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Joelton
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30-May-2026 13:41
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Revenue-sharing to &lsquo structurally accelerate&rsquo DPU growth for Parkway Life REIT: DBS Parkway Life REIT is known among investors for its unblemished track record of delivering annual distribution per unit (DPU) growth since its 2007 listing. Parkway Life REIT holds an overseas portfolio of nursing homes in France and Japan, but is better known for its much more valuable ownership of three private hospitals in Singapore, operated by its sponsor, IHH Healthcare. The Singapore-based assets have a long-standing arrangement to peg adjustments to the rental rates to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) plus 1%, which ensures sustainable growth in rental income. &ldquo Parkway Life REIT stands out as the only S-REIT with income visibility through to 2042, offering a rare combination of earnings certainty, growth and upside potential. The recent share price weakness, amid the higher-for-longer interest rate concerns weighing on sentiment across the S-REIT sector, presents a compelling entry point,&rdquo says DBS Group Research&rsquo s Derek Tan, who has kept his &ldquo buy&rdquo call and $4.75 target price. Upgrading Mount Elizabeth Even so, Tan is suggesting ways to generate further upside: the recent completion of &ldquo Project Renaissance&rdquo , an extensive $350 million refurbishment of Mount Elizabeth Hospital, the REIT&rsquo s flagship hospital, presents an opportunity to adopt a revenue-sharing formula instead of the existing one tied to the CPI. According to Tan&rsquo s scenario analysis, this switch could &ldquo structurally accelerate&rdquo DPU growth by 5% to 10% in FY2027 &mdash an upside markets have yet to price in. To recap, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, which contributes around 40% of the REIT&rsquo s revenue in FY2025, recently completed an extensive three-year-long refurbishment. The $350 million cost is split between IHH Healthcare, which pays $200 million, and Parkway Life REIT, which pays the remaining $150 million. The refurbishments have resulted in more efficient workflows. In addition, the hospital has been reconfigured such that the proportion of single-bed rooms has been increased by 50% to meet &ldquo changing patient references and premiumisation trends&rdquo and set the hospital up for &ldquo stronger revenue intensity over time&rdquo , says Tan. As such, he suggests changing the current inflation-linked rental structure to a revenue-sharing model, which Tan calls a &ldquo credible upside scenario&rdquo . In May, Mount Elizabeth&rsquo s blended occupancy has already reached 63%, which, according to management, is likely an underestimation of actual utilisation due to faster patient turnover and a growing proportion of outpatient and ambulatory services not captured in traditional inpatient metrics. Meanwhile, so-called higher-acuity assets, such as intensive care unit and high-dependency unit beds, are already operating at around 70% occupancy, suggesting stronger demand for more complex and higher-yield procedures. Tan figures a potential DPU upside of 5% to 10% for FY2027, assuming average bed occupancy of 50% to 70% for the full year. According to Tan, as it is, given the nature of the master lease, Parkway Life REIT effectively compounds off a progressively larger revenue base each year. &ldquo Under the current structure, each year&rsquo s higher rental base becomes the foundation for the following year&rsquo s growth. Over time, this creates a compounding effect where incremental rental increases are earned on an already enlarged income base, supporting highly visible and resilient DPU growth,&rdquo he reasons. &ldquo Importantly, this compounding profile could strengthen further following the completion of Project Renaissance, particularly if the revenue-sharing rental formula is adopted, which will structurally lift Parkway Life REIT&rsquo s long-term DPU growth trajectory,&rdquo he adds. With the asset enhancement initiative at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, IHH Healthcare will likely look at two other hospitals it operates, Gleneagles and Parkway East, which are also part of the REIT&rsquo s portfolio, for potential refurbishments too. &ldquo Given the mature age profile of these assets, discussions are either ongoing or expected over time, with a focus on refreshing the facilities and improving operational efficiency. Over the medium to long term, such initiatives could serve as potential catalysts for further DPU growth,&rdquo says Tan. Inflation as tailwind Meanwhile, rising inflation is a &ldquo clear tailwind&rdquo for the REIT, as official estimates have been revised for the second time to 1.5%&ndash 2% this year due to higher energy prices and supply disruptions linked to the Middle East conflict. Tan notes that every 1% increase in CPI will lift DPU by around 0.14 cent or 0.7%. The higher 2026 inflation outlook is expected to support stronger FY2027 rental growth, implying potential DPU upside of 0.4% to 1.6%. Tan believes the market has yet to fully price in the close to 20% uplift in DPU for FY2026, driven by the renewal of the master leases for the Singapore hospitals. &ldquo Parkway Life REIT remains one of our preferred picks in the sector and is becoming increasingly attractive at current valuations.&rdquo |
