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Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT SP): New Avenue To Generate Growth Via Development
BUY (Maintained)
Current price:
Target price:
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S$2.28
S$2.99
+31.1%
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Highlights
- Aggregate leverage is reduced by 3.5ppt to 36.5% after divesting White Sands for S$467m. The debt headroom freed up could be deployed for development of a suburban mall with NLA of 170,000sf at Bayshore Drive.
- Management could utilise divestment gain of S$32.4m from White Sands and tax-exempt income of S$4.6m retained in 1HFY26 to cushion disruption to DPU caused by the AEI at NEX during FY27 and FY28.
- Resiliency of suburban malls is supported by growth in household income and limited supply. Maintain BUY. Target price: S$2.99.
Analysis
- Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT) delivered another resilient quarter, underpinned by the defensive characteristics of its suburban retail portfolio.
- Rejuvenating tenant mix. Portfolio committed occupancy eased 0.2ppt qoq to 99.6% as of Jun 26 with ongoing asset enhancements at Hougang Mall and NEX. Tampines Mall, Tiong Bahru Plaza and Century Square saw a dip in occupancies averaging 0.6ppt qoq due to transitional downtime as FCT tweaked its tenant mix. It is converting the cinema at Tiong Bahru Plaza into an indoor activity park and the gym at Northpoint City into a duplex Uniqlo store.
- FCT’s retail portfolio generated positive rental reversion in 3QFY26, in line with an average reversion 6.5% recorded in 1HFY26. FCT maintained its
guidance of mid-single-digit rental reversion for FY26. On a ytd basis, shopper traffic and tenant sales increased 2.0% and 1.8% respectively in FY26, reflecting healthy consumer demand in its catchment areas. Tenant sales were driven by F&B, beauty, healthcare and supermarkets.
Capital recycling strengthens balance sheet. FCT has proposed the divestment of White Sands for an agreed property value of S$467m,
representing an 8.4% premium to independent valuation. Net proceeds of S$454m will be used primarily for debt repayment, lowering pro forma
aggregate leverage from 40.0% to 36.5%, thus increasing debt headroom for future acquisitions and AEIs. The transaction is expected to generate net gains of S$32.4m and enhance NAV per unit by 0.7%. Nevertheless, pro forma FY25 DPU would be reduced by a marginal 1.9%.
Highlights
- Aggregate leverage is reduced by 3.5ppt to 36.5% after divesting White Sands for S$467m. The debt headroom freed up could be deployed for development of a suburban mall with NLA of 170,000sf at Bayshore Drive.
- Management could utilise divestment gain of S$32.4m from White Sands and tax-exempt income of S$4.6m retained in 1HFY26 to cushion disruption to DPU caused by the AEI at NEX during FY27 and FY28.
- Resiliency of suburban malls is supported by growth in household income and limited supply. Maintain BUY. Target price: S$2.99.
Analysis
- Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT) delivered another resilient quarter, underpinned by the defensive characteristics of its suburban retail portfolio.
- Rejuvenating tenant mix. Portfolio committed occupancy eased 0.2ppt qoq to 99.6% as of Jun 26 with ongoing asset enhancements at Hougang Mall and NEX. Tampines Mall, Tiong Bahru Plaza and Century Square saw a dip in occupancies averaging 0.6ppt qoq due to transitional downtime as FCT tweaked its tenant mix. It is converting the cinema at Tiong Bahru Plaza into an indoor activity park and the gym at Northpoint City into a duplex Uniqlo store.
- FCT’s retail portfolio generated positive rental reversion in 3QFY26, in line with an average reversion 6.5% recorded in 1HFY26. FCT maintained its
guidance of mid-single-digit rental reversion for FY26. On a ytd basis, shopper traffic and tenant sales increased 2.0% and 1.8% respectively in FY26, reflecting healthy consumer demand in its catchment areas. Tenant sales were driven by F&B, beauty, healthcare and supermarkets.
Capital recycling strengthens balance sheet. FCT has proposed the divestment of White Sands for an agreed property value of S$467m,
representing an 8.4% premium to independent valuation. Net proceeds of S$454m will be used primarily for debt repayment, lowering pro forma
aggregate leverage from 40.0% to 36.5%, thus increasing debt headroom for future acquisitions and AEIs. The transaction is expected to generate net gains of S$32.4m and enhance NAV per unit by 0.7%. Nevertheless, pro forma FY25 DPU would be reduced by a marginal 1.9%.
BUY (Maintained)
Current price:
Target price:
Upside:
S$2.28
S$2.99
+31.1%
Analyst
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