Key Updates in Mapletree Commercial Trust’s Q1 FY2020/21 Business Update (Guest Post)
After trading hours last Thursday (23 July), blue chip REIT Mapletree Commercial Trust (SGX:N2IU) released its business updates for the first quarter of the financial year 2020/21 ended 30 June 2020.
This post was originally posted here. The writer, Lim Jun Yuan is a veteran community member and blogger on InvestingNote, with username known as ljunyuan and has 1241 followers.
As the REIT switched to a half-yearly reporting from this financial year onwards, for the first and third quarter, it will only be posting a business update. Also, the REIT will be paying out a distribution to unitholders on a half-yearly basis (instead of on a quarterly basis in the past.)
With that, I will be highlighting some of the key pointers in the REIT’s latest business update to take note of (along with my thoughts to share):
Financial Performance (Q1 FY2019/20 vs. Q1 FY2020/21)
| Q1 FY2019/20 | Q1 FY2020/21 | % Variance | |
| Gross Revenue (S$’mil) |
$112.1m | $100.3m | -10.5% |
| Property Operating Expenses (S$’mil) |
$23.8m | $21.5m | -9.7% |
| Net Property Income (S$’mil) |
$88.3m | $78.9m | -10.7% |
On one look, it was a weaker set of results for the REIT, which Chief Executive Officer Ms Sharon Lim attributed it to the 8-week circuit breaker, and the continued closure of most businesses during the first phase of Singapore’s re-opening from 02 to 18 June 2020. …