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Irish Residential Properties REIT plc – Preliminary Announcement– 31 December 2019
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20 February 2020 LATEST RESULTS
IRISH RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES REIT PLC RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019
Review
Irish Residential Properties REIT plc (“I-RES” or the “Company”), an Irish real estate investment company focused on residential rental accommodation, today issues its Group1 annual results for the year from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019.
Key Financial Highlights
The Group delivered strong financial performance for the year ended 31 December 2019: 37% growth in the scale of the portfolio to 3,666 units for rental (2018: 2,679 units), across 42 properties in Dublin and Cork 22.8% increase in Net Rental Income “NRI” to €50.5 million (31 December 2018: € 41.2 million) and an increase in net rental income margin to 81.4% (2018 : 81.3%) due to portfolio growth as well as organic growth of the existing properties. This resulted in an increase in EPRA Earnings of 19.0% to €33.1 million (31 December 2018: €27.8 million) and basic EPRA EPS up 6.2% to 6.9 cents. EPRA NAV per share was up 8.9% to 154.6 cents (31 December 2018: 142.0 cents), post payment of a 3.0 cents per share dividend (€13.0 million) on 29 March 2019 and 2.7 cents per share (€14.1 million) on 13 September 2019. 47.5% increase in the fair value of investment properties from €921.3 million to €1,359.2 million due to €381.6 million relating to acqusitions, development and maintenance of the asset portfolio and a valuation gain of €56.2 million. Profit for the period was €86.3 million (31 December 2018: €119.8 million) and basic EPS is 18.0 cents (31 December 2018: 28.0 cents), due to the lower revaluation gain on the portfolio in 2019. Intention to declare an additional dividend of 3.1 cents per share for the year ended 31 December 2019 following the filing of the relevant financial statements for the Company with the Companies Registration Office in Dublin, Ireland
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