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CapitaLand Ascendas REIT's first-half 2026 net property income rose 6.2% year on year, supported by portfolio recycling activities. However, distribution per unit increased only 0.1% due to a larger unit base following equity fundraising.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT invests in properties used for industrial, logistics, and business activities in Singapore, Australia, the US, Europe, and Japan. Its portfolio is well diversified, consisting of business and science parks, high-specification industrial properties, data centers, light industrial properties, and logistics and distribution centers. Since IPO, the manager has expanded the trust’s assets under management and distributions per unit by using a mixture of active lease management, asset-enhancement initiatives, and capital recycling.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT recorded healthy rental reversion of 10.6% across its portfolio in its first-quarter update. This helped offset a slight decline in portfolio occupancy, which fell 0.4 percentage points quarter on quarter to 90.5% at the end of March.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT invests in properties used for industrial, logistics, and business activities in Singapore, Australia, Europe, and the US. Its portfolio is well diversified, consisting of business and science parks, high-specification industrial properties, data centers, light industrial properties, and logistics and distribution centers. Since IPO, the manager has expanded the trust’s assets under management and distributions per unit by using a mixture of active lease management, asset-enhancement initiatives, and capital recycling.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT is raising SGD 900 million through equity financing and acquiring one Singapore logistics property, a 50% interest in a Singapore business space property, and a 49% interest in a Japan data center, for a combined purchase price of SGD 1.4 billion.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT's second-half 2025 net property income rose 4.3% year on year, supported by contributions from its US and Singapore acquisitions. However, distributions per unit fell 2.0% year on year due to an enlarged unit base following the equity raise in June 2025.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT invests in properties used for industrial, logistics, and business activities in Singapore, Australia, Europe, and the US. Its portfolio is well diversified, consisting of business and science parks, high-specification industrial properties, data centers, light industrial properties, and logistics and distribution centers. Since IPO, the manager has expanded the trust’s assets under management and distributions per unit by using a mixture of active lease management, asset-enhancement initiatives, and capital recycling.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT's, or CLAR's, portfolio occupancy rate slipped 0.5 percentage points quarter on quarter to 91.3% as of the end of September 2025. Meanwhile, the group registered a positive portfolio rental reversion of 7.6% for the third quarter of 2025.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT invests in properties used for industrial, logistics and business activities in Singapore, Australia, Europe, and the US Its portfolio is well diversified, consisting of business and science parks, high-specification industrial properties, data centers, light industrial properties, and logistics and distribution centers. Since IPO, the manager has expanded the trust’s assets under management and distributions per unit by using a mixture of active lease management, asset-enhancement initiatives, and capital recycling.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT's first-half 2026 net property income fell 0.9% year on year due to the loss of contribution from divested assets in Australia, Singapore, and the US, and the decommissioning of a data center in the UK, partly offset by a US acquisition in January 2025.

We are positive on CapitaLand Ascendas REIT’s, or CLAR’s, acquisition of a data center and a business space property in Singapore for a total cost of SGD 725 million. These assets are individually distribution per unit, or DPU, accretive, with an estimated combined accretion of 1.36%. The transaction will be funded by a mixture of debt and equity to be raised via a SGD 500 million private placement exercise. After updating our model, we retain our fair value estimate of SGD 2.90 per share. Our DPU estimates are largely unchanged given the mild accretion. The shares are undervalued, and we like the trust’s well-diversified industrial portfolio. We expect CLAR to continue growing its DPU through lease management, asset enhancement initiatives, and capital recycling.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT invests in properties used for industrial, logistics and business activities in Singapore, Australia, Europe, and the US Its portfolio is well diversified, consisting of business and science parks, high-specification industrial properties, data centers, light industrial properties, and logistics and distribution centers. Since IPO, the manager has expanded the trust’s assets under management and distributions per unit by using a mixture of active lease management, asset-enhancement initiatives, or AEIs, and capital recycling.

