ESR Kendall Square REIT's 150 Billion Won Capital Raise and Continued Outperformance of Korean REITs
On 9 May, ESR Kendall Square REIT (365550 KS) announced that it plans to conduct a rights offering capital increase of approximately 150 billion won.
The Korean REIT sector started to bottom out in 2023, after big underperformance in the previous three years.
The interest rate gap on the company's expected dividend yield (5.7%) is now nearly 3% higher than the 10 year South Korean government bond yield (2.7%) which is meaningful.
Source: Company data
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