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High-Yielding CubeSmart Is A Compelling Income Generation Idea

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Image Source: CubeSmart – June 2022 IR Presentation By Callum Turcan The self-storage industry is home to several of our favorite income generation ideas due to the ability for companies operating in this space to generate substantial free cash flows after covering their total dividend obligations. Due to the favorable tax regime, most of these firms tend to be structured as real estate investment trusts (‘REITs’). CubeSmart (CUBE) is a self-storage REIT that is entirely focused on the U.S. market, and we include shares of CUBE as an idea in the High Yield Dividend Newsletter portfolio. As of this writing, shares of CUBE yield ~4.0%, and our fair value estimate for the firm stands at $56 per share, well above where shares of CUBE … Read more

Prologis Buying Duke Realty as Logistical Real Estate Market Consolidates Further

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Image Shown: Prologis Inc is merging with Duke Realty Corporation through an all-stock acquisition that will see Prologis cement itself as a logistical real estate powerhouse in the US and worldwide. Image Source: Duke Realty Corporation / Prologis Inc – June 2022 IR Presentation announcing the acquisition of Duke Realty by Prologis By Callum Turcan On June 13, Prologis Inc (PLD) announced it was buying Duke Realty Corporation (DRE) through an all-stock transaction worth ~$26 billion when including the assumption of debt. In the wake of severe capital market volatility, some major deals in the real estate investment trust (‘REIT’) space are still getting done. Back in May 2022, Duke Realty rejected Prologis’ previous offer worth ~$24 billion as being … Read more

American Tower Beats Estimates and Raises Guidance

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Image Shown: An overview of American Tower Corporation’s global asset base. Image Source: American Tower Corporation – First Quarter of 2022 IR Earnings Presentation By Callum Turcan American Tower Corporation (AMT) is a real estate investment trust (‘REIT’) with a global portfolio of ~221,000 multi-tenant communications properties. We include American Tower as an idea in the High Yield Dividend Newsletter portfolio as its dividend growth track record and outlook are rock-solid. Shares of AMT yield ~2.3% as of this writing. Historically, the REIT has generated substantial “excess” free cash flows (after fully covering its total distribution obligations). Looking ahead, American Tower should continue to be a cash flow cow, highlighting one of the reasons we are big fans of the REIT. … Read more

Public Storage Getting Ready To Report First Quarter 2022 Earnings

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Image Shown: Public Storage, a longtime idea in our High Yield Dividend Newsletter portfolio, has seen its share price skyrocket over the past year with room for additional upside, in our view. By Callum Turcan After the market close on May 3, the self-storage real estate investment trust (‘REIT’) Public Storage (PSA) intends to report its first-quarter earnings for 2022, which will be followed up by an earnings conference call a day later. Shares of PSA have been a long-time idea in the High Yield Dividend Newsletter portfolio, and we continue to be enormous fans of the name. The high end of our fair value estimate range sits at $445 per share of Public Storage, indicating that shares of PSA have … Read more

High-Yielding American Tower Is a Free Cash Flow Cow

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Image Shown: American Tower Corporation operates the tower structure and related land parcel of cell tower assets, while its tenants handle the remainder. Image Source: American Tower Corporation – Third Quarter of 2021 IR Earnings Presentation By Callum Turcan Rising geopolitical tensions, inflationary headwinds, supply chain hurdles, and pressures from the rising interest rate environment are all weighing negatively on equity markets. Through the end of normal trading hours on February 19, the S&P 500 (SPY) is down over 9% and the Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF (VNQ) is down over 11% year-to-date on a price only basis. In our view, this selloff presents an opportunity for investors with a longer term focus to consider high-quality REITs such as … Read more

High-Yielding Life Storage Has Tremendous Dividend Strength

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Image Shown: Life Storage Inc is committed to rewarding income seeking investors. Image Source: Life Storage Inc – January 2022 IR Presentation By Callum Turcan We recently added Life Storage Inc (LSI), a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (‘REIT’) focused on self-storage properties in the US, as an idea to the simulated High Yield Dividend Newsletter portfolio (more here). Life Storage owns 1,000+ self-storage properties across 30+ states and has received an investment grade credit rating (Baa2/BBB) from two of the ‘Big Three’ rating agencies. The REIT also operates a third-party management platform for self-storage properties. Back in 2016, Life Storage rebranded from Sovran Self Storage and changed its ticker to LSI from SSS. Impressive Dividend Strength  The … Read more

Dividend Growth Idea Realty Income Makes an Intriguing Purchase

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Image Shown: Dividend growth idea Realty Income Corporation is acquiring its first real estate property in the gaming realm through a sale-leaseback transaction with Wynn Resorts Limited. Image Source: Realty Income Corporation – February 2022 IR Presentation By Callum Turcan On February 15, dividend growth idea Realty Income Corp (O) announced its 620th consecutive monthly dividend. Since going public in 1994, Realty Income has increased its monthly payout over 110 times. Realty Income is a real estate investment trust (‘REIT’) focused on single-tenant commercial properties. We include the REIT as an idea in our Dividend Growth Newsletter portfolio and continue to be big fans of Realty Income. Shares of O yield ~4.4% as of this writing. Recent Acquisition  Realty Income … Read more

Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater

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Image: Erica Nicol Takeaways: Junk tech should continue to collapse, but the stylistic area of large cap growth and big cap tech should remain resilient. Moderately elevated levels of inflation coupled with interest rates hovering at all-time lows isn’t a terrible combination. In fact, it’s not bad at all. The markets are digesting the huge gains of the past few years so far in 2022, and the excesses in ARKK funds, crypto, SPACs, and meme stocks are being rid from the system. Our best ideas are “outperforming” the very benchmarks that are outperforming everyone else. The BIN portfolio is down 6.4% and the DGN portfolio is down 3.2% year to date. The SPY is down 7.8%, while the average investor … Read more

Public Storage Is Simply A Monster REIT Idea!

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Image Shown: REITs have struggled relative to other investing areas during the past 5 years. Absent the areas of crypto tokens, speculative disruptive innovators and technology, the most prudent area has been large cap growth the past five years, an area that we have been materially overweight in the newsletter portfolios. By Brian Nelson, CFA  REIT returns haven’t been that great the past several years (as shown above), but that may be no reason to fret. Some of the top yielding REITs across our coverage include Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), Iron Mountain (IRM), LTC Properties (LTC) and Omega Healthcare (OHI). These REITs come with significantly elevated risk, however. There’s one REIT that may not yield quite as much, but it … Read more

ICYMI: Dividend Growth Idea Realty Income Completes Transformation, Further Expands Overseas

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This article originally appeared on our website November 17, 2021. Image Shown: An overview of dividend growth idea Realty Income Corporation’s tenant base, though this appears to be before taking into account its recent merger with VEREIT and spinoff of its corporate office properties portfolio. Image Source: Realty Income Corporation – November 2021 IR Presentation By Callum Turcan On November 1, Realty Income Corporation (O) completed its stock-for-stock merger with VEREIT, a deal that according to an April 2021 press release had an enterprise value of ~$50 billion. When the merger closed, shareholders of Realty Income owned ~70% of the new entity and shareholders of VEREIT owned the remainder. Realty Income is a real estate investment trust (‘REIT’) with a … Read more