We retain our fair value estimate of SGD 2.90 per unit, given no major surprises in CapitaLand Ascendas REIT’s first-quarter 2025 business update. We think the units are currently fairly valued and encourage investors to wait for a better entry price.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT invests in properties used for industrial, logistics and business activities in Singapore, Australia, Europe, and the US Its portfolio is well diversified, consisting of business and science parks, high-specification industrial properties, data centers, light industrial properties, and logistics and distribution centers. Since IPO, the manager has expanded the trust’s assets under management and distributions per unit by using a mixture of active lease management, asset-enhancement initiatives, or AEIs, and capital recycling.

We retain our fair value estimate of SGD 2.90 per unit for CapitaLand Ascendas REIT after an in-line second-half 2024 performance. The portfolio occupancy rate improved by 0.7 percentage points quarter on quarter to 92.8% as of end-2024 as the trust saw improving occupancies across its Singapore, US, and Australia portfolio. The trust also delivered on its positive rental reversion target, recording an 11.6% rental reversion for 2024. Looking ahead, management has guided for rental reversions to be in the mid-single-digit range for 2025. After rolling our model, we lowered our distribution per unit estimates for 2025-27 by 2.8%-7.8% after adjusting our interest cost assumptions for a higher-for-longer interest-rate environment. The trust continues to appear undervalued and trades at an attractive 2025 distribution yield of 5.8%.

We retained our SGD 2.90 per unit fair value estimate for CapitaLand Ascendas REIT after an in-line third-quarter business update. Its portfolio occupancy rate weakened to 92.1% as of the end of September 2024 from 93.1% a quarter ago, driven by lower occupancy rates in its US and Australia portfolios. Notably, its Australia portfolio’s occupancy rate fell the most, by 5.1 percentage points, due to the lease expiry at a Sydney logistics property. Management is in discussions with a prospective tenant about leasing up the space. Nevertheless, the weaker occupancy figures were offset by positive portfolio rent reversions of 14.4%. This was driven by strong rent reversions in its Singapore and Australia logistics portfolios that registered positive 31.7% and positive 52.3%, respectively. We fine-tuned our assumptions to account for the change in currency movements and the divestment of 21 Jalan Buroh for SGD 112.8 million. We expect the proceeds to be used to repay debt and subsequently recycled for future acquisitions. Our forecasts remain largely unchanged. We think the units are fairly valued currently.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT invests in properties used for industrial, logistics and business activities in Singapore, Australia, Europe, and the US Its portfolio is well diversified, consisting of business and science parks, high-specification industrial properties, data centers, light industrial properties, and logistics and distribution centers. Since IPO, the manager has expanded the trust’s assets under management and distributions per unit by using a mixture of active lease management, asset-enhancement initiatives, or AEIs, and capital recycling.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT invests in properties used for industrial, logistics and business activities in Singapore, Australia, Europe, and the US Its portfolio is well diversified, consisting of business and science parks, high-specification industrial properties, data centers, light industrial properties, and logistics and distribution centers. Since IPO, the manager has expanded the trust’s assets under management and distributions per unit by using a mixture of active lease management, asset-enhancement initiatives, or AEIs, and capital recycling.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT’s first-half 2024 net property income rose 3.9% year on year, driven by its asset acquisitions in 2023, the completion of MQX4 development in Australia, and the convert-to-suit project at 6055 Lusk Boulevard in the United States. However, distribution per unit fell by 2.5% year on year as the higher NPI was offset by higher interest expense and an enlarged unit base.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT invests in properties used for industrial, logistics and business activities in Singapore, Australia, Europe, and the US Its portfolio is well diversified, consisting of business and science parks, high-specification industrial properties, data centers, light industrial properties, and logistics and distribution centers. Since IPO, the manager has expanded the trust’s assets under management and distributions per unit by using a mixture of active lease management, asset-enhancement initiatives, or AEIs, and capital recycling.