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Sun Residential REIT Continues Robust Results, Announces Investor Conference Call on August 2, and Declares Q3 Distribution Payable September 30, 2023
August 01, 2023 5:03 PM EDT | Source: Sun Residential Real Estate Investment Trust
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - August 1, 2023) - Sun Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (TSXV: SRES) today released its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023. All amounts are in United States dollars unless otherwise noted. "C$" refers to Canadian dollars.
Revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2023 was $1,475,527 an increase of 8.9% compared with the same period in the prior year. Net rental income was $988,878, an increase of 3.5%, and net income and comprehensive income for the three months was $581,815, an increase of 9.8%.
Revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2023 was $2,870,880 an increase of 8.6% compared with the same period in the prior year. Net rental income was $1,975,849, an increase of 6.0%, and net income and comprehensive income for the three months was $1,105,873, an increase of 9.9%.
At June 30, 2023, Sun had total assets of $75.9 million (December 31, 2022 - $75.6 million), and cash and cash equivalents of $3.7 million (December 31, 2022 - $4.7 million). Working capital at June 30, 2023 was $4.2 million (December 31, 2021 - $4.6 million).
Robert C. Wetenhall Jr., Chief Executive Officer, said, "During the quarter, we acquired a distressed apartment building located in Cape Coral, Florida. Mobilization to begin renovating the property, which was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ian, has already begun. We expect the property will be accretive to earnings when stabilized next year and demonstrates our commitment to creating shareholder value by sourcing attractive investment opportunities in the Sun Belt."
Additional highlights (at June 30, 2023 or for the three months then ended, unless otherwise noted)
NAV (net asset value) per unit - $0.109 (C$0.147)
Weighted average occupancy for the quarter - 93%; occupancy at quarter-end - 95%
FFO (funds from operations) - $206,792, an increase of 36% from the prior year.
AFFO (adjusted funds from operations) - $183,081, an increase of 22% from the prior year.
Quarterly distribution paid June 30, 2023 corresponds to 57% of net income available to unitholders, 71% of FFO, and 80% of AFFO.
Rent collection for June 2023 - 99%
Net operating income margin - 52%
Debt to gross book value - 41%
A reconciliation to non-IFRS measures is set out below. For further information on the financial results as well as analysis of operational statistics, please refer to Sun's consolidated financial statements and its management's discussion and analysis for the period ended June 30, 2023, available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on Sun's website at www.sunresreit.com.
Conference Call
Interested parties are invited to participate in a Zoom video call with management on August 2, 2023 at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time. Please use the following link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83058398761?pwd=Vk9NVEI4YkxjV1BhVEdld2FsVGFhZz09
Quarterly distribution
The Board of Trustees has approved a regular quarterly distribution of C$0.00095 (0.095 Canadian cents) per unit. This distribution will be paid September 29, 2023 to unitholders of record as of the close of business on September 15, 2023, and represents an annual rate of C$0.0038 (0.38 Canadian cents) per unit.
Non-IFRS Financial Measures
Weighted average leased rate, FFO, AFFO, rent collection, net operating income margin, NAV per unit and debt to gross book value are key measures of performance commonly used by real estate investment trusts. They are not measures recognized under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and do not have meanings prescribed by IFRS. Weighted average leased rate, FFO, AFFO, rent collection for March 2023, net operating income margin, NAV per unit and debt to gross book value as calculated by Sun may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. Please see the table below for reconciliations to IFRS measures.
| Three months ended | Six months ended | |||||||||||
| June 30 | June 30 | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||
| Net income attributable to unitholders | $ | 257,120 | $ | 201,005 | $ | 458,449 | $ | 370,920 | ||||
| Adjustments to arrive at FFO | ||||||||||||
| Fair value adjustment to | ||||||||||||
| investment properties | 46,493 | 4,352 | 98,162 | 10,152 | ||||||||
| Realty taxes not accounted for under | ||||||||||||
| IFRIC 21 | (217,800 | ) | (190,200 | ) | (435,600 | ) | (380,400 | ) | ||||
| Non-controlling interest | 83,940 | 91,066 | 165,345 | 181,422 | ||||||||
| Deferred income taxes | 45,087 | 51,083 | 88,990 | 96,125 | ||||||||
| Loss (gain) on foreign currency translation | (8,048) | (5,431 | ) | (8,358 | ) | (3,817 | ) | |||||
| Funds from operations (FFO) | 206,792 | 151,875 | 366,988 | 274,402 | ||||||||
| Adjustments to arrive at AFFO | ||||||||||||
| Capital expenditures | (46,493 | ) | (4,352 | ) | (98,162 | ) | (10,152 | ) | ||||
| Non-controlling interest | 22,782 | 2,132 | 48,099 | 4,974 | ||||||||
| Adjusted funds from operations (AFFO) | $ | 183,081 | $ | 149,655 | $ | 316,925 | $ | 269,224 | ||||
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| Weighted average number of units | 203,338,999 | 203,338,999 | 203,338,999 | 203,338,999 | ||||||||
| FFO per unit | $ | 0.0010 | $ | 0.0007 | $ | 0.0018 | $ | 0.0013 | ||||
| AFFO per unit | $ | 0.0009 | $ | 0.0007 | $ | 0.0016 | $ | 0.0013 | ||||
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| June 30 | December 31 | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||
| Unitholder equity | $ | 22,114,236 | 21,801,627 | |||||||||
| NAV per unit | $ | 0.109 | $ | 0.107 | ||||||||
| NAV per unit (C$) | $ | 0.147 | $ | 0.140 | ||||||||
About Sun Residential REIT
Sun Residential Real Estate Investment Trust is an unincorporated open-ended real estate investment trust established pursuant to a declaration of trust dated January 22, 2019, as amended and restated on March 22, 2019 and November 4, 2020. The business of Sun is to acquire multi-family residential properties in the Sunbelt region of the United States.
For further information, please contact:
Robert C. Wetenhall Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
rwetenhall@sunresreit.com
Jeffrey D. Sherman,
Chief Financial Officer
jsherman@sunresreit.com
(416) 214-2228
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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