Investment Q&A

Q: Hi 5i guys. NXR (Nexus industrial reit) is now truly an industrial reit since they have sold almost all of their non-industrial properties. At the current price of around $7.77 per unit nexus has a yield slightly above 8 per cent!! In the past couple of years nxr's yield has been higher than their cash flow which is concerning, but the past quarter I believe their payout ratio was around 97 per cent (please confirm). They have a couple of new properties that should be contributing to cash flow and apparently they are releasing properties at much higher rates. Based on that I believe they should be able to continue with the generous yield since the payout ratio should slowly improve. What concerns me is the cost of their debt. They have to refinance a portion of the debt this year and next. The debt they are rolling over was at very low rates and the new rates are at least one per cent higher. Can your bloomberg terminal give an estimate of how much more interest NXR will have to pay on their new debt? If you can make a query as to whether the increasing of rent (and new property rent) will more than offset higher interest payments would be appreciated as well (I am not sure how sophisticated a Bloomberg terminal can be.) I was fortunate that last summer I rotated some tech into precious metal miner and now I want to pay it safe and reduce the PM miners with some income plays. NXR got on my radar. My only other reit exposure is a small position in Granite reit. Thanks for your help and I wish I had a Bloomberg terminal!!