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Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Stock Idea…Plaza Retail REIT…PLZ.UN on the TSX

Stock Idea…Plaza Retail REIT…PLZ.UN on the TSX

Price: 4:05
Market Cap: 416.4 Million
Yield: 6.91
Investment Type: Small Cap Income

Company Profile

Plaza Retail REIT (Plaza) is a Canada-based open-ended real estate investment trust. The Company's objective is to deliver a growing yield to unitholders from a diversified portfolio of retail properties. The Company develops, owns and manages retail real estate primarily in Atlantic Canada, Quebec and Ontario. The Company offers a business strategy that differs from various peers in the real estate industry. The Company's portfolio includes interests in approximately 310 properties totaling over 7.1 million square feet, which are predominantly occupied by national tenants and additional lands held for development. These include properties indirectly held by Plaza through its subsidiaries and through joint arrangements. The Company's properties are located in Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Quebec. The Company's subsidiaries include Plaza Master Limited Partnership and Scott's Real Estate Limited Partnership.

The Investment Case

Plaza Corp is a strong internalized developer of retail properties with holdings in Quebec, Ontario and the Maritimes. It has tenants resistant to e-commerce, like Shoppers Drug Mart (25 per cent of gross leasable area), KFC, Dollarama, Sobeys and Canadian Tire.
It has a strong pipeline of 25 projects, including acquiring old Sears sites for redevelopment. Plaza Corp is the only REIT to consistently increase AFFO/share and increase dividend every year for 15 years. Retail real estate is out of favor, so it’s a good time to buy this undervalued stock. Insiders own 21 per cent and are buying shares (Michael Zakuta). We recently bought more at $3.30. Nice safe dividend yield of 6.5 per cent.

Stephen Takacsy

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