Firm Capital Property Trust Reports Q3/2024 Results
November 07 2024 - 5:01PM
Firm Capital Property Trust (“
FCPT” or the
“
Trust”), (TSX: FCD.UN) is pleased to report its
financial results for the three, six and nine months ended
September 30, 2024.
PROPERTY PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHTS
The portfolio consists of 64 commercial properties with a total
gross leasable area (“GLA”) of 2,512,862 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 (43% 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 (41% of asset
value) comprised of assets located in Ontario, followed by Quebec
at 37% of NOI (32% of asset value).
TENANT DIVERSIFICATION The
portfolio is well diversified by tenant profile with no tenant
currently accounting for more than 10.8% of total net rent.
Further, the top 10 tenants are comprised of large national tenants
and account for 30.9% of total net rent.
MANAGEABLE MORTGAGE MATURITY PROFILE
GOING INTO 2025 AND 2026 The Trust was able to refinance
or repay in full all 2024 mortgage maturities. Going forward, the
Trust has only $18.2 million and $46.7 million or 5.7% and 14.7% of
its total outstanding mortgages coming due in 2025 and 2026,
respectively. Senior management is currently in active discussions
with its lenders regarding the 2025 maturities and does not
anticipate any refinancing issues to occur.
Q3/2024 HIGHLIGHTS
Key highlights for the three months ended
September 30, 2024 are as follows:
- Adjusted Funds From Operations (“AFFO”) was
approximately $4.8 million, 14% higher than the same period in
2023;
- AFFO per Unit for Q3/2024 increased by 14% to $0.130 over
Q3/2023.
- AFFO Payout ratio decreased to 100% for Q2/2024 from 114% over
the same period in 2023;
- Net income was approximately $9.4 million, compared to a loss
of $2.4 million recorded for the same period in 2023;
- $7.82 Net Asset Value (“NAV”) per Unit, a 1.4%
increase over Q2/2024;
- Net Operating Income (“NOI”) was approximately
$9.7 million, an 8% increase from the same period in 2023;
- Same Property NOI increased 6% over Q3/2023;
- Commercial occupancy was 94.8%, Multi-Residential occupancy was
97.7% while Manufactured Homes Communities occupancy was
100.0%;
- Conservative leverage profile with Debt / Gross Book Value
(“GBV”) at 51.3%; and
- The Trust declared and approved monthly distributions in the
amount of $0.04333 per Trust Unit for Unitholders of record on
January 31, 2025, February 28, 2025 and March 31, 2025, payable on
or about February 17, 2025, March 17, 2025, and April 15, 2025,
respectively.
See chart below for additional information:
|
Three Months |
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
Sep 30, 2024 |
Sep 30, 2023 |
Change |
|
Sep 30, 2024 |
Sep 30, 2023 |
Change |
Rental Revenue |
$ 14,889,830 |
$ 14,660,059 |
2% |
|
$ 44,989,658 |
$ 42,963,642 |
5% |
NOI - IFRS Basis |
9,689,972 |
8,973,397 |
8% |
|
28,619,139 |
27,276,277 |
5% |
NOI - Cash Basis |
9,716,062 |
8,932,919 |
8.8% |
|
28,835,025 |
27,137,927 |
6% |
Same-Property NOI |
9,464,939 |
8,962,264 |
6% |
|
28,140,149 |
26,247,498 |
7% |
Net Income (loss) |
9,363,069 |
(2,410,181) |
NM |
|
28,132,790 |
8,558,103 |
NM |
FFO |
4,776,493 |
4,557,150 |
5% |
|
14,048,308 |
13,374,138 |
5% |
AFFO |
4,794,328 |
4,204,994 |
14% |
|
13,831,039 |
11,961,032 |
16% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Assets |
|
|
|
|
$ 652,698,147 |
$ 636,559,566 |
3% |
Total Mortgages |
|
|
|
|
318,201,702 |
307,944,797 |
3% |
Credit Facility |
|
|
|
|
16,700,000 |
28,500,000 |
(41%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unitholders' Equity |
|
|
|
|
305,425,668 |
289,681,777 |
5% |
Units Outstanding (000s) |
|
|
|
|
36,926 |
36,925 |
0% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FFO Per Unit |
$0.129 |
$0.123 |
5% |
|
$0.380 |
$0.361 |
5% |
AFFO Per Unit |
$0.130 |
$0.114 |
14% |
|
$0.375 |
$0.323 |
16% |
Distributions Per Unit |
$0.130 |
$0.130 |
0% |
|
$0.390 |
$0.390 |
0% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FFO Payout Ratio |
100% |
105% |
|
|
103% |
108% |
(550) bps |
AFFO Payout Ratio |
100% |
114% |
|
|
104% |
121% |
(1,689) bps |
Wtd. Avg. Int. Rate - Mort. Debt |
|
|
|
|
4.2% |
3.7% |
50 bps |
Debt to GBV |
|
|
|
|
51% |
53% |
(169) bps |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GLA - Commercial, SF |
|
|
|
|
2,512,862 |
2,558,146 |
(2%) |
Units - Multi-Res |
|
|
|
|
599 |
599 |
0% |
Units - MHCs |
|
|
|
|
537 |
537 |
0% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Occupancy - Commercial |
|
|
|
|
94.8% |
95.9% |
(110) bps |
Occupancy - Multi-Res |
|
|
|
|
97.7% |
96.0% |
170 bps |
Occupancy MHCs |
|
|
|
|
100.0% |
99.6% |
40 bps |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rent PSF - Retail |
|
|
|
|
$19.35 |
$18.45 |
5% |
Rent PSF - Industrial |
|
|
|
|
$9.00 |
$8.12 |
11% |
Rent per month - Multi-Res |
|
|
|
|
$1,527 |
$1,368 |
12% |
Rent per month - MHCs |
|
|
|
|
$643 |
$591 |
9% |
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 McKeePresident & 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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