Basic Profile & Key Statistics
Far East Hospitality Trust (FEHT) is a stapled group that consists of Far East Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust (Far East H-REIT) and Far East Hospitality Business Trust (Far East H-BT). FEHT invests in hospitality properties in Singapore which consist of 9 hotels and 4 serviced residences. Some of the properties have space for retail and office.
Lease Profile
All of FEHT leases are master leases to subsidiaries to sponsor, REVPAU of S$ 94.5 is manually calculated from the latest presentation of 1H 2020, weighted by GRI. WALE is long at 10.57 years where the highest lease expiry of around 61% falls in the year 2032, still a long time. Weighted land lease expiry is slightly short at 62.96 years.
Debt Profile
Gearing ratio is slightly high at 39.2%. Cost of debt is low at 2.5% despite 100% unsecured debt. Fixed-rate debt is low at 60.3% which is favorable in current low-interest environment. Interest cover ratio is low at 2.7 times. WADE is moderate at 2.8 years where the highest debt maturity of 22.8% falls in the year 2021 and 2024, both are identical.
Diversification Profile
All of FEHT properties are in Singapore. Its top property and top tenant are the same at 18.3%, which is low in terms of top property contribution but high in terms of top tenant contribution. Top 10 tenant is high at 76.5%.
Key Financial Metrics
Property yield is low at 3.5%. FEHT retains S$ 5.5 mils from distribution, therefore affected management fees over distribution, distribution on capital, and distribution margin, the values are 18.6%, 2.5%, and 57% respectively. Without retention, the values are at 17%, 2.6%, and 62.3% respectively. Management fee and distribution remain high while distribution on capital remains low.
Related Parties Shareholding
From business update as of 31 March 2020, sponsor stake is at 61%. However from latest annual report and SGX "Disclosure of Interest/ Changes in Interest of Substantial Shareholder(s)", I could only get 58.87%. As compared to SREITs median, sponsor, manager and directors of manager holding a higher stake.
Trend
If we only look at pre-COVID time, DPU, NAV per unit and distribution margin are on downtrend.
Relative Valuation
i) Average Dividend Yield - Average yield at 6.17%, apply the past 4 quarters DPU of 3.02 cents will get S$ 0.49. If we considered without retention for COVID, DPU would be 3.28 cents which translates into S$ 0.53.
ii) Average Price/NAV - Average value is at 0.72, apply the latest NAV of S$ 0.857 will get S$ 0.615.
Author's Opinion
| Favorable | Less Favorable |
|---|---|
| WALE | Interest Cover Ratio |
| Cost of Debt | Top Geographical Weightage |
| Unsecured Debt | Top Tenant & Top 10 Tenants Weightage |
| Well Spread Debt Maturity | Property Yield |
| Top Property Weightage | Management Fee |
| Distribution Margin | DPU Downtrend |
| NAV per Unit Downtrend | |
| Distribution Margin Downtrend |
The master leases with fixed rent have provided downside protection for FEHT. Its serviced residences occupancy remains resilence due to a high proportion of corporate guests. Management has also reviewed its fee structure which results in a lower management fee effective from January 2020. With green lane/fast lane open for more countries and the recently launched SingapoRediscovers campaign, the hospitality sector including FEHT would surely benefit from it.
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