[ET Net News Agency, 9 December 2019] Goldman Sachs initiated coverage on ESR Cayman
Ltd (01821) with an "overweight" rating and a target price of HK$20.5.
As a leading APAC logistics real estate platform, ESR is poised to benefit from secular
growth in e-commerce, the research house said. Given estimated e-commerce logistics market
revenues growth at 15% p.a. and limited available stock, Morgan sees scope for logistics
cap rates to close the 100-200bp gap with offices.
It believes ESR can continue scaling up its AUM (assets under management) by US$4-5bn
each year by attracting new and repeat capital providers for its managed funds. Morgan
forecast ESR's EBITDA will rise at a 30% CAGR for 2018-21. (KL)