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Joelton
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01-May-2026 11:25
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Parkway Life Reit Q1 DPU up 15.1% at S$0.0442 on higher Singapore hospital rents Revenue falls 2.1% to S$38.2 million, dragging net property income down 2.7% to S$35.8 million [SINGAPORE] Parkway Life Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) on Thursday (Apr 30) reported a 15.1 per cent rise in first-quarter distribution per unit (DPU) to S$0.0442, from S$0.0384 in the year-ago period. Distributable income stood at S$28.8 million, up 15.1 per cent year on year from S$25 million. Revenue fell 2.1 per cent to S$38.2 million, dragging net property income down 2.7 per cent to S$35.8 million. The Reit&rsquo s manager attributed the higher DPU and distributable income to greater rental contributions from Singapore hospitals, which followed the cessation of three-year rent rebates, as well as the implementation of a new rent review formula. However, the growth was partially offset by the depreciation of the Japanese yen and lower rental income from the trust&rsquo s Japan portfolio. Under the annual rent review formula, the minimum rent for Singapore hospitals will climb to S$99.1 million from the 2026 financial year. This represents a 24.3 per cent increase from the actual rent payable in FY2025. The revision comes after master lease renewals with sister company Parkway Hospitals Singapore for a term of 20.4 years from Aug 23, 2022. The healthcare provider is the master lessee of the Reit&rsquo s Mount Elizabeth, Gleneagles and Parkway East hospitals. As Parkway Life Reit makes distributions on a semi-annual basis, there is no distribution for Q1. The DPU of S$0.0442 will form part of the distribution for the first half of FY2026. During the quarter, the trust completed its S$350 million rejuvenation of Mount Elizabeth Hospital. It also pre-emptively repossessed five nursing home properties in Osaka after a tenant, Miyako Group, entered liquidation proceedings. However, the manager noted that the security deposits held are &ldquo largely sufficient&rdquo to offset the outstanding rent. Finance costs for Q1 FY2026 rose 7 per cent to S$3.5 million from S$3.3 million previously. This was due to funding capital expenditure and higher interest costs from yen-denominated debts, though these were partly offset by the Japanese currency&rsquo s depreciation. Expansion in growing healthcare markets As at March 2026, the Reit&rsquo s portfolio size was S$2.57 billion, accounting for 74 properties and 30 lessees. By revenue, 67.6 per cent of its properties are in Singapore, 24.7 per cent in Japan, and 7.7 per cent in France. The bulk of its portfolio asset mix by value is taken up by hospitals and medical centres at 67.8 per cent, with nursing homes comprising the remaining 32.2 per cent, as at Mar 31. Its weighted average lease to expiry by revenue was 14.85 years. Not more than 3 per cent of the Reit&rsquo s leases is due to expire each year over the next five years, the manager noted. Parkway Life Reit&rsquo s weighted average debt term to maturity stood at 3.8 years as at March. The manager said gearing was healthy at 34.2 per cent, with ample debt headroom. It added that the Reit is targeting expansion in growing healthcare markets, particularly in the countries in which it has investments. It intends to leverage its first-mover advantage and strong network in Japan to expand in the country, as well as build a third key market that can contribute to its enhanced growth in the mid to long term, the manager said. Units of Parkway Life Reit closed at S$4.02 on Thursday, lower by 1 per cent or S$0.04. |
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Joelton
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15-Apr-2026 12:16
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Higher inflation to help lift Parkway Life REIT' s income, says DBS Derek Tan of DBS Group Research has maintained his upbeat call on Parkway Life REIT following prospects of higher inflation which will result in higher income, given how the REIT' s income is structured. On April 14, the Monetary Authority of Singapore raised its inflation forecast to 1.5-2.5%, from 1-2%, to reflect mounting price pressures driven in part by volatility in energy prices and supply disruptions linked to the Middle East conflict. This marks the second upward revision this year, following an earlier increase in January, and a considerable shift from the 0.5-1.5% outlook projected in October last year. From Tan' s perspective, rising inflation is a clear tailwind for PREIT. Under its lease agreement structure, 65% of its revenue is derived from Singapore hospitals under an inflation-linked rental structure of Consumer Price Index + 1% formula, which embeds structural upside in a higher inflation