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Your view on Cromwell Property (CMW) as an investment

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Your view on Cromwell Property (CMW) as an investment

Good morning, I am looking at adding CMW (Cromwell Property Group) to my real estate stocks. I am attracted by the high dividend and it looks to be good value at around 43 cents. Do you believe this is a good entry price from a risk reward perspective, and is the dividend is sustainable?

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Hi Chris,

Cromwell Property Group (CMW) is a $1.1bn diversified real estate investor, which is only covered by two brokers who both have it as a Hold. The issue we have with CMW is the capital losses that have unfolded over the last few years while the attractive dividends were being paid i.e. a classic dividend trap.

After recent tough times the company has embarked on a strategy to simplify the business and transition to a capital light funds management model with a local focus. Last month they announced the sale of the European funds  management platform and interests to Stoneweg for $457 million, a move which allows CMW to focus on its core competencies in Australia and New Zealand.

  • The stock screens cheap and last quarter it was trading on 0.72c Book Value Per Share, but it’s not for us yet.
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