In 7M2019, Singapore REITs garnered total institutional inflows of S$187.1 million, with two of the seven months – April and July – registering outflows of S$147.9 million and S$209.2 million respectively.
In the 2019 YTD, SGX’s iEdge S-REIT Index has clocked total returns of 19.7%, compared with total returns of 16.3% and 22.8% for the FTSE EPRA NAREIT Asia ex-Japan REITs Index and the MSCI ACWI REITs Index respectively, in USD terms.
In the YTD, the five best-performing constituents of the iEdge S-REIT Index were: RHT Health Trust (+98.2%), Ascendas Hospitality Trust (+38.6%), Ascendas India Trust (+35.3%), Lippo Malls Indonesia Retail Trust (+34.9%) and Mapletree Commercial Trust (+30.1%). The five averaged a total return of 47.4% in the YTD.
SGX lists 35 REITs, seven stapled trusts and three property trusts with a combined market cap of over S$100 billion. Between January and July 2019, Singapore REITs garnered total institutional inflows of S$187.1 million, with two of the seven months – April and July – registering outflows of S$147.9 million and S$209.2 million respectively.
Source: SGX data
The iEdge S-REIT Index is a free-float, market capitalisation-weighted index that tracks the performance of REITs listed on SGX. The Index’s 36 constituents have a combined market capitalisation of over S$95 billion.
In the 2019 year-to-date, the iEdge S-REIT Index has clocked total returns of 19.7%, compared with total returns of 16.3% and 22.8% for the FTSE EPRA NAREIT Asia ex-Japan REITs Index and the MSCI ACWI REITs Index respectively, in USD terms.
Source: Bloomberg (data as of 13 Aug 2019)
In the YTD, the five best-performing constituents of the iEdge S-REIT Index were: RHT Health Trust (+98.2%), Ascendas Hospitality Trust (+38.6%), Ascendas India Trust (+35.3%), Lippo Malls Indonesia Retail Trust (+34.9%) and Mapletree Commercial Trust (+30.1%). The five averaged a total return of 47.4% in the YTD, bringing their one-year and three-year total returns to 38.5% and 56.5% respectively.
Four of the five trusts are in the hospitality/tourism, industrial, office and retail segments. Note that RHT Health Trust is a cash trust, after it completed the disposal of its entire portfolio of healthcare assets to its controlling unitholder, Fortis Healthcare, in January this year. In June, Fortis Healthcare said it had aborted plans to sell its stake in RHT and its trustee manager after it failed to receive a commercially viable proposal from potential buyers. RHT’s trustee manager has said it will continue to explore various options for RHT, including identifying possible new businesses that would satisfy SGX’s new listing requirements, or the winding up of the trust. According to listing rules, SGX will remove RHT from its official list if the trust is unable to meet requirements for a new listing within 12 months from the time it becomes a cash trust.
In the YTD, the five least-performing constituents of the iEdge S-REIT Index were: Frasers Hospitality Trust (+2.4%), ESR-REIT (+6.6%), Soilbuild Business Space REIT (+7.4%), SPH REIT (+10.3%) and Far East Hospitality Trust (+10.4%). These five averaged a 7.4% total return over the period.
The table below details the 20 best-performing constituents of the iEdge S-REIT Index, sorted by YTD total return.
| Name | SGX Code |
Market Cap S$m |
Total Return YTD % |
Total Return 1 Yr % |
Total Return 3 Yr % |
P/B (x) |
Dividend Ind Yield % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RHT HEALTH TRUST* | RF1U | 15 | 98.2 | 95.5 | 113.9 | NA | NA |
| ASCENDAS HOSPITALITY TRUST | Q1P | 1,183 | 38.6 | 39.9 | 72.9 | 0.9 | 5.9 |
| ASCENDAS INDIA TRUST | CY6U | 1,460 | 35.3 | 33.8 | 56.6 | 1.1 | 5.2 |
| LIPPO MALLS INDONESIA RETAIL TRUST | D5IU | 680 | 34.9 | -16.4 | -19.9 | 0.8 | 8.4 |
| MAPLETREE COMMERCIAL TRUST | N2IU | 5,878 | 30.1 | 39.6 | 59.0 | 1.1 | 4.5 |
| KEPPEL DC REIT | AJBU | 2,258 | 28.2 | 23.6 | 64.3 | 1.4 | 4.6 |
| MAPLETREE LOGISTICS TRUST | M44U | 5,525 | 27.4 | 30.4 | 74.0 | 1.0 | 5.3 |
| FRASERS CENTREPOINT TRUST | J69U | 2,890 | 25.6 | 22.7 | 44.1 | 1.1 | 3.5 |
| ASCOTT RESIDENCE TRUST | A68U | 2,697 | 24.9 | 26.1 | 39.8 | 0.8 | 4.7 |
| FRASERS COMMERCIAL TRUST | ND8U | 1,479 | 24.7 | 25.1 | 51.4 | 0.9 | 5.9 |
| MANULIFE US REIT | BTOU | 1,696 | 23.8 | 11.7 | 42.6 | 1.2 | 5.9 |
| MAPLETREE INDUSTRIAL TRUST | ME8U | 4,533 | 23.6 | 23.0 | 54.2 | 1.3 | 4.1 |
| CAPITALAND COMMERCIAL TRUST | C61U | 7,865 | 23.3 | 26.2 | 56.5 | 0.9 | 4.2 |
| ASCENDAS REIT | A17U | 9,556 | 23.1 | 19.9 | 48.4 | 1.2 | 5.2 |
| SABANA SHARIAH COMPLIANT INDUSTRIAL REIT | M1GU | 474 | 21.1 | 9.5 | 25.4 | 0.8 | 6.3 |
| FRASERS LOGISTICS & INDUSTRIAL TRUST | BUOU | 2,631 | 19.5 | 19.0 | 44.6 | 1.1 | 5.1 |
| CAPITALAND MALL TRUST | C38U | 9,627 | 19.4 | 25.7 | 42.8 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| OUE COMMERCIAL REIT | TS0U | 1,532 | 18.2 | -10.4 | 6.1 | 0.6 | 6.1 |
| MAPLETREE NORTH ASIA COMMERCIAL TRUST | RW0U | 4,263 | 17.4 | 19.4 | 47.0 | 0.9 | 6.1 |
| CAPITALAND RETAIL CHINA TRUST | AU8U | 1,508 | 17.4 | 10.9 | 15.6 | 0.9 | 7.5 |
| Average | 28.7 | 23.8 | 47.0 | 1.0 | 5.2 |
Source: Bloomberg & StockFacts (data as of 13 Aug 2019)
* RHT Health Trust is now a cash trust