environment. " While a shift to base-plus-variable rent, which is contingent on stronger post-AEI performance at Mount Elizabeth Orchard remains a potential kicker, we await clearer data points before revising assumptions sometime in middle of 2026," says Tan. This hospital, the REIT' s flagship property, recently completed an extensive multi-year refurbishment which means it can now resume at operating at full capacity. Tan believes that the higher 2026 inflation outlook should feed directly into stronger FY2027 rent growth, implying potential upside to his estimates of around 0.4&ndash 1.6%. " Parkway Life REIT stands out as the only Singapore REIT with income visibility to 2042, offering a rare combination of certainty and inflation-plus growth. Recent share price weakness presents an attractive entry point," says Tan, noting that this stock now trades at around 1.5x forward P/B with a 4.5% forward yield. Tan' s call remains " buy" with a target price of $4.75. Parkway life REIT units, as at 11.07 am, was up 0.25% to trade at $4.02. |
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07-Feb-2026 10:50
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Almost no company however strong is immune from value destruction caused by poor management decisions, and certainly some of these have made an error or two. Alpha/Sabana' s internalisation was of course partly driven by the failed ESR REIT/Sabana merger proposal. That is why solo-leveltradin' s knowledge of management is interesting, because having confidence that a management is competent firsthand is so important as a risk mitigant. Also when you invest in these companies you are ultimately also making a call on certain macro issues over which managements have no agency over and you just have to suck it up if the call goes the wrong way i.e. the rise in interest rates post COVID for all these companies, or a Euripean property downturn for Cromwell/Stoneweg. Given the above caveats I hold very few stocks that I genuinely would say I would hold forever irrespective of market conditions. For instance with some foresight it would clearly have made sense to sell all REITs/business trusts ahead of the interest rate rises a few years back, irrespective of the underlying asset (or managament) quality. That said, for what it is worth, in the current environment, I am comfortable having big positions in the companies I mentioned and believe I will make my target 10% per year return on them by holding them until either a) the share price goes up substantially to an extent I no longer believe the price to be good value and then I sell, or b) something happens that makes me review my current optimistic opinion and again I sell. I appreciate again that looking back especially over a longer period due partly to interest rates the share price performance of these companies has not been great, but speaking personally AIMS, Alpha/Sabana and KIT have already been big winners for me and Cromwell/Stoneweg a small winner, partly due to trading in and out, especially Alpha/Sabana where I sold down a lot at around the time of Volare' s first partial tender offer and then bought again when the share price subsequently fell 30%. Given the relative stability of the underlying companies it makes sense to benefit from share price volatility by trading - literally buy when others are fearful sell when others are greedy.
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chengwh1
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06-Feb-2026 17:37
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Thank you, Alignment,... Iheld PLife REIT for many years, sine IPO,... tho' I averaged-up throughout the years. I have also held all thr REITs you mentioned, plus Crowell EURO REIT which has turned into Stoneweg today. Sabana turned into Alpha REIT. I think I' m happy I took profit on Cromwell EU REIT and Sabana Industrial REIT to move some of my profits over to PLife REIT. When the FEDs increased rates post-Covid, all the foreign REITs dropped their dividend payouts, some to zero. KIT' s price dropped badly and the only remaining ' good' and resilient REIT ' historically' in your REIT segment is Aims Apac. Everybody knows the track record of PLife REIT. On hindsight,... things all looked great but if you look back at history,.... there were big problems which PLife REIT did not have. I agree tho' that if you buy-in to PLife REIT today, you' ll have to wait for the dpu to catch !
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06-Feb-2026 15:45
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My four biggest REIT/Business Trust positions are Alpha REIT, Stoneweg Trust, KIT and AIMS APAC REIT. The first three companies I would say are in the circa 8% DPU yield bucket (even though Alpha REIT and KIT' s share prices have recently run up). AIMS APAC REIT used to be in that bucket but the share price increase has been such that the DPU yield is now more like 6.5%. NTT DC REIT is a smaller position of mine, but I would also class that in the circa 8% DPU yield bucket. I hold smaller positions in others in the space. Ascott REIT for instance I like has a lower yield but more growth potential.
