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Keppel Pacific Oak Annual Report: Providing Insights into the Interest Cost of US REIT
By Investmoolah  •  November 13, 2023

Unlike most other US REITs which declare their loans as "SOFR + Margin", KepPacOak (KORE) does an investor friendly option of publishing the exact spread they pay their lenders for loans (before factoring hedging) based on SOFR. Below is KORE's debt interest profile:


Transparency of KORE and Its Use

For investors knowing the interest margin of a company's debt gives a lot more clarity for our projection and the effects to the interest coverage ratio. From the above data, we can gleam that for commercial REITs and pherhaps even Utdhampshire, debts are borrowed at least 1.5% spread from SOFR.

KORE has been excellent in its disclosure and I look forward to other REITs disclosing their borrowings with the same level of clarity. It allows us investors to quantify the risk we are taking when investing in each REIT

What Can Investors Learn from The Above Data

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By Investmoolah
A total otaku who loves anime, investing and the occasional K-drama. My financial journey begun at the age of 22 and has revolved around the concepts of "Working Hard", "Saving Well" and "Investing Wisely". Through my journey, I have realized that financial literacy is something we have learnt little during our school days but is one of the most useful and relevant skill that we have to be equipped to take on the real world. Concepts such as compounding and "common sense investing" are skills that will place us ahead of the race to retirement ...
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