Post by
mickeymouse on Jul 29, 2021 1:21pm
conference call
From the conference call there were a few comments that gave some direction to the path where Alaris is headed.
The deal pipline is very robust and from the comments there is no issue with expanding their credit facilities to provide more investment capital.
Redemptions were mentioned and once again nothing concrete at this point - a Kimco redemption would still be viewed positively as it would guarantee that Alaris would receive all deferred payments - a reminder that Kimco did defer numerous payments in the past and with the covid situation they have done very well the last few quarters but that does not guarantee anything going forward.
In terms of the payout ratio their target is 70% of free cash flow - a comment was also made that Alaris is a dividend growth company - the logical interpretation of this is there will be small distribution increases in the future and if you look at their past history the increases did result in share price apprecation - looking at projections for free cash flow for the next two years by the three reports I read the average for 2021 is 2.03 and 2.11 for 2022 - if they plan to pay out 70% of their cash flow that would equate to another distribution bump later this year or early next year with the annual resets - 70% of 2.03 = 1.42 annually or about .35 per quarter.
Comment by
SuperM on Jul 29, 2021 4:10pm
Thanks for posting mickeymouse. Much appreciated