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Centuria Industrial REIT is an externally managed Australian real estate investment trust. It owns a portfolio of more than 80 industrial properties, including distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, and data centers. About 85% of the portfolio by value is in urban infill areas of the major cities, with good prospects for rental growth and potentially redevelopment over the long term for higher and better use, including multistory industrial, mixed use, residential, healthcare, or bulky goods retail.

Centuria Industrial REIT's fiscal 2026 funds from operations increased 4% to AUD 18.2 cents per unit, as solid rent growth and the unit buyback offset asset sales and higher debt costs. Distributions increased 3% to AUD 16.8 cents per unit. Fiscal 2027 guidance is FFO of AUD 18.8-AUD 19.2 cpu.

Centuria Industrial reaffirmed earnings and distribution guidance. It continues to generate strong rental growth on new leases—re-leasing spreads averaged 36% in the nine months to March 31, 2026—and agreed to sell four properties for AUD 188 million, 17% above book value.

Centuria Industrial REIT is an externally managed Australian real estate investment trust. It owns a portfolio of more than 80 industrial properties, including distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, and data centers. About 85% of the portfolio by value is in urban infill areas of the major cities, with good prospects for rental growth and potentially redevelopment over the long term for higher and better use, including multistory industrial, mixed use, residential, healthcare, or bulky goods retail.

Centuria Industrial's first-half fiscal 2026 funds from operations rose 2% to AUD 9.1 cents per unit, with rent growth offsetting higher debt costs. Management reiterated full-year FFO guidance for AUD 18.2-AUD 18.5 cents per unit and distributions of AUD 16.8 cents per unit.

Centuria Industrial REIT is an externally managed Australian real estate investment trust. It owns a portfolio of 85 industrial properties, including distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, and data centers. About 85% of the portfolio by value is in urban infill areas of the major cities, with good prospects for rental growth and potentially redevelopment over the long term for higher and better use, including multistory industrial, mixed use, residential, healthcare, or bulky goods retail.

Centuria Industrial's stock price has risen nearly 19% year to date, significantly beating the S&P/ASX 200 A-REIT index's 2% increase. The trust raised the lower end of its fiscal 2026 funds from operations guidance range from AUD 18.0 cents to AUD 18.2 cents per unit in its first-quarter update.

Centuria Industrial REIT is an externally managed Australian real estate investment trust. It owns a portfolio of 89 industrial properties, including distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, and data centers. About 83% of the portfolio by value is in urban infill areas of the major cities, with good prospects for rental growth and potentially redevelopment over the long term for higher and better use, including multistory industrial, mixed use, residential, healthcare, or bulky goods retail.

Centuria Industrial's fiscal 2025 funds from operations increased by 2% to AUD 111 million on 5.8% net operating income growth, partly offset by higher debt costs. Management also announced an AUD 60 million unit buyback to try to narrow the gap to net tangible asset backing.

Centuria Industrial REIT is an externally managed Australian real estate investment trust. It owns a portfolio of 89 industrial properties, including distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, and data centers. About 83% of the portfolio by value is in urban infill areas of the major cities, with good prospects for rental growth and potentially redevelopment over the long term for higher and better use, including multistory industrial, mixed use, residential, healthcare, or bulky goods retail.

Centuria Industrial's re-leasing spreads for the nine months to March 31, 2025 were 41%, down from 50% in the December half and 54% in the September quarter 2024. Management maintained fiscal 2025 guidance for funds from operations of AUD 17.3 cents per unit and distributions of AUD 16.3 cpu.

Centuria Industrial REIT's first-half fiscal 2025 funds from operations increased by 5% to AUD 8.9 cents per unit as rent growth offset higher debt costs. Management reiterated full-year guidance for FFO of AUD 17.5 cents per unit and distributions of AUD 16.3 cents per unit.

Centuria Industrial REIT is an externally managed Australian real estate investment trust. It owns a portfolio of 89 industrial properties, including distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, and data centers. About 83% of the portfolio by value is in urban infill areas of the major cities, with good prospects for rental growth and potentially redevelopment over the long term for higher and better use, including multistory industrial, mixed use, residential, healthcare, or bulky goods retail.

We previously rated Centuria Industrial REIT’s uncertainty as High because of its high financial leverage and slim headroom to its interest coverage debt covenant. However, with strongly growing rents and noncore asset sales, the trust's financial health is improving, and we award it a Medium Uncertainty Rating. We maintain our AUD 3.50 per unit fair value estimate, but the changed uncertainty rating narrows the star rating bands and results in the stock moving into 4-star territory. The stock is relatively attractive, offering a forecast yield of 5.5%.

Centuria Industrial REIT is an externally managed Australian real estate investment trust. It owns a portfolio of 89 industrial properties, including distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, and data centers. About 83% of the portfolio by value is in urban infill areas of the major cities, with good prospects for rental growth and potentially redevelopment over the long term for higher and better use, including multistory industrial, mixed use, residential, healthcare, or bulky goods retail.

We make minor changes to our forecasts for no-moat-rated Centuria Industrial REIT, mainly delaying development expenditure and reducing distribution payout ratio. We maintain our AUD 3.50 per share fair value estimate and consider the stock modestly undervalued at current prices, offering a forecast 5.2% distribution yield.

Centuria Industrial REIT is an externally managed Australian real estate investment trust. It owns a portfolio of 89 industrial properties, including distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, and data centers. About 83% of the portfolio by value is in urban infill areas of the major cities, with good prospects for rental growth and potentially redevelopment over the long term for higher and better use, including multistory industrial, mixed use, residential, healthcare, or bulky goods retail.

No-moat Centuria Industrial REIT reported fiscal 2024 funds from operations, or FFO, of AUD 109 million, or AUD 17.2 cents per unit, up 1% on the prior year. The AUD 16 cent per unit distribution was flat on fiscal 2023. The result met our expectations, and our AUD 3.50 per unit fair value estimate stands. Shares in Centuria Industrial REIT trade at a modest discount to our intrinsic assessment, with a yield of 5%.

Centuria Industrial REIT is an externally managed Australian real estate investment trust. It owns a portfolio of 89 industrial properties, including distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, and data centers. About 83% of the portfolio by value is in urban infill areas of the major cities, with good prospects for rental growth and potentially redevelopment over the long term for higher and better use, including multistory industrial, mixed use, residential, healthcare, or bulky goods retail.

Centuria Industrial REIT is an externally managed Australian real estate investment trust. It owns a portfolio of 88 industrial properties, including distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, and data centers. About 82% of the portfolio by value is in urban infill areas of the major cities, with good prospects for rental growth and potentially redevelopment over the long term for higher and better use, including multistory industrial, mixed use, residential, healthcare, or bulky goods retail.