- Downgrade CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (SGX:A17U) to HOLD as it’s fairly valued, and lowering DDM-based target price to S$2.75 (3% upside).
- While we like CapitaLand Ascendas REIT’s diversified footprint and long operating history, we think its biz. parks may experience transitional vacancies as tenants adopt the hybrid work and manager repositions the assets. Positive reversions and improving occupancy in Singapore may mitigate some of the impact.
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Resilient operating metrics
- CapitaLand Ascendas REIT's 3Q22 update shows improved portfolio occupancy of 94.5% vs 91.7% a year ago. This was led by Singapore where occupancy rose by ~3ppt on a same-store basis. Portfolio rent reversion was 5.4% (Singapore +4.4%) for the quarter and 8% for 9M22.
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Repositioning assets, M&As
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