Step by Step guide on how to screen for SG Reits with low debt/equity ratios, high interest coverages, and high dividend yields using StocksCafe

I like trying out stock screeners. Occasionally, I would be surprised by what I might find.

StocksCafe has this feature on its site, and I find it highly useful for screening dividend stocks and in particular SG Reits.

In this post, I will run through on how to screen for Reits with low debt/equity ratios, high interest coverage ratios, and high dividend yields. Please note the order.

My priority is to find look for Reits with low debt loads first, as I am sure with the rising interest rates environment that we are in now, it is perhaps prudent to do that first. After all, a high dividend yield would probably be not sustainable over time if the Reit management has to subsequently allocate a higher percentage of the income to pay for the rising interest payment to its debt.

Go to Screener under Tools.

Click on “+Add More Conditions” below.

Then click on “Show Advanced Condition Types”.

Go to Type 5, and choose “Latest SGX REIT Counters”.

Click on Mandatory, click on “Stock in Subset”, then click on “Add Subset”.

There are a few of Reits lists here which you can choose from, but I find this list created by Christopher Ng to be quite recent. There are in total 45 counters within, and we can find the recently IPOed Reits like Digital Core Reit and Daiwa House Logistics Trust within the list.

Low debt/equity ratios

What Is the Debt-to-Equity (D/E) Ratio? (read here)

Name your new screener (in my case I named it SG Reits), and save the new screener.

Click on “+Add More Conditions”. Then click on “Show Advanced Condition Types”.
Under Type 1, choose “Debt/Equity”, tick mandatory. Let’s choose a low baseline number like 0. Click on “Add condition”. And run it.

You might need to refresh your screen. When it is processed, you can click on “Results”.

We want the top 20 Reits with the lowest Debt/Equity ratios. Click on the top of the Debt/Equity column, which will list the Reits with the lowest Debt/Equity ratios from top to bottom.

At no. 20, we have Mapletree Log Tr at 55.30% Debt/Equity.

Go to saved screener, click on your saved screener.

Edit the Debt/Equity Ratio. Ensure the value is set to <= 55.31, click on “Mandatory” and “Update Condition”.

Click “Run”. Then click “Results”. We now have the top 20 SG Reits with the lowest Debt/Equity ratios.

High interest coverage ratio

Interest Coverage Ratio (read here)

Interest coverage ratio is a metric used to determine whether a company can meet its financial obligations. Generally, the interest coverage ratio is calculated using a company’s earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) divided by its annual interest expense.

Generally, a higher interest coverage ratio is better than a lower one. A higher ratio represents a stronger ability to meet a company’s interest expenses out of its operating earnings. Too low of an interest coverage ratio can signify that a company may be in peril if its earnings or economic conditions worsen.

Now back to StocksCafe.

Go to saved screener, click on your saved screener again.

Click on “+Add More Conditions”. Then click on “Show Advanced Condition Types”.

Under Type 1, choose “Interest coverage”, and tick mandatory.

Let’s choose a low baseline number like 0.

Click on “Add condition”. And run it.

When it is processed, you can click on “Results”.

Note: As highlighted earlier, the higher the interest coverage the better. So among these 20 counters, we list the counters with the highest interest coverage from top to bottom.

At no. 15, we have AIMS APAC Reit with interest coverage of 6.479.

Go to saved screener, click on your saved screener.

Edit the Interest Coverage ratio. Ensure the value is set to >= 6.4, click on “Mandatory” and “Update Condition”. And run it.

When it is processed, you can click on “Results”.

High current dividend yield

Go to saved screener, click on your saved screener again.

Click on “+Add More Conditions”. Then click on “Show Advanced Condition Types”.

Under Type 1, choose “Current Dividend Yield”, tick mandatory. Let’s choose a dividend yield > 4%. Click on “Add condition”. And run it.

When it is processed, you can click on “Results”.

You can now sort the counters by their dividend yield, with the highest dividend yield counters on top, and they also have low debt/equity ratio (among the top 20 lowest) and high interest cover.

Well, there you have it.

You can try out the other metrics listed within and see what lists of counters you get.

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