CTP: great story, fairly valued (downgraded to HOLD)
We continue to see CTP as one of the best stories in European real estate. A simple, focused investment case, a quality portfolio, value-accretive growth, well-managed. CTP builds at a c.10% yield on cost, while it raises debt at an all-in cost of c.4%, and it books its portfolio on a 5-6% net initial yield. The revaluation gains on developments allow almost all of the construction capex to be debt-funded. The spread between the development yield and the cost of debt is wide, and would remain attractive even if the development yield slips. At the current levels, however, CTP’s premium valuatio...