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UTG Unite Group Plc

914.00
-7.00 (-0.76%)
14 Oct 2024 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Unite Group Plc LSE:UTG London Ordinary Share GB0006928617 ORD 25P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  -7.00 -0.76% 914.00 468,849 16:35:20
Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price
910.00 911.00 921.00 907.50 919.00
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Real Estate Agents & Mgrs 276.1M 102.5M 0.2097 43.42 4.5B
Last Trade Time Trade Type Trade Size Trade Price Currency
16:50:32 O 1 911.00 GBX

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Posted at 14/10/2024 09:20 by Unite Daily Update
Unite Group Plc is listed in the Real Estate Agents & Mgrs sector of the London Stock Exchange with ticker UTG. The last closing price for Unite was 921p.
Unite currently has 488,721,467 shares in issue. The market capitalisation of Unite is £4,449,808,957.
Unite has a price to earnings ratio (PE ratio) of 43.42.
This morning UTG shares opened at 919p
Posted at 25/7/2024 15:50 by maddox
Looks like UTG have another large partnership deal in gestation - similar in size and deal structure to the recent Newcastle deal - expect to make an announcement late 2H24.

The capital investment has historically been c. £250m p.a. now running at c. £300m but looking at £400m p.a. with Uni deals in the pipeline. Hence the fund raise - to keep the Loan-to-Value highly conservative at c. 30%.

Forecast total accounting return for FY24 is 12% - NAV growth + dividends, but excluding market yield movement. That is, ignoring a change in the interest rate environment. If and when the BoE starts to cut interest rates - there should be a positive effect on NAV valuations. I doubt what we're going back to near zero interest rates but cuts will certainly be beneficial.
Posted at 10/7/2024 13:00 by maddox
Excellent trading update from Unite indicating that rental growth has accelerated to 7%. This growth is driving property values up c.3% over the last six months. Unite also mention that the new Labour Govt should be more supportive of the University Education Sector - which is good to hear.

The economic environment remains highly supportive of PBSA with a widening gap between supply and demand. Unite are increasing their development pipeline in response. Add to this the prospect of more university partnership deals and the future is looking highly positive for the share price.
Posted at 11/4/2024 10:37 by speedsgh
As previously announced by UTG...

Unite Students receives planning permission for two major schemes in Bristol and London -
Posted at 09/4/2024 11:59 by maddox
Positive update this morning. Very strong demand such that UTG reaffirm guidance:

'Confident in delivering rental growth of at least 6% for the 2024/25 academic year'

and "We continue to progress the delivery of our record £1.3 billion development pipeline, securing planning approvals on two schemes in London and Bristol. These projects will deliver much needed new student homes in two of the UK's strongest university cities."

Looks a tad more certain we'll see another University deal landed:

'We are tracking further opportunities for development, university partnerships and acquisitions in London and strong regional markets at attractive returns and expect to add to our pipeline in H1 2024.'

So all looking very positive - just need Mr Market to take note.
Posted at 27/2/2024 10:57 by speedsgh
Final dividend: 23.60p
Payment date: 24/5/24
Ex-div: 18/4/24

We are proposing a final dividend payment of 23.6p per share (2022: 21.7p), making 35.4p for the full year (2022: 32.7p) and representing an 8% increase compared to 2022. This represents a payout ratio of 80% of adjusted EPS. The final dividend will be fully paid as a Property Income Distribution (PID) of 23.6p, which we expect to fully satisfy our PID requirement for the 2023 financial year.

Subject to approval at Unite's Annual General Meeting on 16 May 2024, the dividend will be paid in either cash or new ordinary shares (a 'scrip dividend alternative') on 24 May 2024 to shareholders on the register at close of business on 19 April 2024. The last date for receipt of scrip elections will be 2 May 2024.
Posted at 19/1/2024 12:14 by maddox
The immediate fall-back in UTG's share price suggests that it's responding to the influence of the inflation rate/interest rate figures. The 'surprise' slight rise in inflation in December will perhaps cause interest rate cuts to be postponed.

The consensus remains intact - that interest rates have peaked - so it's perhaps just a matter of timing.
Posted at 19/12/2023 13:50 by maddox
UTG appears to be breaking out of the channel we've been in since around March 2023. As I post 1040p and trailing yield of c.3%.

The outlook for UTG in 2024 is IMHO on-balance looking very positive.

