Saizen REIT: Beefing up distributable income.

Saizen REIT has been adding apartment buildings to its portfolio since resolving the CMBS for YK Shintoku. This will go some way to ameliorating the expected decline in DPU due to warrants exercised earlier.

Since my blog post of 26 May 2012, Saizen REIT's unit price has been rising gradually, hitting a high of 16c just two sessions ago. Mr. Market has recovered from his anxiety and is making up for over selling the REIT back in May, it seems.

For anyone who has missed the boat and is thinking of jumping in now, I would say that the risk premium is higher now, obviously. In the last two years or so, the highest Saizen REIT's unit price went to was 18c, if I remember correctly. Would its unit price push to test 18c again? I am almost confident it would but when would it do so? That, I cannot say.

If the REIT's unit price should decline, there are layers of support with longer term supports clustered at 14.6c, 14.4c and 14.3c. The shorter term 20dMA is at 15.4c. People anticipating its half yearly income distribution which is payable sometime in September and to be announced this month could be eyeing the 20dMA. So, the support, if tested, could show some strength in the near term.

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Saizen REIT: Why did I buy and would I buy more?

Japan Residential Assets Manager, the manager (of Saizen Real Estate Investment Trust (Saizen REIT),said associate Godo Kaisha has agreed to acquire of Rise Yotsugibashi (RYB) from an independent party for JPY 428 million ($6.8 million).


RYB is a brand new building built in June. It comprises 49 residential units, three car parking lots and five bicycle lots....


RYB is currently in the process of being tenanted. It is expected to generate annual revenue and net property income of JPY 36.3 million and JPY 27.5 million respectively, which are equivalent to about 0.9% and 1.1% of Saizen REIT’s annual revenue and net property income in the financial year ended 30 June 2011 (FY2011).

Saizen REIT acquires residential apartment for $6.8m
Friday, 03 August 2012

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LMIR: 2Q 2012 DPU 0.79c.

LMIR has increased distributable income, giving a distribution per unit (DPU) of 0.79c in 2Q 2012, payable on 30 August 2012. This an improvement over the DPU of 0.69c in 1Q 2012. Having said this, it is still lower than the 0.815c I estimated, post rights.

LMIR has a gearing level of 9.3% (9.2% in 1Q 2012) and its interest cover ratio is 11.4x (13.3x in 1Q 2012).  There is plenty of debt headroom and I still believe that growth through further acquisitions is likely to be funded fully by debt and we could see DPU improving by a fair amount.

Indonesia remains a growth story with domestic consumption forming some 60% of its GDP. The demand for quality retail space is growing over time.

LMIR remains a bullet proof REIT with a strong balance sheet. However, whether it could deliver meaningfully higher DPU depends on its management which seems slow to act and has, in my opinion, under-delivered, post rights.

Would at I buy at current prices? No.

See slides presentation: here.

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LMIR: 1Q 2012 DPU 0.69c.