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Welcome to my investment blog where I share with you my analysis of REITs in Singapore.

I hope that my investment philosophy will bring me a steady stream of income apart from my job. I am aiming for at least $3,000 per month which can sustain the current expenses of myself and my family.

Do enjoy reading my blog and post any comments that you have. I welcome them because it is a time to learn from each other.

When I am looking at investing in REIT, here are some of the guidelines that I am looking at. Feel free to comment on it. I am willing to listen to ideas.

-> at least 8% yield.
-> Price that is lower than its NAV.
-> Low gearing (if possible)
-> High secured NAV.

Current Dividend income is $3,800/month.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Analysis of LMIR (after acquisition)


Current Price on 10th October 2012 = $0.455
  • Current Yield = 6.98%
  • Price-to-book Ratio = 0.798
  • Assets per unit = $0.855
  • Debt per unit = $0.285
  • Gearing = 33.3% (including current liabilities)
  • Secured NAV = $0.411 (90%)
LMIR has released a report on their potential acquisition today with some details. Again, they are buying assets at a discount which has always been the case for Indonesian properties. Here is the analysis.

Yield increased by a little bit only since they say that the increase is only 0.5%. It is quite insignificant. Next, its NAV value and secured NAV increases by $0.011 which is about 2.5%. Again, this is quite a small increase. Overall, I think the effect is not really significant.

A strategy that they are employing (which I see here) is that they have raised Singapore Dollar Notes to buy Indonesian properties. I think this is a bit dangerous as they are exposed to S$/IDR fluctuations. If Indonesia Rupiah drops, the impact is greater than expected. Probably this is the reason why it is trading at such a discount.

I am vested with 67,000 shares and will be looking closely at this. If need be, I will offload at the right price.

4 comments:

  1. Hi

    I just found your blog today. Looks to be a real resource for someone like me who is just getting into reit investing.

    With so much info, why do I start?

    Cheers
    Aaron

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    1. Hi Aaron Chua,

      It is important to know your own investment philosophy and criteria which you will try to follow religiously i.e. what I have in my first paragraph.

      After that, do look through my blog to see which suits your needs. I don't really post a daily update so you got to check out reitdata.com for more information.

      Hope it helps.

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  2. The price now is 0.490. Do you think it's overvalued?

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    1. Hi Ryan,

      Its price seems very high but it is still trading at a discount to NAV aka more than what they are spending on their properties which is usually about 20% to NAV.

      Moreover, its yield is still one of the higher ones we can find among the Retail REITs.

      I am holding on to mine.

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