Firm Capital Property Trust Reports Solid Q4/2023 Results and Improving AFFO Payout Ratio
March 12 2024 - 4:01PM
Firm Capital Property Trust (“
FCPT” or the
“
Trust”), (TSX: FCD.UN) is pleased to report its
financial results for the three and twelve months ended December
31, 2023.
PROPERTY PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHTS
The portfolio consists of 65 commercial properties with a total
gross leasable area (“GLA”) of 2,553,184 square
feet, five multi-residential complexes comprised of 599 units and
four Manufactured Home Communities comprised of 537 units. The
portfolio is well diversified and defensive in terms of geographies
and property asset types, with 49% of NOI (42% of asset value)
comprised of grocery anchored retail followed by industrial at 28%
of NOI (32% of asset value). In addition, the portfolio is well
diversified in terms of geographies with 38% of NOI (41% of asset
value) comprised of assets located in Ontario, followed by Quebec
at 37% of NOI (33% of asset value).
TENANT DIVERSIFICATION The
portfolio is well diversified by tenant profile with no tenant
currently accounting for more than 11.2% of total net rent.
Further, the top 10 tenants are comprised of large national tenants
and account for 31.8% of total net rent.
TAX EFFICIENT DISTRIBUTIONS
94% of 2023 Distributions were Return of Capital (“ROC”) or
Non-Taxable. For the year ended December 31, 2023 the
Trust is pleased to report that 88% of distributions were ROC while
6% represented the non-taxable portion of capital gains.
Q4/2023 HIGHLIGHTS
Key highlights for the three months ended
December 31, 2023 are as follows:
- Net income was approximately $6.8 million, compared to $8.7
million net income recorded for the same period in 2022;
- $7.48 Net Asset Value (“NAV”) per Unit;
- Net Operating Income (“NOI”) was approximately
$9.5 million, a 3% increase from the same period in 2022;
- Same Property NOI increased 5% over Q4/2023 and YTD;
- Adjusted Funds From Operations (“AFFO”) was
approximately $4.7 million,10% higher than the same period in
2022;
- AFFO per Unit for Q4/2023 increased by 10% to $0.128 over
Q4/2022.
- Payout ratio decreased to 101% for Q4/2023 from 112% over the
same period in 2022;
- Commercial occupancy was 96.5%, Multi-Residential occupancy was
96.9% while Manufactured Homes Communities was 100.0%;
- The Trust closed on the sale of a retail property from the
Center Ice Retail Portfolio, for gross proceeds of approximately
$2.0 million. The Trust’s pro-rata share of the gross proceeds was
$1.4 million.
- Conservative leverage profile with Debt / Gross Book Value
(“GBV”) at 52.6%; and
- The Trust declared and approved monthly distributions in the
amount of $0.0433 per Trust Unit for Unitholders of record on April
30, 2024, May 31, 2024 and June 28, 2024, payable on or about May
15, 2024, June 17, 2024 and July 15, 2024, respectively.
See chart below for additional information:
|
Three Months |
|
Twelve Months Ended |
|
Dec 31, 2023 |
Dec 31, 2022 |
Change |
|
Dec 31, 2023 |
Dec 31, 2022 |
Change |
Rental Revenue |
$14,544,449 |
|
$14,245,157 |
|
2 |
% |
|
$57,508,091 |
|
$54,018,887 |
|
6 |
% |
NOI - IFRS Basis |
|
9,451,214 |
|
|
9,165,483 |
|
3 |
% |
|
|
36,727,491 |
|
|
35,457,372 |
|
4 |
% |
NOI
- Cash Basis |
|
9,459,501 |
|
|
9,163,698 |
|
3 |
% |
|
|
36,597,428 |
|
|
35,074,668 |
|
4 |
% |
Same-Property NOI |
|
11,548,507 |
|
|
10,973,479 |
|
5 |
% |
|
|
33,503,483 |
|
|
31,858,318 |
|
5 |
% |
Net
Income (loss) |
|
6,809,718 |
|
|
8,663,638 |
|
(21 |
%) |
|
|
15,367,821 |
|
|
(1,184,280 |
) |
NM1 |
FFO |
|
5,253,312 |
|
|
4,586,850 |
|
15 |
% |
|
|
18,627,450 |
|
|
19,524,208 |
|
(5 |
%) |
AFFO |
|
4,739,112 |
|
|
4,327,687 |
|
10 |
% |
|
|
16,700,144 |
|
|
16,445,149 |
|
2 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Assets |
|
|
|
|
$637,378,171 |
|
$633,898,464 |
|
1 |
% |
Total Mortgages |
|
|
|
|
|
303,792,112 |
|
|
306,781,314 |
|
(1 |
%) |
Credit Facility |
|
|
|
|
|
31,300,000 |
|
|
18,726,067 |
|
67 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unitholders' Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
291,692,787 |
|
|
296,513,896 |
|
(2 |
%) |
Units Outstanding (000s) |
|
|
|
|
|
36,926 |
|
|
37,100 |
|
(0 |
%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FFO
Per Unit |
$0.142 |
|
$0.123 |
|
15 |
% |
|
$0.504 |
|
$0.541 |
|
(7 |
%) |
AFFO
Per Unit |
$0.128 |
|
$0.116 |
|
10 |
% |
|
$0.452 |
|
$0.456 |
|
(1 |
%) |
Distributions Per Unit |
$0.130 |
|
$0.130 |
|
0 |
% |
|
$0.520 |
|
$0.520 |
|
(0 |
%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FFO
Payout Ratio |
|
91 |
% |
|
106 |
% |
(1400 bps) |
|
|
103 |
% |
|
96 |
% |
700 bps |
AFFO
Payout Ratio |
|
101 |
% |
|
112 |
% |
(1100 bps) |
|
|
115 |
% |
|
114 |
% |
100 bps |
Wtd.
