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Stor-Age Property REIT Limited – Valuation Update & Change in Analyst

Share Code: SSS – Market Cap: R7.1bn – PB: 0.9x – DY: 8%

Stor-Age – Change of Analyst Ad Hoc Note – 2 February 2025Download

Reason for this Ad Hoc Note: A change in analyst and resulting review of valuation approach, fair value and 12m TP. Forecasts will be updated following the FY 25E results.

Thoughts: Well-run, Well-positioned & Globally Competitive Self-Storage REIT

  • Stor-Age owns a well-managed, growing self-storage property portfolio that was built out of a strong SA-base (that remains robust and growing) and is increasingly allocating capital towards the UK (Rand Hedge benefits) while cleverly leveraging the somewhat lower balance sheet intensity of JV funding structures to build out what will likely become a substantial portfolio.
  • Rental income growth has been strong, historically outpacing inflation, with SA averaging around 10-11% and the UK around 6-9% over the past 5 years. Occupancy rates are high in owned properties, exceeding 90% in South Africa and around 85% in the UK, while JV properties are still in their lease-up period, with occupancy around 60%.
  • The Group’s Net Property Operating Income (NPOI) margin has been consistently around 74% since FY19.  EBITDA margins are also strong, at 66-67% while financial performance is underpinned by solid cash flows and a history of distributing nearly all Funds From Operations (FFO) as dividends; Note that the company has recently shifted its distribution policy from 100% to 90-95% of FFO, retaining some capital for growth.
  • The Net Asset Value (NAV) per share has steadily increased, providing a solid return and we consider the Group’s balance sheet comfortably/lowly geared.
  • Refer to Annexure A and Annexure B whereby we further review the Group’s history and examine the global self-storage market and Stor-Age’s listed peers around the world.

Valuation and 12m TP: Relative Model and Dividend Discount Model Used

  • Interestingly, Stor-Age’s share price has not kept pace with NAV growth, leading to a current Price/Book (“PB”) ratio of 0.8~0.9x. Given what we consider conservative valuations of its underlying investment properties, the potential for both Rand Hedge benefits from its UK portfolio, optionality for organic and acquisitive growth, we think that the share should (at least) track its historic c.1.0x PB ratio over time.
  • We determined the fair value for Stor-Age by using a Relative Valuation Model and a Dividend Discount Model:
    • Relative Value: Our fair value is R15.90 per share
    • Dividend Discount Model: Our fair value is R14.57 per share.
    • Equal-weighted average valuation: Result is R15.23 per share.
  • Rolling this fair value forward, we arrive at a 12m Target Price of R17.10 (Previously: R16.73); factoring in dividends, we expect this to generate a 12m Expected Return of ca 24% from the current share price.
  • Note that the international peer averages used exclude some USA peers due to differences in accounting practices, namely, that their investment properties are not fair valued on their balance sheet. This distorts their PB ratios and makes PB comparisons difficult.
Stor-Age – Change of Analyst Ad Hoc Note – 2 February 2025Download

Trellidor Holdings – FY 21 – Secured a Good Result

Share Code: TRL – Market Cap: R323m – PE: 8.3x – DY: 6.2%

Trellidor Holdings – Results Note – FY 21Download

FY 21 Results: Sterling results, strong cash flows & good dividend

  • Trellidor released strong results, reflecting the Group’s healthy recovery with revenue rising +23% y/y, cost-savings, efficiencies & lower finance costs lifting headline earnings by +181% y/y and HEPS doubling (+195% y/y) to 40.8cps (FY 20 – 13.8cps).
  • Underpinning the results was strong cash generation; management declared a full-year dividend of 21cps (FY 20 – 8cps) putting the share on a juicy 6.2% Dividend Yield.
  • Management continued to grow the Group’s product range (four new products were successfully launched & a commercial product range expansion is planned in the coming year) while bringing underperforming Main Centre franchisees in-house to great effect (acquired franchises grew revenue +46% like-for-like!), yet the Group also managed to control its overheads and saw a mere +4.3% y/y rise in operating expenses.

Our Thoughts: Bottom-line momentum likely to continue

  • Given the Group’s tight cost control, the price increases that it will leak into the market and franchisee consolidation & growth uplift that we expect, Trellidor’s EBITDA, operating profits and, ultimate, bottom-line momentum appears likely to continue for FY 22E.
  • We have raised our expectations of share buy-backs from 1.0% pa to 1.5% pa, especially if the share price remains languishing at its current market price.
  • All these initiatives imply attractive upside to forward HEPS.

Forecast, Valuation and Implied Return: Undervalued & Yielding

  • Our DCF Models imply that Trellidor is worth c.548cps (previously: 442cps) on a c.13.5x PE and c.7.1x EV/EBITDA.
  • Rolling this fair value forward at our CoE, we arrive at a 12m TP of 656cps (previously: 532cps) implying a large 93% return from the current share price (including dividends).
  • Speaking of dividends, irrespective of fair values, Trellidor shares still trade on an attractive 6.2% Dividend Yield (&  Forward DY of > 7%) that looks to be comfortably sustainable.
Trellidor Holdings – Results Note – FY 21Download