Firm Capital Property Trust Reports Q1/2024 Results
May 13 2024 - 5:54PM
Firm Capital Property Trust (“
FCPT” or the
“
Trust”), (TSX: FCD.UN) is pleased to report its
financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2024.
PROPERTY PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHTS
The portfolio consists of 64 commercial properties with a total
gross leasable area (“GLA”) of 2,545,858 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 47% of NOI (42% of asset value)
comprised of grocery anchored retail followed by industrial at 27%
of NOI (31% of asset value). In addition, the portfolio is well
diversified in terms of geographies with 38% of NOI (40% 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 31.3% of total net rent.
75% OF 2024 MORTGAGE MATURITIES
REFINANCED At the beginning of 2024, the Trust had $92.1
million or 33% of its total mortgages, maturing in 2024. During the
three months ended March 31, 2024, the Trust refinanced seven
retail properties that are part of the joint arrangement within the
Crombie Retail Portfolio for approximately $55.5 million, excluding
transaction costs. The Trust’s portion of the mortgages are
approximately $27.5 million. The mortgages have a 5.34% interest
rate, 30 year amortization and 4.5 year term. Subsequent to quarter
end, the Trust refinanced two properties within its joint
arrangement within the First Capital Retail Portfolio for
approximately $110 million, excluding transaction costs. The
Trust’s portion of the mortgages are approximately $55 million. The
mortgages have a 5.43% interest rate, 30 year amortization and 10
year term. Note that both of these new mortgages saw increased cash
of approximately $12 million come to the Trust. As such, the Trust
has only $23.3 million or 25% of 2024 mortgage maturities
remaining.
Q1/2024 HIGHLIGHTS
Key highlights for the three months ended March
31, 2024 are as follows:
- Net income was approximately $9.9 million, compared to $5.4
million net income recorded for the same period in 2023;
- $7.62 Net Asset Value (“NAV”) per Unit, a 1.9%
increase over Q4/2023;
- Net Operating Income (“NOI”) was approximately
$9.3 million, a 1% increase from the same period in 2023;
- Same Property NOI increased 3% over Q1/2023;
- Adjusted Funds From Operations (“AFFO”) was
approximately $4.4 million,11% higher than the same period in
2023;
- AFFO per Unit for Q1/2024 increased by 11% to $0.120 over
Q1/2023.
- Payout ratio decreased to 108% for Q1/2024 from 121% over the
same period in 2023;
- Commercial occupancy was 95.2%, Multi-Residential occupancy was
99.1% 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
$3.0 million. The Trust’s pro-rata share of the gross proceeds was
$2.1 million;
- Conservative leverage profile with Debt / Gross Book Value
(“GBV”) at 52.2%; and
- The Trust declared and approved monthly distributions in the
amount of $0.0433 per Trust Unit for Unitholders of record on July
31, 2024, August 30, 2024 and September 30, 2024, payable on or
about August 15, 2024, September 16, 2024 and October 15, 2024,
respectively.
See chart below for additional information:
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Mar 31, 2024 |
Mar 31, 2023 |
Change |
Rental Revenue |
|
$15,013,173 |
$14,209,208 |
6% |
NOI
- IFRS Basis |
|
9,271,592 |
9,223,015 |
1% |
NOI
- Cash Basis |
|
9,414,912 |
9,153,082 |
3% |
Same-Property NOI |
|
9,155,904 |
8,882,947 |
3% |
Net
Income |
|
9,884,839 |
5,396,789 |
33% |
FFO |
|
4,552,640 |
4,486,037 |
1% |
AFFO |
|
4,444,140 |
3,999,237 |
11% |
|
|
|
|
|
Total Assets |
|
$639,407,795 |
$638,658,302 |
0% |
Total Mortgages |
|
307,886,051 |
305,337,204 |
1% |
Credit Facility |
|
24,300,000 |
26,272,386 |
(8%) |
|
|
|
|
|
Unitholders' Equity |
|
296,777,652 |
296,584,638 |
0% |
Units Outstanding (000s) |
|
36,926 |
37,011 |
(0%) |
|
|
|
|
|
FFO
Per Unit |
|
$0.123 |
$0.121 |
2% |
AFFO
Per Unit |
|
$0.120 |
$0.108 |
11% |
Distributions Per Unit |
|
$0.130 |
$0.130 |
0% |
|
|
|
|
|
FFO
Payout Ratio |
|
105% |
107% |
(157) bps |
AFFO
Payout Ratio |
|
108% |
121% |
(1,299) bps |
Wtd.
Avg. Int. Rate - Mort. Debt |
|
3.9% |
4.1% |
(20) bps |
Debt
to GBV |
|
52% |
52% |
(5) bps |
|
|
|
|
|
GLA
- Commercial, SF |
|
2,545,858 |
2,545,397 |
0% |
Units - Multi-Res |
|
599 |
599 |
0% |
Units - MHCs |
|
537 |
536 |
0% |
|
|
|
|
|
Occupancy - Commercial |
|
95.2% |
97.1% |
(190) bps |
Occupancy - Multi-Res |
|
99.1% |
91.9% |
720 bps |
Occupancy MHCs |
|
100.0% |
99.8% |
20 bps |
|
|
|
|
|
Rent
PSF - Retail |
|
$18.96 |
$18.30 |
4% |
Rent
PSF - Industrial |
|
$8.33 |
$7.86 |
6% |
Rent
per month - Multi-Res |
|
$1,448 |
$1,249 |
16% |
Rent per month - MHCs |
|
$624 |
$611 |
2% |
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: |
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Robert
McKee |
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Sandy
Poklar |
President & Chief Executive Officer |
|
Chief Financial Officer |
(416) 635-0221 |
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(416) 635-0221 |
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For Investor Relations information, please
contact: |
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Victoria Moayedi |
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Director, Investor Relations |
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(416) 635-0221 |
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