Avg. Int. Rate - Mort. Debt |
|
|
|
|
|
3.7 |
% |
|
3.8 |
% |
(10) bps |
Debt
to GBV |
|
|
|
|
|
53 |
% |
|
51 |
% |
137 bps |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GLA
- Commercial, SF |
|
|
|
|
|
2,553,184 |
|
|
2,552,214 |
|
0 |
% |
Units - Multi-Res |
|
|
|
|
|
599 |
|
|
599 |
|
0 |
% |
Units - MHCs |
|
|
|
|
|
537 |
|
|
422 |
|
27 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Occupancy - Commercial |
|
|
|
|
|
96.5 |
% |
|
95.9 |
% |
60 bps |
Occupancy - Multi-Res |
|
|
|
|
|
96.9 |
% |
|
90.3 |
% |
660 bps |
Occupancy MHCs |
|
|
|
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
99.8 |
% |
20 bps |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rent
PSF - Retail |
|
|
|
|
$18.81 |
|
$18.43 |
|
2 |
% |
Rent
PSF - Industrial |
|
|
|
|
$8.16 |
|
$7.60 |
|
7 |
% |
Rent
per month - Multi-Res |
|
|
|
|
$1,405 |
|
$1,198 |
|
17 |
% |
Rent per month - MHCs |
|
|
|
|
$612 |
|
$603 |
|
1 |
% |
1 NM = Percentage change is not meaningful
For the complete financial statements,
Management’s Discussion & Analysis and supplementary
information, please visit www.sedar.com or the Trust’s website at
www.firmcapital.com.
DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN &
UNIT PURCHASE PLAN The Trust has in place a Distribution
Reinvestment Plan (“DRIP”) and Unit Purchase Plan
(the “UPP”). Under the terms of the DRIP, FCPT’s
Unitholders may elect to automatically reinvest all or a portion of
their regular monthly distributions in additional Units, without
incurring brokerage fees or commissions. Under the terms of the
UPP, FCPT’s Unitholders may purchase a minimum of $1,000 of Units
per month and maximum purchases of up to $12,000 per annum.
Management and trustees have not participated in the DRIP or UPP to
date and own or control approximately 10% of the issued and
outstanding trust units of the Trust.
ABOUT FIRM CAPITAL PROPERTY TRUST (TSX :
FCD.UN) Firm Capital Property Trust is focused on creating
long-term value for Unitholders, through capital preservation and
disciplined investing to achieve stable distributable income. In
partnership with management and industry leaders. The Trust’s plan
is to own as well as to co-own a diversified property portfolio of
multi-residential, flex industrial, and net lease convenience
retail. In addition to stand alone accretive acquisitions, the
Trust will make joint acquisitions with strong financial partners
and acquisitions of partial interests from existing ownership
groups, in a manner that provides liquidity to those selling owners
and professional management for those remaining as partners. Firm
Capital Realty Partners Inc., through a structure focused on an
alignment of interests with the Trust sources, syndicates and
property and asset manages investments on behalf of the Trust.
FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION
This press release may contain forward-looking
statements. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be
identified by the use of words such as "may", "will", "should",
"expect", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "predict",
"potential", "continue", and by discussions of strategies that
involve risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements are
based on certain key expectations and assumptions made by the
Trust. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve numerous
assumptions, inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and
specific, that contribute to the possibility that the predictions,
forecasts, projections and various future events will not occur.
Although management of the Trust believes that the expectations
reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, there
can be no assurance that future results, levels of activity,
performance or achievements will occur as anticipated. Neither the
Trust nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy
and completeness of any forward-looking statements, and no one has
any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement,
whether as a result of new information, future events or such other
factors which affect this information, except as required by
law.
This press release shall not constitute an offer
to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, which may be made
only by means of a prospectus, nor shall there be any sale of the
Units in any state, province or other jurisdiction in which such
offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration
or qualification under securities laws of any such state, province
or other jurisdiction. The Units of the Firm Capital Property Trust
have not been, and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered, sold or delivered
in the United States absent registration or an application for
exemption from the registration requirements of U.S. securities
laws.
Certain financial information presented in this
press release reflect certain non- International Financial
Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) financial measures,
which include NOI, Same Store NOI, FFO and AFFO. These measures are
commonly used by real estate investment entities as useful metrics
for measuring performance and cash flows, however, they do not have
standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and are not necessarily
comparable to similar measures presented by other real estate
investment entities. These terms are defined in the Trust’s
Management Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”)
for the year ended December 31, 2023 as filed on www.sedar.com.
For further information, please contact:
Robert
McKee
President & Chief Executive Officer(416)
635-0221 |
|
Sandy PoklarChief Financial Officer(416) 635-0221 |
For Investor Relations information, please
contact:
Victoria Moayedi Director, Investor Relations (416)
635-0221 |
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