The prospect of an early tapering of US Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing program has driven up bond yields and, as a result, high-yield counters such as Fortune REIT (FRT) have seen a correction in their prices. FRT’s unit price has fallen 15.1% since the peak of HK$8.43 on 15th May this year (but still up 12.4% YTD). We note that rising risk-free rates will not have much impact on cost of debt for FRT given that interest cost for ~76% of FRT's debt exposure has been hedged to fixed rates with effective interest cost at 2.76%. FRT has no refinancing needs till 2015 and has a weighted term to maturity of 2.7 years. FRT's gearing continues to remain low at 23%. Accounting for the higher HK 10-year government risk-free rate (which climbed from 0.8% at the beginning of May to 2.0% currently), we raise our cost of equity assumption to 7.5% from 6.6%. We also raise our LT nominal growth rate for dividends from 1.75% to 2.0%. Our FV falls to HK$7.51 from HK$8.64. We maintain a BUY rating on FRT.
Affected by rising risk-free rates
The prospect of an early tapering of US Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing program has driven up bond yields and, as a result, high-yield counters such as Fortune REIT (FRT) have seen a correction in their prices. FRT’s unit price has fallen 15.1% since the peak of HK$8.43 on 15th May this year (but still up 12.4% YTD). We note that rising risk-free rates will not have much impact on cost of debt for FRT given that interest cost for ~76% of FRT's debt exposure has been hedged to fixed rates with effective interest cost at 2.76%. FRT has no refinancing needs till 2015 and has a weighted term to maturity of 2.7 years. FRT's gearing continues to remain low at 23%.
Strong operational performance
To recap, Fortune REIT reported excellent results for 1Q13. Revenue and net property income climbed 16.3% YoY and 17.6% YoY to HK$301.4m and HK$217.9m respectively. Occupancy rose to 98.6%, the highest level in over two years, with good portfolio-wide operational statistics and a fast recovery after AEI. Average passing rents grew by 10.0% YoY to a new high of HK$32.9 sq ft. Due to a strong leasing market, rental reversions were at 19.5%, higher than the mid-teen percentages that management had guided.
Continued growth through AEIs
The HK$100m AEI for Fortune City One, completed in 4Q12, has repositioned the mall as a one-stop shopping, dining and leisure centre. The HK$15m AEI at Jubilee Square is expected to be completed in 2Q13 with an ROI of over 25%. Two smaller AEIs at FCO's wet market (HK$18m; 2Q13 start) and Ma On Shan Plaza (HK$17m; 3Q13 start) should be completed by end 2013. The next large scale project is Phase 3 AEI for Belvedere Square (HK$80m; 4Q13-end 2014).
Decrease FV to HK$7.51
Accounting for the higher HK 10-year government risk-free rate (which climbed from 0.8% at the beginning of May to 2.0% currently), we raise our cost of equity assumption to 7.5% from 6.6%. We also raise our LT nominal growth rate for dividends from 1.75% to 2.0%. Our FV falls to HK$7.51 from HK$8.64. We maintain a BUY rating on FRT.
The prospect of an early tapering of US Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing program has driven up bond yields and, as a result, high-yield counters such as Fortune REIT (FRT) have seen a correction in their prices. FRT’s unit price has fallen 15.1% since the peak of HK$8.43 on 15th May this year (but still up 12.4% YTD). We note that rising risk-free rates will not have much impact on cost of debt for FRT given that interest cost for ~76% of FRT's debt exposure has been hedged to fixed rates with effective interest cost at 2.76%. FRT has no refinancing needs till 2015 and has a weighted term to maturity of 2.7 years. FRT's gearing continues to remain low at 23%.
Strong operational performance
To recap, Fortune REIT reported excellent results for 1Q13. Revenue and net property income climbed 16.3% YoY and 17.6% YoY to HK$301.4m and HK$217.9m respectively. Occupancy rose to 98.6%, the highest level in over two years, with good portfolio-wide operational statistics and a fast recovery after AEI. Average passing rents grew by 10.0% YoY to a new high of HK$32.9 sq ft. Due to a strong leasing market, rental reversions were at 19.5%, higher than the mid-teen percentages that management had guided.
Continued growth through AEIs
The HK$100m AEI for Fortune City One, completed in 4Q12, has repositioned the mall as a one-stop shopping, dining and leisure centre. The HK$15m AEI at Jubilee Square is expected to be completed in 2Q13 with an ROI of over 25%. Two smaller AEIs at FCO's wet market (HK$18m; 2Q13 start) and Ma On Shan Plaza (HK$17m; 3Q13 start) should be completed by end 2013. The next large scale project is Phase 3 AEI for Belvedere Square (HK$80m; 4Q13-end 2014).
Decrease FV to HK$7.51
Accounting for the higher HK 10-year government risk-free rate (which climbed from 0.8% at the beginning of May to 2.0% currently), we raise our cost of equity assumption to 7.5% from 6.6%. We also raise our LT nominal growth rate for dividends from 1.75% to 2.0%. Our FV falls to HK$7.51 from HK$8.64. We maintain a BUY rating on FRT.
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