Summary[1]

Sirius Real Estate Limited, a real estate company, engages in the investment, development, and operation of commercial properties in Germany. It owns and manages offices; warehouses, storerooms, and self-storage spaces; and production and workshop spaces. The company serves individuals and small to medium-sized enterprises under the Sirius brand name. It owns and manages business parks with approximately 4.3 million square feet of lettable space in the United Kingdom; and 1.8 million square meters of lettable space in Germany. The company was formerly known as Dawnay, Day Sirius Limited and changed its name to Sirius Real Estate Limited in October 2008. Sirius Real Estate Limited was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey.

Operations

Offering(s)

Sirius specialises in the ownership, development and operations of business parks throughout Germany and the UK. What makes Sirius different is its operating platform and asset management programme. Combining the Sirius property portfolio with its unique operating platform gives it a range of advantages in the market which enable the delivery of strong and consistent returns for shareholders.[2]

Mission

The mission of the company is to create and manage optimal workspaces that empower small and medium-sized businesses to grow, evolve and thrive. Sirius seeks to unlock the potential of its people, its properties and the communities in which it operates so that, together, we can create sustainable impact and long-term financial and social value.

Financials

Income statement
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Fiscal Year Ends 31/03/2013 31/03/2014 31/03/2015 31/03/2016 31/03/2017 31/03/2018 31/03/2019 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022
Turnover 46.12 45.07 45.39 55.79 68.79 123.65 140.06 150.01 165.36 210.18
Expenses 22.32 21.54 23.64 23.06 29.74 83.25 85.02 85.95 98.67 121.30
EBITDA -13.44 44.18 46.25 68.93 85.63 98.63 155.10 125.22 175.61 187.50
EBIT -14.47 43.19 45.36 68.30 84.76 97.54 153.73 123.12 173.53 184.33
Operating Profit (reported) 23.80 23.52 21.76 32.73 39.05 40.40 55.04 64.06 66.69 88.88
Operating Profit (adjusted) - - - - - - - - - -
Investment Income -36.98 21.05 26.70 44.17 49.86 60.95 100.50 58.00 104.62 147.20
Exceptional Items -1.19 -1.36 -3.05 -8.54 -4.04 -3.68 -1.70 0.03 -0.50 -13.84
Net Interest -15.10 -12.18 -12.75 -11.29 -8.44 -8.03 -9.12 -11.33 -7.16 -12.41
Pre-tax Profit -29.47 31.03 32.65 57.08 76.44 89.65 144.71 110.77 163.66 168.93
Tax 0.78 2.10 5.65 2.39 9.50 8.29 15.99 12.62 16.10 20.94
Net Profit -30.25 28.93 27.00 54.69 66.94 81.36 128.72 98.15 147.56 147.99
Minority Interests -0.03 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.09 0.07 0.01 0.11 0.12
Profit For Financial Year -30.23 28.93 26.99 54.67 66.91 81.27 128.66 98.14 147.45 147.87
Ordinary Dividends - - - - - - - - - -
Non Equity Dividends - - - - - - - - - -
Retained Profit -30.23 28.93 26.99 54.67 66.91 81.27 128.66 98.14 147.45 147.87
Per Share Data
DPS 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.04
Normalized EPS -0.09 0.07 0.05 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.13 0.09 0.14 0.14
Reported EPS -0.10 0.07 0.05 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.13 0.09 0.14 0.13
Investment Ratios
Operating Margin 0.52 0.52 0.48 0.59 0.57 0.33 0.39 0.43 0.40 0.42
DPS Growth % - - - 0.65 0.53 0.15 0.03 0.08 0.06 0.11
Dividend Cover x 0.00 0.00 21.32 3.86 3.26 56.50 3.22 3.82 2.26 3.93
Norm EPS Growth % - - -0.30 0.59 0.02 0.08 0.43 -0.27 0.48 -0.01
Reported EPS Growth % - - -0.33 0.51 0.11 0.10 0.47 -0.26 0.48 -0.05
Other
Market Cap at B/S Date 61.13 169.09 262.65 332.75 456.45 610.66 648.04 682.89 931.63 1,463.27
Balance sheet
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Fiscal Year Ends 31/03/2013 31/03/2014 31/03/2015 31/03/2016 31/03/2017 31/03/2018 31/03/2019 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022
Assets
Non Current Assets
Intangible 3.74 3.74 3.74 3.74 3.74 3.74 3.74 5.72 6.57 4.28
Tangible 2.54 1.83 1.68 1.94 2.56 3.13 3.44 4.81 4.60 20.49
Investments - - - - - - 0.00 12.31 17.20 24.14
Other - - - - - - 974.68 1,232.93 1,407.15 2,148.33
Total 416.77 446.66 551.04 693.32 733.84 923.27 981.86 1,255.77 1,435.52 2,197.25
Current Assets
Stock - - - - - - - - - -
Debtors 9.44 11.38 9.12 6.68 7.31 7.67 9.43 13.90 17.66 19.93
Cash and Securities 7.72 7.01 10.06 9.02 48.70 64.41 15.95 96.58 49.31 127.29
Total 26.65 27.37 29.66 31.83 62.99 122.92 47.42 136.40 84.48 175.87
Held for Disposal 27.66 2.63 - 0.00 96.00 17.33 164.64 10.10 0.00 13.75
Total Assets 471.08 476.67 580.70 725.15 892.82 1,063.51 1,193.91 1,402.27 1,520.00 2,386.86
Liabilities and Equity
Liabilities
Current 286.17 23.92 30.15 36.07 41.50 51.87 112.13 95.56 67.98 120.48
Non-Current 33.88 226.44 262.28 301.97 356.05 386.01 355.74 504.90 525.20 1,075.33
Total 320.05 250.36 292.44 338.04 397.55 437.88 467.87 600.46 593.17 1,195.81
Equity
Share Capital 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Reserves 151.01 226.28 288.22 387.05 495.19 625.46 725.81 803.09 929.44 1,196.93
Shareholders Funds 151.01 226.28 288.22 387.05 495.19 625.46 725.81 801.57 926.53 1,190.65
Minorities 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.02 0.03 0.17 0.24 0.25 0.29 0.41
Total 151.03 226.30 288.26 387.11 495.27 625.63 726.05 801.82 926.83 1,191.06
Total Liabilities and Equity 471.08 476.67 580.70 725.15 892.82 1,063.51 1,193.91 1,402.27 1,520.00 2,386.86
Net Borrowings 281.67 217.87 244.72 284.97 293.10 302.66 315.51 402.80 433.74 892.87
Investment Ratios
Net Tangible Asset Value Per Share 46.75 26.48 27.41 37.67 43.62 49.46 56.84 67.15 68.26 71.02
ROCE -7.83 9.54 8.24 9.91 9.96 9.64 14.21 9.42 11.95 8.13
ROE -18.20 15.33 10.49 16.19 15.17 14.51 19.04 12.85 17.07 13.97
Gross Gearing 191.63 99.38 88.40 75.96 69.02 58.69 45.67 62.30 52.13 85.68
Cash 5.11 3.10 3.49 2.33 9.83 10.30 2.20 12.05 5.32 10.69
Interest Cover x -0.97 3.55 3.57 6.09 10.18 12.36 17.05 9.96 17.58 11.97
Quick Ratio r 0.06 0.77 0.64 0.44 1.35 1.39 0.23 1.16 0.99 1.22
Current Ratio r 0.19 1.25 0.98 0.88 3.83 2.70 1.89 1.53 1.24 1.57
Borrowings
Total Borrowings 289.39 224.88 254.78 293.99 341.79 367.08 331.46 499.38 483.04 1,020.15
Due < 1 Yr 258.15 2.81 3.30 5.64 7.07 7.84 7.41 37.59 14.97 20.72
Due 1-2 Yrs - - - - - - - 10.72 75.98 -
Due 2-5 Yrs - - - - - - - 8.44 3.38 8.16
Due > 5 Yrs 31.24 222.07 251.48 288.35 334.72 359.23 324.05 442.63 388.72 991.28
Cash flow
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Fiscal Year Ends 31/03/2013 31/03/2014 31/03/2015 31/03/2016 31/03/2017 31/03/2018 31/03/2019 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022
Operating Cash Flow 22.96 18.72 29.97 37.68 49.95 43.83 54.91 72.80 71.63 85.42
Taxation -0.59 -0.19 -0.55 0.17 -0.02 -0.76 -1.81 -1.46 -0.63 -3.67
Investing Activities 16.81 10.22 -75.70 -100.03 -93.65 -74.07 -67.81 -122.24 -73.53 -429.51
Net Outflow/Inflow 39.18 28.75 -46.29 -62.18 -43.72 -31.00 -14.71 -50.90 -2.54 -347.76
Financing -31.61 -31.72 52.68 61.92 72.54 61.91 -24.62 131.88 -53.05 431.75
Net Change in Cash 7.57 -2.97 6.39 -0.26 28.82 30.91 -39.32 80.98 -55.59 83.99
Foreign Exchange Adjustments - - - - - - - - 0.00 1.30
Opening Balance 9.15 16.72 13.75 20.14 19.87 48.70 79.61 40.28 121.26 65.67
Closing Balance 16.72 13.75 20.14 19.87 48.70 79.61 40.28 121.26 65.67 150.97
Investment Ratios
Cash Flow Per Share 0.07 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.07 0.07 0.07
CAPEX PS 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.02 -0.02 -0.02 -0.03 -0.03 -0.03 -0.03

