First REIT - OCBC Research 2016-01-20: 4Q15 results met our expectations

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First REIT: 4Q15 results met our expectations

First REIT (FREIT) reported a stable set of 4Q15 results which met our expectations.
Gross revenue and DPU grew 7.4% and 2.5% YoY to S$25.7m and 2.09 S cents, respectively. This was driven by contribution from the acquisition of Siloam Sriwijaya in Dec 2014 and organic growth from its other assets.
For FY15, FREIT’s gross revenue rose 8.0% to S$100.7m, and was 0.2% higher than our forecast.

95.5% of its gross revenue was derived from Indonesia, while Singapore and South Korea contributed 3.7% and 0.9%, respectively.
Full-year DPU came in at 8.3 S cents, representing growth of 3.1% and matched our forecast.
FREIT’s gearing stood at 33.7%, as at 31 Dec 2015, with 88.6% of its debt on a fixed-rate basis.
Given the increase in the regulatory gearing limit from 35% (for REITs without a credit rating) to 45%, FREIT now has more debt headroom to pursue inorganic growth opportunities ahead.
We maintain our HOLD rating and S$1.36 fair value estimate on the stock.

Wong Teck Ching Andy OCBC Securities | http://www.ocbcresearch.com/ 2016-01-20

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