Join today and have your say! It’s FREE!

Become a member today, It's free!

We will not release or resell your information to third parties without your permission.
Please Try Again
{{ error }}
By providing my email, I consent to receiving investment related electronic messages from Stockhouse.

or

Sign In

Please Try Again
{{ error }}
Password Hint : {{passwordHint}}
Forgot Password?

or

Please Try Again {{ error }}

Send my password

SUCCESS
An email was sent with password retrieval instructions. Please go to the link in the email message to retrieve your password.

Become a member today, It's free!

We will not release or resell your information to third parties without your permission.
Quote  |  Bullboard  |  News  |  Opinion  |  Profile  |  Peers  |  Filings  |  Financials  |  Options  |  Price History  |  Ratios  |  Ownership  |  Insiders  |  Valuation

Morguard Corp T.MRC

Alternate Symbol(s):  MRCBF

Morguard Corporation is a Canada-based real estate and property management company. The Company’s principal activities include the acquisition, development and ownership of multi-suite residential, commercial and hotel properties. The Company has various retail, office, industrial, hotel and residential holdings owned directly and through its investment in Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust and Morguard North American Residential REIT. Its owned and managed portfolio of assets is valued at over $17.6 billion. The Company owns a diversified portfolio of over 160 multi-suites residential, retail, office, industrial and hotel properties located in Canada and in the United States. The Company also provides real estate management services to institutional and other investors. The Company, through Lincluden Investment Management Limited, offers institutional clients and private investors a broad range of global investment products across equity, fixed-income and balanced portfolios.


TSX:MRC - Post by User

Comment by mariorizzion Mar 05, 2021 12:34pm
160 Views
Post# 32728981

RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:2020 and Q4 results are in

RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:2020 and Q4 results are inYou can't just reduce the value of the shares by 25% or 35% in order to come to a book value for the stock. You have to reduce the value of their portfolio, which is considerably larger, and which eats into the equity in the company, and then calculate your share price for there.

So far MRC has not considerably reduced the value of their overall holdings to reflect reality. And their cap rates, especially for office and commercial are lower than the average, which inflates their value.

Quick example of how to calculate the net equity:

At end of 2020 MRC had about $11b in total assets and $7b in total debt. This means that total equity is about $4b (all numbers rounded, but more or less accurate.

If you reduce the total assets by 25%, then the $11b becomes $8.25b, while the debt stays the same ($7b), and your net equity falls to only $1.25b. (which incidentally is the current market cap of the company).

So you see, a small change in the total asset value, completely destroyed the total equity in the company. 

If you reduce assets by another 10%, your net equity is basically zero.

That is why the stock has always traded below net asset value, and why it is at $110 now, vs $200 a year ago. 

As rates increase, it will be tougher for the company to overvalue inflate its assets. And by refinancing at higher rates with worse terms, there is a lot of risk.

<< Previous
Bullboard Posts
Next >>