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Paul Gardner, CFA
BTB Real Estate Investment Trust
BTB.UN-T
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Jun 01, 2017
$4.570
Stock price when the opinion was issued
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SELL
He recently got out about three months ago. They bought is in 2012 at much lower levels. Their assets are focused in Eastern Ontario and Quebec. He feels they are over distributing -- over 100% payout. That is okay for while, but it is not sustainable. Industry wide payouts are down to 80%. Their properties are getting better with some recent selling of non-core assets. They yield may be vulnerable. He would be a seller.
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COMMENT
Dividend safe? He owned BTB.UN a few years ago as they held light industrial and commercial real estate around Montreal. The issue going back 3-4 years ago was they had issues meeting financial metrics, which he feels was due to them over distributing earnings. He would prefer to hold WPT and GRT.UN.
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HOLD
A small, mid-cap REIT that he has owned for quite a long time. It has given him an 8%-9% distribution. This has not moved for 3-4 years. They basically buy assets in Eastern Ontario and Québec. Have had vacancy issues and are repositioning their portfolio by selling down a lot of retail properties and focusing on industrials. Dividend yield of 9.1%. (Analysts’ price target is $4.65.)