CapitaLand Investment - OCBC Investment 2023-02-27: Momentum In China Kick-Started

• CapitaLand Investment's FY22 operating profit after tax and minority interest grew 22.5% y-o-y to S$609m but missed expectations.
• New fund launches and continued rebound in hospitality business to drive higher fee income growth.
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China’s faster-than-expected reopening to drive CapitaLand’s recovery efforts

• CapitaLand Investment (SGX:9CI)’s FY22 revenue increased 25.4% y-o-y to S$2,876m, but earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) fell 20.4% to S$1,966m due largely to lower gains from revaluation and divestments gains, but partially offset by improved EBITDA from operations. Similarly, total PATMI slipped 36.2% to S$861m. See
• CapitaLand Investment's announcement dated 23 Feb 2023.
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• Management declared a final cash dividend of S$0.12 and a special dividend-in-specie (DIS) of 0.057 CapitaLand Ascott Trust (SGX:HMN) units per CapitaLand Investment share valued at S$0.059 (FY21: final cash dividend of S$0.12 and special cash dividend of S$0.03). Following this DIS, CapitaLand Investment’s stake in CapitaLand Ascott Trust would be reduced from 37.53% to 29.05%, but would still be the highest among the stakes it owns listed REITs and business trusts. See CapitaLand Investment's dividend dates.

Fee income growth set to accelerate from here

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OCBC Research Team OCBC Investment Research | https://www.iocbc.com/ 2023-02-27 SGinvestors.io

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