- Maintain BUY on Keppel REIT (SGX:K71U) with unchanged estimates and DDM-based target price of S$1.00 on an attractive 6.7% dividend yield and 40% discount to book.
Acquiring ‘down under’
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- Keppel REIT's announcement dated 1 Apr 2024.
- The office building has 93% committed occupancy with an average lease to maturity of 6.8 years mostly tenanted to government agencies and a financial institution.
- The initial NPI yield exceeds 6%.
- Funded with a mix of AUD and S$ debt, pro-forma DPU accretion will be 1.4% with a higher gearing of 41%.
Tapping flight-to-core trend
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- It counts the Australian Taxation Office and the Bank of Queensland as top two tenants accounting for ~87% of the NLA and has a long WALE of 6.8 years. The building has committed occupancy of 93%.
- The vendor is providing a rent guarantee for existing vacancies and potential expiries. About ~13% of the purchase amount consists of such guarantees, capitalized rent incentives or abatements and committed capex.
Strategic and financial merits of the deal
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