CT Real Estate Invest Trust

CRT.UN-T

He does not know this one well. You need to understand debt, payout ratios and they could have difficulty down the road.

This is probably the safer way to get a little bit of income into your portfolio without having to take on a lot of volatility. His only concern is that, given that it is a very well capitalized company, if Canadian Tire is going to be a going concern over the course of the next 10-15 years. This is probably a good opportunity to get yield and have a little bit of upside.

Holds Canadian Tire real estate as well as some of the properties. A great company. They have good growth built into their leases and a very good real estate management team. This has been flat for about a year, and is starting to look more attractive. They continue to do very well on their earnings. Many retailers have faced issues, but this is not one of them. However, if that happens, you will end up with buildings in very, very small towns.

It is a very stable REIT. You have a very good tenant and the yield is a great alternative to a nominal bond. It is a good bond proxy. It won’t have a whole lot of volatility. 4.7% yield, sustainable.

(Market Call Minute.) Owns a lot of Canadian Tire retail holdings.

A great company. Had owned this for a long time, but got a little too pricey for him. However, it continues to do very well. Canadians understand the Canadian Tire brand and its stability. Although it is a fantastic name, he doesn’t think it deserves the premium that it is trading at now.

The problem with this is the valuation. Has recommended this in the past, and it has continued to go up and up and up. He continued trimming until he now has none left. Would like to see it about $1 cheaper before going back in.

Great company. Stock has done very, very well. They own Canadian Tire properties across Canada. Have shown above average growth. This has been one of the top performers in Canada. Has been trimming his holdings as it has become too expensive. He would buy this on a pullback.

He is leaning a bit defensive here. Great real estate team. This is a core name with him. There are opportunities for growth. It is a good, stable portfolio. You get the income, but not the volatility. They might add more retail to their properties.

He is a big fan of this one. Their story is very simple. Canadian Tire is over 97% of their assets, and they have opportunities to buy more Canadian Tires as they adjust their real estate.

Canadian Tire. Predominantly leased by Canadian Tire. Continues to be held 80% by Canadian Tire Corp. A sustainable distribution ratio of about 90%. If you look at single tenant REITs, the growth is not as good as a more diversified REIT. They should get 3% AFFO growth. If they developed on their redevelopment acquisitions it could be more. Lease terms are 8-9 years so there is not a lot of risk to their cash flows. But after that things could change.

The negative on this is that you have a REIT that has the underlying stores as 80%-90% of your business, which probably means that it is less of a growth vehicle than some of the others, which are a bit smaller, that are trying to grow. Thinks of this as a yield hold only.

Has some good potential. A little expensive at the $11 range, but on any pullbacks, he would Buy. 5.86% dividend yield.