Stock price when the opinion was issued
The trend that has been pushing names like this up, is the e-commerce trend. This is a fantastic company, a little pricey right now. It has done a great job of aligning itself with FedEx. There is going to be a point where that exhausts itself, which is when you can expect the price to pull back. However, there is no reason why you would want to sell a company that is doing so well and was such a good future going forward. It has brought its debt down and its earnings are very steady, and it could be very much a perpetual hold.
A sector that sold off a few years ago, as people were thinking that with less manufacturing there was less industry. Since then we have had a major change in how people shop. There is a lot of online shopping, and this company’s holdings have become hubs for a lot of storage for businesses. One of the leaders in this space, and probably one of the best names in the industrial space.
He likes this company. Real estate has headwinds, but this company has a tailwind because it is industrial. Also, they are buying assets in the US which has extensive corridors with a population base where there would be some desired locations to own in the Midwest and in secondary cities. Yield is around 5%. They are pretty good at what they do. He would like to own this, but at the right price.
He is a large shareholder. Trading at about 11% discount to NAV. A great name to hold, but his concern is the Western Canadian exposure. It looks like in-place rents are about 5% higher than market rents in Western Canada, and that is getting offset by some strength in Eastern Canada, so he feels that everything on balance is okay. If looking for a name that is a little bit cheaper in the industrial sector, you could look at Dream Industrial (DIR.UN-T), which is trading at about a 25% discount to NAV and also cheaper on other metrics. However, it is externally managed and does have a little more Western Canadian exposure, but that is fully reflected in the share price. He still holds Pure Industrial and thinks it is fine.