The handover from Richard Smith CEO to Joe Lister current CFO, following a Board managed selection process, will undoubtedly be smooth. They have worked together for 13 years in their respective roles. Joe has been very impressive as CFO and is an excellent choice.

The market environment couldn't be more positive. Demand for PBSA is growing at the same time as private student landlords are exiting the market - such that the undersupply is widening. The effect of course is to drive up rents and make PBSA the lower cost option further supporting demand and occupancy levels.

It appears that we have hit peak UK interest rates and thus the attraction of Gilts will wane in 2024. Switching into assets with a growing yield will look increasingly attractive. However, there is a wide spectrum of opinion about when we'll see cuts to interest rates, how fast they'll come down and where they will rest.

On the risk side there are a few areas to keep an eye on:

Build cost inflation is likely to remain a dampening factor on the economics of new build. This may equilibrate as this is passed on to lower land prices assisted by less competition from other uses such as office and retail. Although we might anticipate Build to Rent (BtR) demand to grow in response to attractive rental yields to add competition for development sites. So, quite a dynamic picture may unfold - that might itself make investment decisions more difficult.

Thankfully, the Govt appears not to be acting against international students to any meaningful extent - despite the continuing stupidity of including students in ONS immigration figures. Nevertheless, with immigration remaining politically sensitive International Students are a soft target, so this risk remains to the fore.

Another pandemic I'm completely discounting - this is the most serious risk as we have witnessed first-hand but is extremely unlikely.

Substitution risk, from on-line learning - Covid-19 has proven this to be unattractive as a replacement to in-person teaching.

Up-side risk: A large Uni deal is a possibility but whilst much mentioned by mgt - doesn't seem to materialise.

I’d be very happy to be contradicted on any of the above – always better to have alternative views to avoid missing obvious risk factors or overly optimistic (a particular fault of mine).
Posted at 24/10/2023 23:59 by maddox
Ha Ha I assume your post is aimed at Blackhorse-down strawberry. I doubt he'll see your post as he's posted widely and indiscriminately to try and support his latest trade.

I follow WJG as operating in PBSA, as I also follow ESP and DIGS, but not invested. He started ramping around 20 Sep, WJG share price c. 41p so about 12% down currently.

Unlike UTG, WJG are solely focussed on property development which is suffering due to high interest rates that means no one wants to buy their developments. If WJG can pull through into a more benign interest environment then they are probably a steal at the moment - but too risky for me.
Posted at 10/7/2023 07:56 by maddox
A highly positive Q2 trading update from Unite just published:

Richard Smith, Unite Students Chief Executive Officer, commented:

"Reservations for the 2023/24 academic year remain at record levels, with 98% of rooms now sold, reflecting strong demand from both students and universities and the attractiveness of our fixed-priced all-inclusive offer. This supports an improvement in our rental growth guidance to around 7% for the 2023/24 academic year. Our strong leasing performance will continue to support our property valuations as the market adjusts to an environment of higher interest rates."

The strong demand has lifted the value of the two property funds that UTG manages and partly ownes, these are:

>> USAF – Unite own 28.2% - like-for-like asset value increased 1.2% during the quarter; and

>> LSAV – Unite own 50% - like-for-like asset value increased 1.1% during the quarter.



The performance isn't being reflected in the share price as Financial Institutions move their money out of the UK stock market and into fixed rate investments; attracted by the rising interest rates. On Friday's close of 847p the prospective yield is 4.38% currently. Last Wednesday's UK Gilt auction priced the latest issue maturing in 2025 at 5.668% - the highest rate since 2007. So, yield seekers have a no risk alternative home for their funds. However, UTG offers growth and a growing yield which Gilts don't - so the attraction is short-term.

The high demand for student property, widening undersupply and attractive yield on development underpins a long-term growth trajectory for Unite.
Posted at 20/3/2023 08:44 by maddox
Just thought I'd point out as we are amid a banking crisis: Back in 2008/9 Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) was a relatively new and novel asset class. It then became the best performing real estate asset class through the Global Economic Crisis (GEC).

PBSA is in huge demand and undersupply so highly resilient and also has a key strength in being uncorrelated with the general economy. That is not to say that the share price will reflect this - the huge share price volatility UTG exhibits is in stark contrast to its resilient qualities. I've concluded that this more reflects its investors than UTG as a business.

In 2008/9 I was thus able to buy at that time at around 50% of Net Asset Value.
Unite share price data is direct from the London Stock Exchange

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