A made-up landlord example shows how a paper loss and a payout can differ.
Mapletree Logistics Trust reported a 41% fall in quarterly profit, but its payout per unit barely moved. I walk through the numbers with Angela, from a 31.2 million dollar derivative fair value loss to the growing share of the distribution funded by unitholders’ contribution. We also look at gearing, which fell to 37.5% on the reported basis but would have been 40.4% without the timing effect of the new perpetual securities. If you hold REITs for income, these are the three figures worth checking before the next results.
Key takeaways:
Profit fell from 92.5 million to 54.6 million dollars, while the payout held at 1.816 cents per unit.
The derivative fair value swing was the largest single item, but not the only reason profit fell.
Distribution from operations fell to 52.6 million dollars, while unitholders’ contribution rose to 40.7 million dollars.
Capital made up about 44% of the payout, against about 35% a year earlier.
Gearing was 37.5% reported, but 40.4% on the footnote’s timing adjusted basis.
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