Property Yield
• Downtrend - DPU

Relative Valuation

• P/NAV - Higher than +2SD for 1y; Higher than +1SD for 3y and 5y
• Dividend Yield - Higher than average for 1y; Higher than +1SD for 3y; Average for 5y

Author's Opinion

Favorable	Less Favorable
Diversified Sector	Low REIT Sponsor's Shareholding
Low Top 5 Properties Contribution	Low REIT Manager's Shareholding
Competitive Management Fees	Low Directors of REIT Manager's Shareholding
High Distribution on Capital	Low Occupancy
Interest Coverage Ratio Uptrend	Short WALE
	Short Weighted Average Land Lease Expiry
	High Cost of Debt
	Low Fixed Rate Debt %
	0% Unsecured Debt
	Short WADM
	Concentrated Debt Maturity
	High Top Geographical Contribution
	High Top Property Contribution
	High Top 10 Tenants Contribution
	DPU Downtrend

Sabana's performance has seen improvement compare to the previous year, mainly for occupancy, interest coverage ratio and rental reversion. Besides this, Sabana has entered into a Facility Agreement for up to S$225.0 million of unsecured loan, lengthening the WADM and turning approximately 70% of its debts into unsecured debt. Sabana has also announced that it would remove the Syariah-compliance requirement which is expected to be effective around October. All of these should improve Sabana fundamentals and performance in upcoming quarters.

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