Company Update: 10 April 2026
New verticals broaden growth runway
- Strong top line growth and improved portfolio utilisation in FY25. The Assembly Place (TAP) reported FY25 revenue of S$27.0mn (+42.4% YoY) and net profit of S$6.6mn (+6.4% YoY), while adjusted NPAT rose 24.2% YoY to S$7.7mn after excluding S$1.1mn of non-recurring IPO expenses. The Group ended FY25 with 3,422 keys across 100 property assets, while average occupancy improved to 94.4% from 91.0% in FY24, reinforcing the resilience of its core community living platform and the scalability of its asset light operating model.
Post-Listing Execution Broadened The Platform Into New Verticals
In Mar 26, TAP entered the migrant worker accommodation segment via a 60:40 JV with S11, adding 886 beds under the new Habitat brand. In the same month, TAP completed the acquisition of 163 Tras Street through a 10% owned JV, with the asset now planned for conversion into a 163 room hotel, up from the initially disclosed 152 rooms. These developments materially strengthen TAP’s platform breadth and improve medium-term optionality across workforce accommodation and hospitality.
Improved Pipeline Visibility, Execution Remains Key
Management now expects to deliver a secured pipeline of ~1,490 keys over the next two years, including Habitat, 163 Tras Street, Bangsar and additional Singapore assets at 282 & 400 River Valley Road, 63 & 65 South Bridge Road, 101 Lavender and 259 Outram. We think this supports TAP’s path toward its >10,000 key by end FY30 target, but investor focus is likely to shift increasingly toward opening timelines, ramp up economics and the look through balance sheet implications of co-investment structures.
Valuation & Action
We maintain our OUTPERFORM rating with a target price of S$0.35, based on a DCF using a 9.0% WACC and 3.0x terminal EV/EBITDA multiple. While our core operating assumptions remain broadly unchanged, including TAP’s path toward 10,000 keys by 2030, we have raised our projected fair value losses on investment properties to reflect the net effect of new portfolio additions and the shortening of existing lease tenures. As TAP scales, we think investors will increasingly focus on whether incremental revenue growth can continue to offset the rising noncash fair value drag from a larger lease book. Even so, TAP’s asset light model, visible expansion pipeline and resilient cash generation continue to support an attractive medium-term return profile.
Risks
Lease renewal risk, regulatory changes, competitive supply pressures, macroeconomic sensitivity, execution risk from rapid expansion, market entry risk, related party landlord concentration, and technology & cybersecurity risks.
