Saturday, April 16, 2016

Performances of S-Reits over the Short, Medium and Long Terms

This post takes a look at and compares the performances of 35 S-Reits, in terms of annualized return, over several time-frames of past years.

The return shall include capital appreciation and distributions.   The distributions are, however, not re-invested.
 
Four groups of data with each covering a different time-frame are analysed.   The time-frames for the groups are as follows: 
  • Group 1: Last 2 years (from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2015)
  • Group 2: Last 5 years (from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2015)
  • Group 3: Last 10 years (from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2015)
  • Group 4: The entire existence of the Reit (Since the Reit makes its debut on the SGX till 31 December 2015)
For the first 3 groups, only Reits that are listed before the respective start date are included in the corresponding group.   The last group includes all 35 Reits, irrespective of the length of time the Reit has been listed.
 
The table below shows the annualized returns and capital gains or losses of the 35 Reits under the different groupings.


Annualized Return (%)Capital Gain / Loss ($)
Since debutLast 10 YearsLast 5 YearsLast 2 yearsSince debutLast 10 YearsLast 5 YearsLast 2 years
1AIMSAMP Cap Reit1.1%-11.0%7.5%-0.510 -0.278 -0.003 
2Ascendas Reit11.1%6.6%8.0%9.5%1.275 0.320 0.205 0.079 
3Ascendas-hTrust1.4%--8.4%-0.140 --0.020 
4Ascendas-iTrust-1.4%-4.0%19.4%-0.680 --0.060 0.190 
5Ascott Reit5.6%-6.0%5.5%0.060 -0.002 -0.020 
6Cache Log Trust6.7%-6.9%-0.7%-0.045 --0.055 -0.205 
7Cambridge Ind Tr5.1%-9.0%-1.9%-0.087 -0.046 -0.125 
8CapitaCom Trust8.3%7.7%3.2%2.4%0.465 0.315 -0.150 -0.100 
9CapitaMall Trust9.4%7.2%4.6%6.2%0.944 0.437 -0.020 0.025 
10CapitaR China Tr2.4%-9.5%12.6%-0.310 -0.250 0.160 
11CDL HTrust10.3%--2.1%-3.2%0.445 --0.755 -0.315 
12Croesus RTrust-2.5%--8.4%-0.239 ---0.025 
13Far East HTrust-4.0%---4.6%-0.285 ---0.175 
14First Reit13.0%-17.4%13.4%0.587 -0.495 0.140 
15Fortune Reit HKD10.6%10.9%19.0%18.3%4.505 3.905 3.900 1.660 
16Frasers Com Tr1.7%-15.0%7.2%-0.311 -0.445 0.000 
17Frasers Cpt Tr10.5%-9.8%9.3%0.795 -0.345 0.085 
18HPH Trust USD-4.3%---0.5%-0.420 ---0.145 
19IREIT Global-3.5%----0.072 ---
20Keppel DC Reit11.9%---0.050 ---
21Keppel Reit4.5%-0.1%-4.8%-0.157 --0.369 -0.255 
22Lippo Malls Tr2.8%-2.8%-4.8%-0.175 --0.100 -0.095 
23Mapletree Com Tr14.1%--11.5%0.420 --0.110 
24Mapletree GCC Tr1.6%--11.6%-0.115 --0.075 
25Mapletree Ind Tr11.2%-13.1%14.7%0.360 -0.430 0.185 
26Mapletree Log Tr6.2%5.7%6.8%3.9%0.105 0.035 0.025 -0.065 
27OUE Com Reit0.3%----0.069 ---
28OUE HTrust2.7%--3.5%-0.083 ---0.079 
29ParkwayLife Reit12.2%-11.7%4.6%1.140 -0.680 -0.020 
30Religare HTrust13.2%--22.0%0.190 --0.225 
31SoilbuildBizReit10.7%--8.2%0.055 --0.000 
32SPHREIT3.4%--4.5%-0.030 ---0.025 
33StarhillGbl Reit6.1%7.0%9.6%4.5%0.055 0.105 0.130 -0.030 
34Suntec Reit7.9%8.8%6.0%6.4%0.450 0.470 0.050 0.010 
35Viva Ind Tr7.8%--8.7%-0.051 ---0.047 
Average
5.7%
7.7%
8.2%
6.6%
 

In the table above, some boxes are filled with a background colour.   The various colours and the respective information they serve to highlight are as follows:
  • sky blue - a return that is of at least 10%,
  • rose - a negative return (when the capital loss more than offsets the distributions),
  • dark brown - a capital loss and
  • light yellow - the Reit has capital gains in all groups it is in


Group 1: Last 2 years

There are altogether 32 Reits in this group.   8 of them have delivered annualized returns that are more than 10% over the last 2 years.   They are:
  • Ascendas-iTrust (19.4%),
  • CapitaR China Tr (12.6%),
  • First Reit (13.4%),
  • Fortune Reit HKD (18.3%),
  • Mapletree Com Tr (11.5%),
  • Mapletree GCC Tr (11.6%),
  • Mapletree Ind Tr (14.7%) and
  • Religare HTrust (22.0%).  
Religare HTrust is the best-performing Reit and it is also the only Reit that has given an annualized return that is more than 20%.

