| Previous Close | 18.01 |
| Open | 18.00 |
| Bid | N/A x N/A |
| Ask | N/A x N/A |
| Day's Range | 18.00 - 18.00 |
| 52 Week Range | 10.17 - 18.66 |
| Volume | 294 |
| Avg. Volume | 16,267 |
| Market Cap | 5.687B |
| Beta (5Y Monthly) | 1.18 |
| PE Ratio (TTM) | N/A |
| EPS (TTM) | -0.16 |
| Earnings Date | Jul. 27, 2021 - Aug. 02, 2021 |
| Forward Dividend & Yield | 0.79 (4.41%) |
| Ex-Dividend Date | May 28, 2021 |
| 1y Target Est | N/A |
- Baystreet
Stocks in play: RioCan REIT
Announced a distribution of eight cents per unit for the month of May. The distribution will be payable ...
- The Canadian Press
'Stronger' commercial leasing environment emerged amid COVID: RioCan REIT CEO
TORONTO — RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust is seeing demand for commercial leasing opportunities, even after the COVID-19 pandemic pushed many Canadian businesses to close both temporarily and permanently. The Toronto-based trust said Tuesday that it saw 102,193 square metres (1.1 million square feet) of new and renewed leases signed during the first quarter of the year, exceeding pre-pandemic levels. That included 86 new deals with an average rent of $23.19 per square foot, well above the company's usual $19.87 per square foot average, RioCan chief executive Jonathan Gitlin said. "We are seeing a stronger leasing environment," said Gitlin, in his first earnings call since he took the company's helm after Ed Sonshine's retirement in March. "Well-capitalized, forward-thinking companies are seizing on the opportunity to lease well-located space." While food and hospitality businesses experienced the brunt of closures and are currently operating solely through curbside pickup and takeout in many hot spots, Gitlin said sit-down restaurants and personal service providers leased new space or renewed contracts during the quarter. Furniture, housewares and essential retailers also turned to leasing, he said. These clients helped RioCan's new leasing spreads — the change in rent per square foot on a new lease in comparison with its previous price — more than double from pre-pandemic levels. The spreads reached 14.2 per cent across RioCan's whole portfolio and 18.6 per cent in major markets in the quarter. Gitlin believes the REIT remained resilient during in the crisis because many of its tenants were deemed essential. "We can't predict the length or the extent of the mandated closures, but more than 90 per cent of RioCan's annualized rental revenue is from grocery anchors, mixed-use and open-air centres," Gitlin said. "These asset classes are more insulated from the impacts of pandemic-related lockdowns." He classified more than 80 per cent of RioCan's tenants as "strong or stable" and said the company was buoyed by tenants that continued paying rent even as the country plunged into a third wave of COVID-19. About nine per cent of the trust's tenants were closed at the end of the quarter and nearly 20 per cent of tenants were shut as of May 3, but RioCan still collected 93.9 per cent of billed gross rent in the first quarter. That rate was a slight dip from the fourth quarter of 2020, when it collected 95.1 per cent of billed gross rent, but up from the second quarter of 2020, when 89.6 per cent was collected. Based on patterns he's seen in the U.S. amid its reopening, Gitlin believes rent collection rates will climb higher as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted in Canada. "It really does depend on the vaccination roll out," Gitlin said. "My sense is that by the summer and then certainty by the early fall, you are going to see consumer activity return to a very active pace, in fact, higher than pre-pandemic phases, which will put our tenants in good stead." RioCan reported its net income climbed to $106.5 million in its first quarter, up from the $102.8 million a year ago at the onset of the pandemic. Funds from operations, a key metric in real estate, reached $106 million, a fall from $144.6 million last year. Its FFO per unit amounted to 33 cents per diluted unit for the quarter ended March 31, down from 46 cents per diluted unit previously. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 4, 2021. Companies in this story: (TSX:REI. UN) Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press
- ACCESSWIRE
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust to Host Earnings Call
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / May 4, 2021 / RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (OTC PINK:RIOCF) will be discussing their earnings results in their 2021 First Quarter Earnings call to be held on May 4, 2021 at 10:00 AM Eastern Time.To listen to the event live or access a replay of the call - visit https://www.
