KEY HIGHLIGHTS Results Mapletree Logistics Trust (MLT SP/HOLD/S$1.16/Target: S$1.31): 4QFY25: Risk from protracted trade war. Update Keppel (KEP SP/BUY/S$6.59/Target: S$9.25): Solid 1Q25 business update - profits up, monetisation gains traction and infrastructure delivers stability. Maintain BUY. TRADERS’ CORNER Singapore Exchange (SGX SP): Trading BUY Singapore Tech Engineering (STE SP): Trading BUY
GREATER CHINA Results Aier Eye Hospital Group (300015 CH/BUY/Rmb12.72/Target: Rmb17.80) 2024: Satisfactory results; expects strong recovery in 2025. Upgrade to BUY. Ningbo Tuopu Group Co (601689 CH/BUY/Rmb50.96/Target: Rmb83.00) 4Q24: Earnings up 38.5% yoy, in line. Maintain BUY with target price unchanged at Rmb83.00. TAL Educational Group (TAL US/BUY/US$9.36/Target: US$14.00) 4QFY25: Earnings miss amid ramped-up investments in AI-powered learning. INDONESIA Sector Telecommun...
Management cautioned that a protracted trade war could affect demand for warehouse space, thereby reducing occupancy and rental rates. China incurred a negative rental reversion of -9.4% in 4QFY25 and the weakness could potentially persist for the next four quarters. The pace of divestment is expected to slow down, as potential buyers turn more cautious. MLT has corrected 8.7% ytd and provides FY26 distribution yield of 6.8% (FLT: 7.3%). Maintain HOLD. Target price: S$1.31.
GREATER CHINA Economics Inflation Deflationary pressures remain. Sector Automobile Weekly: Direct impacts from US tariffs contained; indirect spillovers uncertain. Maintain MARKET WEIGHT on the sector. Top BUYs: BYD, Geely and Desay SV. Update Anta Sports (2020 HK/BUY/HK$81.55/Target: HK$108.80) 1Q25 sales me...
Reasoning AI models consume over 100 times more resources vs conventional AI models. The advent of new Reasoning AI models, including OpenAI GPT-5, will drive the next wave of demand for data centres. Demand for data centres is correlated to new product cycles, rather than import tariffs. BUY KDCREIT (Target: S$2.55) as SGP7 and SGP8 have started to contribute in 1Q25. BUY DCREIT (Target: US$0.88) and MINT (Target: S$2.70) for exposure to the US market. Maintain OVERWEIGHT.
GREATER CHINA Strategy China And Hong Kong Property & Hong Kong Landlord Tariffs curtail US rate cuts, thereby hindering the recovery of Hong Kong property and tourism; Maintain OVERWEIGHT on China property. INDONESIA Strategy Alpha Picks: Outperform In Mar 25 Remove BBNI, BBRI, ASII, JSMR and KLBF; add BBCA, ICBP, ERAA and BUKA. MALAYSIA Update Pekat Group (PEKAT MK/BUY/RM1.08/Target: RM1.45) Good earnings visibility over 2025...
The selloff driven by the US’ unprecedented and perplexing tariff plans has liberated many investors of profits this year. Given the fluidity of market conditions, we highlight a number of domestic-focused stocks such as CENT, CD, DFI, HLA, PANU, PROP, RFMD, SSG and SIE as well as Singapore-focused REITS such as CDLHT, FEHT, FCT, KREIT, LREIT and PREIT. In addition, the MAS’ equity market review should inject much needed liquidity in 2H25. We lower our STI target to 3,720 (previously 4,115).
S-REITs have had a negative correlation of 0.59 against the S&P 500 Index. Thus, S-REITs could mean revert and register gains even as the S&P 500 falls over the next six months. Our preferred BUYs are CICT (Target: S$2.37) and LREIT (Target: S$0.72) for suburban retail, DCREIT (Target: US$0.88), KDCREIT (Target: S$2.55) and MINT (Target: S$2.70) for data centres, and PREIT (Target: S$4.85) for healthcare, which are relatively less affected by the impact from tariffs. Maintain OVERWEIGHT.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS Sector REITs Starting to regain lost ground. Update ComfortDelGro Corporation (CD SP/BUY/S$1.48/Target: S$1.76) New entrant, more competition. TRADERS' CORNER Parkway Life Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT SP): Trading BUY Wilmar International (WIL SP): Trading BUY
While trade conflicts and tariffs remain a threat, the recent series of weak economic numbers has led to lower US government bond yields. Many blue-chip S-REITs have already corrected and are trading at attractive yields of 6-7%. Maintain OVERWEIGHT. BUY retail REIT CICT (Target: S$2.37), data centre REIT DCREIT (Target: US$0.88) and healthcare REIT PREIT (Target: S$4.85). We also like CLAS (Target: S$1.38).