7 of the Reits in this group have negative returns.   They are
  • Cache Log Trust (-0.7%),
  • Cambridge Ind Tr (-1.9%),
  • CDL HTrust (-3.2%),
  • Far East HTrust (-4.6%),
  • HPH Trust USD (-0.5%),
  • Keppel Reit (-4.8%) and
  • Lippo Malls Tr (-4.8%).
 
The average annualized return of all Reits in this group is 6.6%.   This is less than the average annualized distribution yield for this group, which is 7.7%.   It can be seen from the Total Capital Gain/Loss column that slightly more than half of the Reits in this group have incurred capital losses within this period of time.   These capital losses have dragged the average annualized return to fall below the distribution yield.
 
 
Group 2: Last 5 years

There are a total of 21 Reits in this group.   6 of them have delivered annualized returns that are more than 10% over the last 5 years.   They are:
  • AIMSAMP Cap Reit (11.0%),
  • First Reit (17.4%),
  • Fortune Reit HKD (19.2%),
  • Frasers Com Tr (15.0%), 
  • Mapletree Ind Tr (13.1%) and
  • ParkwayLife Reit (11.7%).  
Fortune Reit HKD has the highest return with 19.2%.

Only CDL HTrust (-2.1%) has registered a negative return.

The average annualized return of all Reits in this group is 8.2%.   This is higher than the average annualized distribution yield of this group, which is about 6.7%.   Two-third of the Reits in this group have registered capital gains within this period of time and this has lifted the average annualized return above the distribution yield.


Group 3: Last 10 years

There are a total of 7 Reits in this group.  

Fortune Reit HKD (10.9%) has the highest annualized return and is the only Reit that has a return that is more than 10%.

No Reit in this group has registered a negative return.

The average annualized return of all Reits in this group is 7.7%.   This is higher than the average annualized distribution yield of this group, which is about 6.0% as all Reits in this group have registered capital gains within this period of time.


Group 4: The entire existence of the REIT

This group includes all 35 S-Reits covered in this study.

Since making their debut on the SGX, 11 Reits have annualized returns that are above 10% while 5 of them have registered negative returns.

The average annualized return of all Reits in this group is 5.7%.   This is lower than the average annualized distribution yield of this group, which is about 6.7%.   18 Reits, which is just more than half of the total, have registered capital losses since they are listed on the SGX causing the average return to fall below the distribution yield.

The poorer performers in this group are mostly Reits that are listed on the SGX relatively recently.   There are 14 Reits that have been listed for less than 5 years.   Of these, 9 of them have returns that are below the average, 4 of them negative returns and 10 of them incurred capital losses .


Across all time-frames

Looking at the data across the various different time-frames, it appears that there are more S-Reits that have not been doing well over the short term.   Slightly more than half of the Reits have incurred capital losses over the short term and more than a handful of them have negative annualized returns.
 
In general, the Reits are found to have done better over the medium and long terms.   The average annualized returns of Reits over both the medium and long terms are higher than that of the short term and there is only a total of 1 Reit that has a negative return in the medium and long terms combined.
 
 
And the top performers are ...
 
There are a number of Reits that have performed well throughout their entire history as well as over all the short (2 years), medium (5 years) and long (10 years) terms.   Such Reits include Fortune Reit HKD,  Ascendas Reit and Suntec Reit.  
 
Fortune Reit HKD is the best performer among the 3, rewarding investors with more than 10% returns in all cases.   Both Ascendas Reit and Suntec Reit may not have yielded as much returns as Fortune Reit HKD in all cases but they have also been able to consistently top up their distributions with capital gains.

If you have invested in any of these Reits 2, 5 or 10 years ago, or since they made their debut on the SGX, you should be now be enjoying healthy returns from your investments.

There are Reits that may not have a history of more than 10 years to be considered for long term performance but nonetheless they have sparkled in their medium and short term performances.   These include First Reit, Mapletree Ind Tr and Frasers Cpt Tr
 
First Reit and Mapletree Ind Tr are the better performers among the 3, rewarding investors with more than 10% annualized returns.
 
There are Reits that have an even shorter history and are thus considered only for their short-term performance.   The best performers in this category are Mapletree Com Tr and Religare HTrust.
 
A newcomer and potential good performer is Keppel DC Reit.   This Reit is listed on the SGX for less than 2 years and thus is not considered for even a short term performance.   However, its performance thus far has been impressive, registering an annualized return of 11.9%.   Nevertheless, it still has yet to prove that it can be as impressive in a longer term.









 
 





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