Far East Hospitality Trust (Q5T.SG) likely won’t have an issue financing its move to explore acquiring leases for Straits Trading’s (S20.SG) Rendezvous Grand Hotel and adjoining retail wing, says Goh Han Peng, an analyst at OSK-DMG.
He notes the trust’s gearing was around 30% at the time of its listing at end-August, and it can gear up to 40%-45%, he says. He expects fund-raising to be a combination of debt and equity.
“It’s an incremental acquisition,” he says, noting it adds to FEHT’s existing 11 hotels and serviced residences. Far East Orchard’s (O10.SG) MOU to acquire Straits Trading’s hospitality management operations and stakes in three Australian hotels also has “very manageable” financing, he says.
“Far East Orchard is now flush with cash,” he says, noting it sold its hotels to FEHT. Any definitive agreement on the deals won’t be signed until after year-end, the companies said. FEHT is up 1% at $0.985; Far East Orchard is up 0.5% at $1.86. Straits Trading is up 7.8% at $3.45.
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