Triple Point Energy Transition — FY23 results show fully covered 9% yield

Triple Point Energy Transition (LSE: TENT)

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Triple Point Energy Transition — FY23 results show fully covered 9% yield

Triple Point Energy Transition’s (TENT’s) cash dividend cover ratio was 1.1x (1.2x excluding one-off listing expenses) for FY23, up from 0.14x a year ago when the portfolio was not fully deployed. TENT’s relatively strong dividend yield (9%) and high discount to NAV (32%) have been difficult to explain and have become more anomalous now the dividend is clearly covered by ongoing cash flows. TENT’s 1.1x dividend coverage was ahead of our estimate of 1.0x and our forecasts are now under review. NAV per share was 99.44p, up from 99.12p a year ago, and virtually flat on September 2022 (99.53p), with a total NAV return of 9.2% for the year.

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Andrew Keen

MD - Head of Content, Energy & Resources, Industrials

Investment Companies

Triple Point Energy Transition

FY23 results show fully covered 9% yield

Investment companies

Renewable energy infrastructure

20 June 2023

Price

61.5p

Market cap

£62.5m

AUM

£98.2m

NAV*

99.44p

Discount to NAV

32%

Yield

9%

Ordinary shares in issue

100m

Code/ISN

TENT/GB00BMCBZL07

Primary exchange

LSE

AIC sector

Renewable Energy Infrastructure

52-week high/low

92.8p

60.5p

100.3p

95.6p

Gearing

Net cash at 31 March 2023

0%

Fund objective

Triple Point Energy Transition (TENT) aims to invest in assets that support the transition to a lower-carbon, more efficient energy system. It targets predominantly UK assets and seeks to generate an attractive, long-term income stream with a positive impact for its shareholders.

Analysts

Andrew Keen

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Harry Kilby

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Triple Point Energy Transition is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

Triple Point Energy Transition’s (TENT’s) cash dividend cover ratio was 1.1x (1.2x excluding one-off listing expenses) for FY23, up from 0.14x a year ago when the portfolio was not fully deployed. TENT’s relatively strong dividend yield (9%) and high discount to NAV (32%) have been difficult to explain and have become more anomalous now the dividend is clearly covered by ongoing cash flows. TENT’s 1.1x dividend coverage was ahead of our estimate of 1.0x and our forecasts are now under review. NAV per share was 99.44p, up from 99.12p a year ago, and virtually flat on September 2022 (99.53p), with a total NAV return of 9.2% for the year.

FY21*

FY22

H123

H223e

FY23e

FY24e

FY25e

DPS (p)

2.00

5.50

2.75

2.75

5.50

5.50

5.50

Dividend cover (x)

0.98

1.02

1.00

1.07

1.20

Source: Triple Point Energy Transition data, Edison Investment Research. Note: *Year of IPO. Financial year end is March. Forecasts are under review.

Benefiting from inflation linkage and deployment

TENT has clearly benefited from inflation linkages in its hydroelectric portfolio (equity, 41% of portfolio). TENT’s portfolio is based on nine run-of-the-river hydroelectric assets in Scotland and benefited from feed-in tariffs being raised by 13.4% in 2023. TENT’s forecasts are based on Office for Budget Responsibility estimates (3% for 2024–31 and 2.4% thereafter), so there is scope for valuation uplifts if RPI continues to surprise on the upside and outstrips rises in discount rates (portfolio discount rate assumptions were 5.6–8.3%, up from 5–8% at end FY22).

TENT’s battery energy storage systems (BESS; debt, 34.5% of portfolio) continue to roll out. The first asset, in Oldham, commenced operation in December 2022 and its second, in Gerrards Cross, is expected to be completed in late 2023 (£6.2m of lending drawn at end FY23 and a further £3.9 post balance sheet date). The remaining two assets (in Scotland and Wales) are expected to be started in summer 2023 and to be operational in 2024. TENT’s £40m revolving credit facility was undrawn at 31 March but will be used to fund this growth in FY24.

TENT still sees a healthy pipeline (£545m) of high-return investments (8.8%) in both debt and equity and so can still scale its business model by concentrating on higher-return subsegments of energy transition. Its targets include BESS (although in discussing the results, TENT did note that returns and the technology in BESS are maturing), onsite generation and low-carbon energy consumption. Emerging technologies such as green hydrogen and carbon capture are also being assessed.

Clearing 1.0x dividend cover by a 20% margin to 1.2x (including one-off listing costs 1.1x) is clearly a good result. TENT has set a target of a 5.5p dividend for 2024, which is flat on 2023, but given the 9% yield and continued attractive risk-adjusted yields in its pipeline, seem a sensible strategy. Given the long-term (92% contracted over 10 years) and inflation-protected (47% linked to inflation) nature of its income, TENT shares trade at an unwarranted discount to NAV in our view.

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