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Publish date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019, 01:44 PM
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IGBREIT: IGB Real Estate Investment Trust

About IGBREIT

IGB Real Estate Investment Trust (IGBREIT) or IGB Reit is a REIT that owns and manages Mid Valley Megamall and The Garden Mall. It’s portfolio has a total NLA of approximately 2.67 million square feet.

Credits to Midvalley for the picture
 
The Gardens Mall. Credits to IGBREIT
 

Property Detail

Data based on IGBREIT Annual Report 2018

Property Name

Net Lettable Area (NLA) (sq ft)

Occupancy Rate (%)

Purchase Price (‘000)

Appraised value at 31st December 2018

Mid Valley Megamall

1,819,777

99.3

3,440,000

3,665,000

The Gardens Mall

843,820

97.2

1,160,000

1,295,000

IGB REIT has the same properties in its portfolio since its listing.

 

Income Statement

 

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

Revenue

553,689

524,918

507,344

489,190

461,768

Net Property Income (‘000)

386,250

373,563

361,109

342,788

312,641

Distributable Income (‘000)

341,430

342,801

316,306

290,980

268,795

Investment Property

4,960,000

4,930,000

4,890,000

4,890,000

4,890,000

Property Yield

7.79%

7.58%

7.38%

7.01%

6.39%

IGB REIT has consistently increased both its revenue and NPI over the years. For FY2018, IGB REIT achieved growth in its income statement on the back of higher rental incomes.

It also recorded 7% property yield over the last 4 years and 6.39% in 2014.

However, net profit decreased by 2.80% for FY2018 due to lower fair value gain on investment properties for FY2018 and a one-time write back of step-up interest in FY2017.

 

Revenue and NPI by individual Properties

 

 

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

Mid Valley Megamall (MVM)

Revenue

375,048

366,447

354,677

340,045

318,993

Net Property Income (‘000)

286,357

277,875

266,263

250,384

224,154

Occupancy Rate (%)

99.3

99.9

99.9

99.9

99.0

The Garden Mall (TGM)

Revenue

160,641

158,471

152,667

149,145

142,775

Net Property Income (‘000)

99,893

95,688

94,846

92,404

88,487

Occupancy Rate (%)

97.2

98.0

99.7

98.0

97.6

As for individual properties, both MVM and TGM recorded consistent growth in their revenue and net profit. In addition, both malls enjoyed high occupancy rate consistently.

 

Balance Sheet

 

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

Investment Properties

4,960,000

4,930,000

4,890,000

4,890,000

4,890,000

Total Borrowings

1,213,925

1,213,665

1,237,229

1,233,115

1,223,586

Fixed: Floating Ratio

100:0

100:0

98:2

98:2

98:2

Gearing Ratio (%)

27.0

25.0

26.0

27.0

23.7

Since IGB REIT only owns 2 investment properties, the only way it increases its investment property value is fair value gain.

Based on the latest annual report, IGB Reit has borrowings mostly in the form of unsecured MTN with fixed interest rate of 4.38%. In other words, interest rate hike or cut will not affect IGB REIT.

 

Future Prospect

Based on 2018 annual report, IGB Reit has created 21 additional retail outlets and 4 casual leasing spaces after taking back space from AEON BIG in MVM. This move allowed higher rental returns to be achieved.

As for TGM, an additional 18,000 sf of retail space was increased in the lower ground floor. It now houses 12 new stores. There is an on-going bridge construction that will improve connectivity to the KTM and LRT lines, targeted to be completed by 2019.

 

Financial Ratios

 

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

DPS

9.19

9.28

8.71

8.19

7.79

NAV

1.0656

1.0597

1.0511

1.0558

1.0627

The management has a dividend policy of distributing at least 90% of distributable income back to the investor. Since the distributable income for FY2018 dropped slightly compared to FY2017, the DPS has also follow suit.

NAV has been stagnant because IGB REIT did not engage in new property acquisition since its listing.

 

Valuation

Current Price

2.02

Dividend Yield

4.55%

P/E Ratio

20.94

P/B Ratio

1.90

At the time I wrote this, IGBREIT is selling at RM2.02. It has a 4.55% dividend yield and a P/B ratio of 1.90.

 

What I Like and Don't Like About IGBREIT

What I Like

  • Resilient in both bull and bear market
  • Consistently grow Revenue, NPI and DPU
  • High occupancy
  • Management actively conducting AEIs
  • High footfall
 

What I don’t like

  • No new acquisitions (May not be a bad thing)
 

As the saying goes, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. IGBREIT is pretty much the best REIT in Malaysia in terms of its occupancy, visitors footfall and rental reversion. It manages to record growth even in the face of rising e-commerce and online shopping. Doing nothing in acquisition may be the best for the shareholders.

The only downside is that it’s always selling at a premium. I’m definitely not buying with a yield lower than 5%.

 

Disclaimer

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tokohM

already 1.90

2019-11-13 13:47

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