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chengwh1
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06-Feb-2026 14:18
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Good to have someone of your capacity here,... thank you for sharing.... I heard Kelvin of IHH Bhd, the sponsor does not want to inject the good asset Mt Elizabeth Novena into PLife REIT. Why is this so ? Can share some insights on this pls ?
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chengwh1
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06-Feb-2026 14:09
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Hi Alignment,.. May I know what are the REITs for which you said as in the below :- My starting perspective is that I ideally want 10% a year return from an investment. Some of the higher yielding REITS/business trusts are on a 8% DPU yield. I agree some are better than others, but there are one or two for whom I believe the 8% is sustainable and growing. I need from them 2% growth to add to the 8% DPU yield to reach 10%. I believe for those companies I have in my mind that is possible. Then there are other REITs that trade on a lower yield, around 6.5% say. To get to my 10% these then need to grow at 3.5% a year. Many of them cannot, but a few can, and again I invest in these. |
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Elite |
06-Feb-2026 11:31
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I guess my previous post was rather long winded. As a starting point, my first question is why has the valuer arrived at a valuation that gives a NAV 40% lower than the current share price? I speak as someone who has spent time looking into REIT property valuations and how they are arrived at firsthand, and I can understand that a smaller differential can be explained by different assumptions in discount rate, utilisation rate or inflation rate for instance. But a 40% gap is something else.
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Elite |
06-Feb-2026 11:11
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Your background knowledge is very interesting, and I have to respect that. Clearly you have a lot of insight on this, and I agree that good management is unfortunately rare. My starting perspective is that I ideally want 10% a year return from an investment. Some of the higher yielding REITS/business trusts are on a 8% DPU yield. I agree some are better than others, but there are one or two for whom I believe the 8% is sustainable and growing. I need from them 2% growth to add to the 8% DPU yield to reach 10%. I believe for those companies I have in my mind that is possible. Then there are other REITs that trade on a lower yield, around 6.5% say. To get to my 10% these then need to grow at 3.5% a year. Many of them cannot, but a few can, and again I invest in these. Then with respect to Parkwaylife REIT, the DPU yield is 3.75%. Hence to achieve a comparable performance of 10% per year forever you really need to believe in the growth angle. How will that growth come about? It seems it will need to be created in a way that is not envisaged by the asset valuer, because that valuation only gives you accounting NAV of $2.56 a share. If for instance there was unused capacity then I can understand a low DPU yield but a high NAV which would indicate upside potential. But here you have low DPU yield and a low accounting NAV, so again where is the growth potential. Interested in any further thoughts you have if you are willing to share. To be clear I am not saying this is a bad company. It might be very good/well run/have good growth potential. I am just questioning the valuation that the stock market is placing on it.
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solo_leveltradin
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06-Feb-2026 09:22
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No worries, always good to hear alternative views. I' m quite heavily vested in this so I might be subconsciously biased as well. I was actually involved in the deal negoatiations for the Singapore hospitals renewal and bought in when i subsequently left the team. The underlying financials of the transaction was quite compelling. The management of PLife was also strongly committed to protecting and creating value for shareholders, which is something i appreciate and increasingly rare in today' s REIT landscape.
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05-Feb-2026 19:35
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I would say the risks are different, but not necessarily riskier. I don' t mean to highjack this thread to talk about other stocks. I just wanted to hear the views of advocates for buying at the current price when the yield is so low. Having heard some views I remain unconvinced, but that' s fine - disagreement is what makes a market.
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solo_leveltradin
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05-Feb-2026 17:07
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This is all a matter of risk and reward. The REITs trading at 8% are definitely riskier than PLife Reit. PLife derives its income on stable long term contracts hence the lower returns from its stability.
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chengwh1
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05-Feb-2026 10:52
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You said : 8% yield-on-current-price and still growing. You must be talking abt the SREITs with foreign properties. Emm,... how abt safety issues with those REITs ? Sustainable ? I hoped you are talking abt yield -on-current-price and not yield-on-your-cost. The dynamics, investment thesis and thinking patterns for these 2 types of yields are very different.