KEY HIGHLIGHTS Sector REITs 4Q24 round-up: Staying on task. Results Centurion Corp (CENT SP/BUY/S$1.01/Target: S$1.16) 2024: Higher-than-expected earnings supported by fair value gains. TRADERS' CORNER First Resources (FR SP): Trading BUY Singapore Post (SPOST SP): Trading BUY
Four S-REITs out of 21 under our coverage beat expectations, namely CICT (healthy reversion and revaluation gain), CLAS (uptrend in RevPAR), DCREIT (backfilled data centres in LA and Toronto) and KDCREIT (reversion of >30% for Singapore colocation contracts). Maintain OVERWEIGHT. BUY retail REIT CICT (Target: S$2.37), data centre REIT DCREIT (Target: US$0.88) and healthcare REIT PREIT (Target: S$4.85). We also like CLAS (Target: S$1.38) and KORE (Target: US$0.33).
While trade conflicts and tariffs remain a threat, the recent series of weak economic numbers and efforts to rein in fiscal spending have led to lower US government bond yields. Many blue-chip S-REITs have already corrected and are trading at attractive yields of 6-7%. Maintain OVERWEIGHT. BUY retail REIT CICT (Target: S$2.37), data centre REIT DCREIT (Target: US$0.88) and healthcare REIT PREIT (Target: S$4.85). We also like CLAS (Target: S$1.38) and KORE (Target: US$0.33).
KEY HIGHLIGHTS Strategy Alpha Picks: Adding RSTON, UMSH, SIE, CICT And Removing CVL, VMS, LREIT Our Alpha Picks portfolio underperformed the STI in Feb 25, falling 3.6% mom on a market cap-weighted basis. Adding RSTON, UMSH, SIE and CICT; removing CVL, VMS and LREIT. Sector REITs S-REITs monthly update (Feb 25). Results First Resources (FR SP/BUY/S$1.59/Target: S$1.75) FY24: Results in line with our expectations but exceeded the street’s, with full-year nucleus FFB growth of 6.4% ex...
The leases for three data centres at 2000 Kubach Road in Philadelphia, 400 Holger Way in San Jose and 250 William Street in Atlanta are unlikely to be renewed. Our worst-case scenario with the data centres staying vacant provides FY26 DPU of 13.2 S cents and target price of S$2.65. There would be downtime whether the data centres are re-leased or deployed for alternative usage. MINT provides an FY26 distribution yield of 6.5% (DCREIT: 7.0% and KDCREIT: 4.9%). Maintain BUY. Target price: S$2.70.
S-REITs have to weather the turbulence and turmoil caused by the escalation of trade conflicts in the near term. The Fed also appears to be in no hurry to cut interest rates. Nevertheless, many blue-chip S-REITs have already corrected and are trading at attractive yields of 6-7%. Maintain OVERWEIGHT. BUY data centre REIT DCREIT (Target: US$0.93), logistics REIT FLT (Target: S$1.33), retail REIT LREIT (Target: S$0.77) and hospitality REIT CLAS (Target: S$1.38).
KEY HIGHLIGHTS Sector Offshore Marine “Drill baby drill” to benefit offshore marine stocks. Top picks are Seatrium and Marco Polo Marine in the small/mid-cap space. REITs S-REITs monthly update (Jan 25). TRADERS' CORNER Wilmar International (WIL SP): Trading BUY iFast Corp (IFAST SP): Trading BUY
DeepSeek showcased the rapid pace of innovation in AI. Both US and Chinese AI players could utilise the techniques exploited by DeepSeek to reduce the cost to train new AI models, which could spur pervasive adoption of AI. Demand for data centres for AI training and AI inference would continue to rise. BUY KDCREIT (Target: S$2.53) as SGP7 and SGP8 start contributing in 1Q25. BUY DCREIT (Target: US$0.93) and MINT (Target: S$2.89) for exposure to the US market.
MINT achieved broad-based positive rental revision of 9.8% in Singapore during 3QFY25. Portfolio occupancy dipped slightly by 0.8ppt qoq but vacant space for stack-up/ramp-up buildings should be backfilled rapidly. MINT generated steady DPU growth of 1.5%. Its diversified portfolio and exposure to data centres buffer it from escalation in trade conflict. MINT provides an FY26 distribution yield of 6.4% (DCREIT: 6.4% and KDCREIT: 4.8%). Maintain BUY. Target price: S$2.89.
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