Is 37.8% of Mapletree Logistics Trust’s DPU Your Own Money Back?
Is 37.8% of Mapletree Logistics Trust’s DPU Your Own Money Back?
The market sees a 6.06% yield, but my forensic read sees 37.8% of that coming from your own capital and a balance sheet straining under 40.6% gearing and 2.9x interest coverage. When a “stable” logistics landlord needs divestment gains and capital returns to keep DPU optics alive while China rents are still negative, that is not income, that is slow principal amputation. My stance is simple: I will not treat return of capital dressed up as yield as acceptable income quality inside any retirement portfolio guided by Iggy’s Forensic Compliance Standards.
Here is the real tension for SGX income investors right now: the 6‑month T‑bill is handing you 1.47% risk free, while my Forensic Floor sits at 3.2% and the minimum yield hurdle is 4.7% for taking equity risk at all. If a REIT clears that hurdle only by selling assets and handing you your own money back, the spread is an illusion, not a margin of safety. In this environment, the only question that matters is whether every extra percentage point of yield above 1.47% is backed by durable cash flows or by quietly draining the very capital you are relying on for CPF, SRS and retirement withdrawals.
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