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Elite |
04-Feb-2026 22:40
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I appreciate there is growth potential but there are SREITs currently trading at 8+% DPU yield with growing DPU, although perhaps not as fast as this. WIth this company' s DPU yield at 3.7%, you need the circa 25% high growth per year happening for four years to catch up. Is there a basis for this to happen? |
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chengwh1
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04-Feb-2026 22:15
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Higher rental contribution from Sg hospitals arising from Annual Rent Review Formula applicable from FY2026 onwards :- 1) Following the annual fixed rent step up from 2023, minimum rents are guaranteed to increase from S$79.7mil in FY2025 to S$99.1mil in FY2026 resulting from the CPI-linked escalation 2) Actual rent payable in FY2026 is expected to increase by at least 24.3% with potential for further rental upside if the performance of Singapore hospitals exceeds minimum rent With the above strong escalation and not the measly 3% annual escalation that we have been seeing in the past few years,... I believe the dividend growth will be substantial enough this year to make the yield appealing enough for investors. This is provided the unit price does not go up too high before the dividend payout is announced. |
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Joelton
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03-Feb-2026 10:21
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Nursing home additions lift Parkway Life Reit&rsquo s H2 DPU by 3.5% to S$0.0764 The Singapore hospital portfolio also saw organic rental growth with step-up lease agreements The Singapore hospital portfolio also saw organic rental growth with step-up lease agreements [SINGAPORE] Parkway Life Real Estate Investment Trust : C2PU -0.25% (PLife Reit) saw a 3.5 per cent rise in distribution per unit (DPU) to S$0.0764 for the second half of the year ended Dec 31, 2025. The Reit, which owns 74 healthcare-related properties in Singapore, Japan and France, posted a 7.1 per cent rise in H2 gross revenue to S$78 million. This was thanks to contributions from a nursing home acquired in Japan in August 2024, and 11 others acquired in France in December that year. The Reit also enjoyed &ldquo organic rental growth from the Singapore hospital portfolio with step-up lease agreements&rdquo , it said in its earnings release on Monday (Feb 2). Topline growth was, however, offset by the depreciation of the yen in Japan &ndash where PLife Reit has 60 nursing home assets &ndash as well as a tenant default affecting two nursing home properties in the country. PLife Reit nevertheless said that its foreign exchange exposure is &ldquo well-managed&rdquo with hedging strategies. Its yen-denominated assets are fully funded by borrowings in the same currency, while forex exposure of the French portfolio is managed with cross-currency swaps. The Reit&rsquo s H2 net property income for the half-year was up 7.9 per cent at S$73.6 million, even as certain expenses rose. Management fees for the half-year was up 7.2 per cent due to the enlarged deposited property value from 2024&rsquo s acquisitions, as well as valuation gains on the Singapore portfolio. Trust expenses were also higher due to higher professional fees for existing assets and acquisition-related costs for the France portfolio. On a full-year basis, PLife Reit posted a 2.5 per cent rise in DPU to S$0.1529, as gross revenue increased by 7.6 per cent to S$156.3 million. Net property income was up 8 per cent at S$147.5 million. The Reit&rsquo s gearing ratio stood at 33.4 per cent as at Dec 31, with an all-in cost of debt of about 1.6 per cent and an interest coverage ratio of 8.6 times. It has no long-term debt refinancing requirements until October. Weighted average lease expiry stands at about 14.5 years by gross revenue. PLife Reit&rsquo s DPU growth comes amid a &ldquo volatile&rdquo macroeconomic environment, said the chief executive of the Reit&rsquo s manager, Yong Yean Chau. &ldquo With long-term leases, strong operator relationships and a resilient balance sheet, we are well positioned to pursue disciplined, yield-accretive growth while continuing to deliver stable and sustainable returns for our unitholders,&rdquo added Yong. PLife Reit ended Monday at S$4.07, down by S$0.01 or 0.3 per cent. |
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Nippon72
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26-Dec-2025 08:46
Yells: "Dude, is ALWAYS Time in the market than Timing the market! " |
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The yield% is low becos of its share price. PL' s dpu payout has been growing albeit slowly but is consistent. Hopefully it will increase with its footprint in Japan & Europe. Ageing plus healthcare is a global issue that will only be worse, so PL is in right trajectory. Myself already into my mid-50s soon I can understand this! Vested. |
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Elite |
26-Dec-2025 06:49
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The yield is still very low for a REIT. The DPU would need to increase manyfold for it to be attractive on a yield basis. Is that realistic? | ||||
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chengwh1
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23-Dec-2025 15:32
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No opinions from forummers here ? Longterm holders ?? | ||||
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