CDL H-Trust

CDL H-Trust: OCBC maintains Hold with $2.11 TP. House believe that CDLHT’s Singapore hotels are best classified as being in the Mid-tier/Upscale range, because their FY12 RevPAR was S$211, close to the mean of S$264 and S$171, which are the RevPAR averages for Singapore Upscale and Mid-tier hotels respectively. House project that for 2013-2015, the Economy, Mid-tier and Upscale/Luxury categories will grow +5.9% p.a., +8.5% p.a. and +4.4% p.a. respectively. As a group, the Mid tier/Upscale/Luxury segment will grow 5.8% p.a., the same rate that the overall supply will grow. This rate is lower than the projected room demand of 5.4% p.a. over the same period, indicating that competition is likely to intensify in the segments that CDLHT is represented in. Adjusting assumptions and removing the 10% discount to RNAV to better reflect the worth of CDLHT’s hotel properties, house raising fair value from $1.93 to $2.11; but maintain a HOLD rating since CDLHT is trading near house’s fair value.