Risks

The key risks that could affect the Group's medium-term performance can be found in the table below.[3]

Risk area Principal risk(s)
1. Financing • Availability and pricing of debt
• Compliance with loan facility covenants
• Availability and pricing of equity capital
• Reputational risk
2. Valuation • Property inherently difficult to value
• Susceptibility of property market to change in value
3. Markets • Participation within two geographically diverse markets
• Reliance on specific industries and the SME market
• Reduction in occupancy
4. Acquisitive growth • Decrease in number of acquisition opportunities coming to market
• Failure to acquire suitable properties with desired returns
5. Organic growth • Failure to deliver capex investment programmes
• Failure to refuel capex investment programmes
• Failure to achieve targeted returns from investments
6. Customer • Decline in demand for space
• Significant tenant move-outs or insolvencies
• Exposure to tenants' inability to meet rental and other lease commitments
• Tenant affordability
7. Regulatory and tax • Non-compliance with tax or regulatory obligations
8. People • Inability to recruit and retain people with the appropriate skillset to deliver the Group strategy
9. Systems and data • System failures and loss of data
• Security breaches
• Data protection
10. Macro-economic • Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
• Inflationary pressure leading to increased costs
• Interest rate movements impacting the commercial real estate market
• Delays in cash collection and tenant insolvencies
• Energy supply shortages caused by a variety of economic and geopolitical factors
11. ESG • Unforeseen costs relating to physical and transition risks associated with climate change
• Reputational risk
• Failure to meet shareholder and societal requirements or expectations
• Restricted access to financing market due to higher requirements ("green financing")
12. Foreign currency • Financial impact of uncontrollable foreign currency fluctuation on earnings and net asset value

References and notes


  1. Source: Yahoo Finance.
  2. Sirius Real Estate Limited.
  3. Sirius Real Estate Limited.