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Asia Real Estate Tracker

Asia Real Estate News Tracker

Tracking developments across Asia's regional real estate markets

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Mapletree, a real estate firm, has sold Scottish student housing to a Dutch fund manager, expanding its international portfolio.</li><li>Shanghai office rents have decreased for the 12th consecutive quarter, reflecting a downward trend in the local real estate market.</li><li>Central Tokyo office rents have increased due to rising construction costs, impacting rates for new supply and attracting investor interest.</li></ul>

Mapletree, a real estate firm, has sold Scottish student housing to a Dutch fund manager, expanding its international portfolio.Shanghai office rents have decreased for the 12th consecutive quarter, reflecting a downward trend in the local real estate market.Central Tokyo office rents have increased due to rising construction costs, impacting rates for new supply and attracting investor interest.

Asia Real Estate Tracker (21-Apr-2025): Mapletree sells Scotland student housing.

Value Investing

Vladimir Dimitrov, CFA

<ul><li>United Rentals continues to perform well as the risk of a recession grows.</li><li>The share price is not expensive as profitability and utilization rates remain strong.</li><li>United Renters remains a sold long-term opportunity, but near-term risks should not be ignored, but United Rental remains a selling long- term opportunity.</li></ul>

United Rentals continues to perform well as the risk of a recession grows.The share price is not expensive as profitability and utilization rates remain strong.United Renters remains a sold long-term opportunity, but near-term risks should not be ignored, but United Rental remains a selling long- term opportunity.

United Rentals: Be Mindful Of Short-Term Risks, But Don't Lose The Long-Term Focus

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<li>The leader in rental equipment industry offers attractive returns, in spite of short-term risk of recession.</li>
<li>United Rentals' well thought out growth strategy has created an important competitive advantage.</li>
<li>High free cash flow allows the management to increase shareholder distributions, while also reinvesting back into the business, according to the company.</li>
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The leader in rental equipment industry offers attractive returns, in spite of short-term risk of recession.
United Rentals' well thought out growth strategy has created an important competitive advantage.
High free cash flow allows the management to increase shareholder distributions, while also reinvesting back into the business, according to the company.


United Rentals: This Capital Intensive Business Deserves Attention

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Major aerial work platform (AWP) manufacturers (Terex, Oshkosh) and rental company (United Rentals) in the US provide bullish guidance on 2023E outlook after reporting their 2022 results.</li><li>Key takeaways: (1) AWP manufacturers saw strong order flow with backlog visibility of &gt;12 months; (2) The mega projects, which are less macro reliant, will provide both rental companies and AWP manufacturers with growth certainty over the coming years; (3) manufacturers’ margin improvement trend will continue despite the fact that supply chain will remain a constraint this year, suggesting strong pricing power.</li><li>All these reaffirm our positive stance on the AWP sector this year. </li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Major aerial work platform (AWP) manufacturers (Terex, Oshkosh) and rental company (United Rentals) in the US provide bullish guidance on 2023E outlook after reporting their 2022 results.Key takeaways: (1) AWP manufacturers saw strong order flow with backlog visibility of &gt;12 months; (2) The mega projects, which are less macro reliant, will provide both rental companies and AWP manufacturers with growth certainty over the coming years; (3) manufacturers’ margin improvement trend will continue despite the fact that supply chain will remain a constraint this year, suggesting strong pricing power.All these reaffirm our positive stance on the AWP sector this year. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Construction Machinery – Upbeat Guidance from US AWP Manufacturers

H&E Equipment Services / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>One year later, H&amp;E Equipment shares still look attractive, in spite of the exceptionally strong performance.</li><li>Tailwinds for the rental equipment industry remain strong and HEES is gearing up to accelerate its organic growth strategy.</li><li>Becoming a pure play rental company will have significant implications for the company's utilization rates and margins.</li></ul>

One year later, H&amp;E Equipment shares still look attractive, in spite of the exceptionally strong performance.Tailwinds for the rental equipment industry remain strong and HEES is gearing up to accelerate its organic growth strategy.Becoming a pure play rental company will have significant implications for the company's utilization rates and margins.

H&E Equipment: Catching Up With The Leader

United States

United Rentals, Inc., through its subsidiary, is an equipment rental company operating a network of locations in the United States and Canada.  The Company serves the construction industry, industrial and commercial concerns, homeowners, and other individuals.

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Asia Real Estate Tracker (21-Apr-2025): Mapletree sells Scotland student housing.

Mapletree sells Scottish student housing, Shanghai office rents decline, and Central Tokyo office rents rise due to construction costs.

Asia Real Estate Tracker

United Rentals: Be Mindful Of Short-Term Risks, But Don't Lose The Long-Term Focus

United Rentals continues to perform well as the risk of a recession grows. The share price is not expensive as profitability and utilization rates...

Vladimir Dimitrov, CFA

United Rentals: This Capital Intensive Business Deserves Attention

High free cash flow allows the management to increase shareholder distributions, while also reinvesting back into the business, according to the...

Vladimir Dimitrov, CFA

China Construction Machinery – Upbeat Guidance from US AWP Manufacturers

Major aerial work platform (AWP) manufacturers (Terex, Oshkosh) and rental company (United Rentals) in the US provide bullish guidance on 2023E...

CMB International

H&E Equipment: Catching Up With The Leader

One year later, H&E Equipment shares still look attractive, in spite of the exceptionally strong performance. Tailwinds for the rental...

Vladimir Dimitrov, CFA

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