Our opinion on the current state of NEPIROCK(NRP)Nepi-Rockcastle (NRP) is a R124bn real estate investment trust (REIT) which operates more than 56 shopping malls in 9 central and eastern European countries, mostly in Poland (24%), Romania (35%), Slovakia (9%), Bulgaria (8%), Croatia (5%), and Hungary (11%).
The share fell with the rest of the Resilient group (as a result of the 360ne report in January 2018) from its high of R217 in December 2017 to as low as R99 in November 2018, and then the COVID-19 pandemic took it down to under R55 in March 2020. Since then, it has staged a recovery to around R103,06. The company's total portfolio is worth 6,3bn euros (R124bn), and it ranks as the largest property share on the JSE.
On 1st February 2022, the company announced that it had to pay 30m euros in a civil judgment by the Arbitral Tribunal in Poland. In its results for the year to 31st December 2024, the company reported rental and related income up 13,2% and headline earnings per share (HEPS) up 14,9%.
The company said, "Distributable earnings (both in absolute terms and per share) and net operating income ("NOI") were the highest in the Group's history. The 11.8% increase in distributable earnings (5.6% on a per share basis) exceeded the guidance communicated."
Technically, the share recovered convincingly from the pandemic and has been in a strong upward trend since 1st November 2023. We still regard it as good value at current levels and expect the upward trend to continue.
On 18th October 2024, the company announced that it had raised 300m euros through the sale of 41,7m ordinary shares (6,2% of its issued share capital) at 7,191 euros (R137,85) per share, a discount of 4,36% to the closing price on 17-10-24 (R144,13). Technically, the share remains in an upward trend.