Greg Newman Artis Real Estate Investment Trust AX.UN-T WEAK BUY Aug 16, 2023

Most unloved asset class. Don't throw in the towel. 1/3 of business is owned by insiders. Immense pressure to be privatized, which often carries a 20-30% premium to share price. He's dollar-cost averaged down. 

It is reflecting a lot of REIT's with the squeeze on returns. You should look at companies that are defensive. He would pass on Artis but has a couple of others to look at. For real estate in general he likes shopping centres, but stay away from residential.

Turnaround situation that got caught in a rising interest rate environment. Still likes it and is buying for new clients. Essentially, a creeping takeover. More upside than downside. Don't sell now, lots of positive catalysts.

Fell on hard times. Repositioning. Cut distribution. Exposure to office and retail. Leverage is too high, needing refinancing at higher levels. There's another chance of a downdraft in equity markets, so you want high quality.

Their office holdings will be in a tough spot, but their industrial ones are doing very well and will continue to. NAV is $14-15, but shares are only at $6. So, management will have to work hard to prove to investors that there's a lot more value here. Don't buy until you see that plan.

In the midst of trying to decide on its strategy. Strategic review. Outcome uncertain. Challenging market in which to sell non-trophy real estate. Show-me on execution. Higher risk.

He'd own HR.UN over this one.

Has a rate reset spread at 330 basis points, and pays a dividend yield of 15%. Something happened to the dividend last August. Doesn't know this name well. They are selling some retail assets to add stability to the stock.

In transition, difficult to analyze. Not really covering its distribution. Investors hoping dividend won't be cut.