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By Gwyneth Yeo / theedgemarkets.com.sg | January 10, 2017 : 10:35 AM MYT
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SINGAPORE (Jan 10): Viva Industrial Trust is the highest yielding industrial real estate investment trust in Singapore, offering a 9.5% dividend yield for FY17, based on Bloomberg estimates.
According to CIMB analysts Yeo Zhibin and Lock Mun Yee in an unrated note on Monday, Viva also has the highest concentration of business parks in its portfolio among SREITs at 54.2%.
Viva is a Singapore-focused business park and industrial trust, and would have 9 assets with AUMs of $1.3billion and a net lettable area of 3.3milllion sq ft, upon the completion of the acquisition of 6 Chin Bee Avenue.
What’s interesting is that the REIT reported a 9.7% increase in distribution per unit for 3QFY16, while its peers were reporting declines.
Yeo and Lock explained that Viva’s DPU growth came from the REIT’s acquisitions and the asset enhancement initiatives at Viva Business Park. Viva’s management had leased out the empty spaces at that business park – which represented nearly 15% of the total space in the property – for two times the average passing rent of regular industrial space.
“For the next few quarters, management believes there could be DPU growth quarter on quarter as 93.4% of the ‘white’ space has been committed,” said the pair, adding that only 43% of the white space contributed to the REIT’s 3QFY16 results and the remaining could start to contribute in the coming quarters.
A major risk to the REIT’s high yields lies in the non-renewal of McDermott’s lease in Jackson Square that expires in April. McDermott is among the REIT’s top ten clients and contributes 3.8% to its total rental income.
On the other hand, the rest of the space in Jackson Square is protected by a rental guarantee stretching to 2019, and Viva says it has partially backfilled the space and “does not foresee issues in finding tenants due to Jackson Square’s central location” in Toa Payoh.
Another risk could come from the expiry of the rental support for UE BizHub’s business park component in Nov 2018.
“A material gap exists between the passing rent of UEBH and implied rent under the rental support arrangement,” said Yeo and Lock. “In the worst-case scenario, management deems that rising contribution from Viva Business Park could offset the absence of income support.”
Shares in Viva are trading at 75.5 cents.
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