CCT – OCBC

CapitaGreen’s completion on track

• 2Q14 figures within expectations
  
• CapitaGreen 23% pre-committed
  
• Call option within 3 years of completion
  

2Q14 results within expectations

CapitaCommercial Trust (CCT) reported 2Q14 distributable income of S$64.1m – 7.6% higher YoY. This cumulates to an YTD distributable income of S$124.0m, which is within expectations and makes up 51.0% of our FY14 forecast. 2Q13 DPU is 2.18 S-cents, which is 5.3% higher than the 2.07 S-cents paid in 2Q13 and translates to a 5.1% distribution yield as at the last closing price of S$1.67. The growth in distributable income over the quarter was mainly due to stronger contributions from assets, lower interest expenses and the release of retained tax-exempt income distribution (S$2.4m). In terms of the topline, 2Q14 gross revenues increased 3.2% YoY with all properties, except One George Street, clocking higher income over the quarter.

Stable portfolio performance

Portfolio occupancy remained stable at 99.4% as of end 2Q14 versus the previous quarter. As a result of continued rental reversions, CCT’s average committed office portfolio rentals increased marginally QoQ from S$8.22 to S$8.23/sq ft. Over the quarter, the trust signed leases for 97.5k sq ft of space, of which 31% are new leases, and the portfolio WALE (weighted average lease term to expiry) as at end Jun-14 stands at 7.8 years. CCT continues to enjoy a healthy balance sheet, with gearing improving to 28.8% as at end 2Q14 from 30.0% the previous quarter, and an average cost of debt of 2.4%.

CapitaGreen achieved “top-out” and now ~23% pre-committed

CapitaGreen’s structural work has reached the top floor and remains on track to complete by the end of this year. The trust has secured aggregate lease commitments for ~23% (165k sq ft) of total NLA, and expects CapitaGreen to contribute revenue to MSO Trust from 2H15 onwards, and to distributable income from FY16. We also note that CCT has a call option to acquire, from its JV partners, the remaining 60% stake in CapitaGreen at market valuation within three years of completion. Maintain HOLD with an unchanged fair value estimate of S$1.67.