{"id":62956,"date":"2025-03-06T16:08:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T08:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/?p=62956"},"modified":"2025-03-06T16:08:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T08:08:43","slug":"company-update-united-hampshire-us-reit-uhu-sp-odbu-si","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/company-update-united-hampshire-us-reit-uhu-sp-odbu-si\/","title":{"rendered":"Company Update: United Hampshire US REIT (UHU SP\/ODBU.SI)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Company Update: <em>6 March 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Capitalising on declining interest rates<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Favourable interest rate environment. <\/strong>The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 25bps in December 2024, bringing the target range to 4.25% to 4.50%. Lower borrowing costs are expected to enhance United Hampshire US REIT\u2019s financial flexibility and support growth. Projections for the Fed funds rate indicate a range of 3.50% to 3.75% by the end of 2025 and 3.25% to 3.50% by the end of 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#012169\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Strategic divestments<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">United Hampshire US REIT successfully divested properties, including Lowe\u2019s and Sam\u2019s Club in 2H24 and Supermarket at Albany in January 2025, at over 4% above valuation, demonstrating strong capital recycling efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#012169\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>FY24 Financials Update<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In FY24, United Hampshire US REIT (UHU REIT) reported a 1.4% YoY growth in revenue, reaching US$73.2mn compared to US$72.2mn in FY23. However, its net property income decreased by 1.7% YoY to US$49.8mn from US$50.6mn last year. This decline was attributable to the absence of revenue from the divested Lowe\u2019s and Sam\u2019s Club properties within Hudson Valley Plaza alongside higher property expenses during tenant transitions. Additionally, overall distributable income declined by 16.2% YoY to US$25.5mn, impacted by change in manager\u2019s base fees with effect from 2H23 and higher interest expenses due to rising interest rates, refinancing of maturing loans, and less favorable new interest rate hedges. Despite these challenges, it benefited from ongoing work-from-home trends in the US and a shortage of self-storage facilities in the New York region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#012169\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Valuation & Action<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We maintain an <strong>OUTPERFORM<\/strong> rating with an unchanged target price of <strong>US$0.60<\/strong>. This is based on our valuation model, which considers a terminal growth rate of 2.0% and a cost of equity of 9.4%. The proactive management positions the company well for further improvements to its portfolio, and its long-dated refinancing requirement enables it to remain stable for a longer period. Additionally, with a favourable interest rate on its loan, there is no pressure for early refinancing unless the interest rates decline below its current financing rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#012169\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Risks<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Economic slowdown, regulatory changes, and prolonged high interest rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/securities\/resources\/ck\/files\/sg-report\/UNITED%20HAMPSHIRE%20REIT%202H24%20UPDATE.pdf\">Read Full Report<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/kgisg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/subscribegif.gif\" alt=\"Subscribe Now\" class=\"wp-image-3937\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China Sunsine Chemical Holdings is a leading specialty rubber chemicals producer selling accelerators, anti-oxidant, vulcanizing agent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":62957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-company-reports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/United-Hampshire.png?wsr",6000,4200,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/United-Hampshire-150x150.png?wsr",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/United-Hampshire-300x210.png?wsr",300,210,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/United-Hampshire-768x538.png?wsr",768,538,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/United-Hampshire-1024x717.png?wsr",800,560,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/United-Hampshire-1536x1075.png?wsr",1536,1075,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/United-Hampshire-2048x1434.png?wsr",2048,1434,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Jiong Han Lee","author_link":"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/author\/jionghan-leekgi-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"China Sunsine Chemical Holdings is a leading specialty rubber chemicals producer selling accelerators, anti-oxidant, vulcanizing agent","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62958,"href":"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62956\/revisions\/62958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}