GCP Infrastructure - Annual Overview from QuotedData
31st January 2024
Don't look back in anger
There is no doubt that 2023 was a challenging year for GCP and the broader infrastructure sector as a confluence of factors weighed on performance, particularly the rapid increase in interest rates. Despite this, the company was still able to generate positive NAV returns thanks to inflation linkages and contracted earnings, which helped offset the impact of rising discount rates. Disappointingly, negative sentiment continued to weigh on the company's shares, with the share price discount to net asset value (NAV) widening to a record low, despite the stability of the underlying portfolio.
Promisingly, we have seen a decisive change in sentiment for the better as inflation has begun to moderate, with the headline rate falling from 11.1% to 4.0% in the UK over the past year.
In the short term, the trust's fortunes may be heavily influenced by the direction of interest rates and inflation. However, we believe that it is time that the stability of GCP's cash flows and a bumper dividend yield of almost 10% attracted attention once again.
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