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Link REIT0823.HKCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Hong Kong · HKD·Real Estate›Real Estate Investment Trusts

Asia's largest REIT, owning shopping malls and car parks across Hong Kong, China, Australia and the UK.

≈ A HK-based REIT akin to Simon Property Group for neighborhood mallsMomentum leader 86
Mkt cap
$13.8B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
100%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$44.0M
20-day average traded
P/B
0.71×
price to book
ROE
-4.7%
delivered
Implied ROE
5.9%
what the price asks
Next earnings
6 days
12 Nov 2026
Close · HKDHK$40.98
1D-0.2%
1W+2.9%
1M+11.0%
3M+6.2%
6M+3.4%
YTD+22.1%
1Y+6.3%
ATR %1.6%
52w lowhigh0.4% off high

What Link REIT does

Asia's largest REIT, owning shopping malls and car parks across Hong Kong, China, Australia and the UK.

Earns rent from shop tenants and fees from car parks, mostly at malls and car parks tied to Hong Kong's public housing estates, which it bought from the government's Housing Authority when it listed in 2005. Hong Kong still supplies most of its income; mainland China, Australia and the UK were added later. As a REIT it passes most income on to unit holders.

In one line: A HK-based REIT akin to Simon Property Group for neighborhood malls.

Products and services

  • HK neighborhood mall leasing
  • Car park operations
  • Overseas (China/Australia/UK) property investment

Customers

  • Retail tenants
  • Car-park users

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Real estate
  • REIT/property investment
  • Retail mall & car-park property…

What could go right

  • Stable HK necessity-retail rental income
  • Overseas property income diversification

What could go wrong

  • HK retail footfall/rent softness
  • Interest-rate sensitivity of REIT valuations

Moat: wide (installed base, scale). Largest, hard-to-replicate portfolio of HK public-housing-estate malls with captive local shoppers.

Headquarters: Hong Kong · Founded: 2005 · Employees: 1,100

Named competitors

Link REIT at a glance

Size Link REIT (0823.HK) is a Hong Kong Real Estate company (Real Estate Investment Trusts) with a market value of $13.8B, the 123rd largest of 891 Hong Kong companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at HK$40.98 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 3.4%, against -1.2% for the median peer and -13.4% for the Hong Kong market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 3.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.8%); the operating margin is 67.8% (peer median 29.5%).

Valuation It trades at 0.71× book value against a peer median of 2.17× (cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 5.9%; Link REIT delivers -4.7%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 12 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20260823.HK 103Peer median 99
Six months, rebased to 100: Link REIT against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Link REIT financials

Reported figures in HKD; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueHK$14.0BHK$14.0BHK$14.4BHK$14.1BHK$12.3B
Revenue growth—-3%+2%+14%—
Gross profitHK$10.2BHK$10.2BHK$10.8BHK$10.5BHK$9.21B
EBITDAHK$9.58BHK$9.58BHK$10.0BHK$10.1BHK$8.81B
Net income-HK$7.40B-HK$7.40B-HK$8.86B-HK$1.98BHK$15.5B
Free cash flowHK$6.78BHK$6.78BHK$6.84BHK$6.50BHK$6.20B
Capital expenditureHK$39.0MHK$39.0MHK$353MHK$2.75BHK$17.4B
Total debtn/aHK$58.5BHK$55.1BHK$63.2BHK$69.1B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Link REIT competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-10%0%+10%+5%+10%MAAREGCPTDOCSUIOHIC38UNLYWPCAHRWYELSINVHLAMRAMHUDRSGROHSTGLPI0823.HK6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Link REIT is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

0%10%20%20×40×60×MAAREGDOCSUIOHIC38USCGNLYWPCAHRWYELSLAMRUDRSGROHSTGLPI0823.HKReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Link REIT is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%10%20%30%0%20%MAAREGCPTOHIC38USCGAHRWYELSINVHLAMRUDRSGROHSTGLPI0823.HKROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Link REIT is the large dot.

Link REIT competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (0823.HK vs 1997.HK vs 2778.HK vs 0101.HK)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Link REIT 0823.HK$13.8B+3%-3%-5%0.71×5.9%
Wharf Reic 1997.HK$12.6B+24%-1%-1%0.55×6.2%
Champion Real Estate Investment Trust 2778.HK$1.80B-8%-8%-3%0.35×4.6%
Hang Lung Ppt 0101.HK$4.40B-29%+10%1%0.25×4.7%
Shk Ppt 0016.HK$43.5B-18%+17%3%0.54×5.3%
Swire Properties 1972.HK$19.4B+4%+6%1%0.56×5.8%
Sunlight Real Estate Investment Trust 0435.HK$481M-10%-5%-2%0.31×4.3%
Yuexiu Real Estate Investment Trust 0405.HK$424M-19%-11%-3%0.20×4.3%

How Link REIT compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Link REIT against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure0823.HKPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+11.0%+6.0%2nd highest of 21
6-month return+3.4%-1.2%5th highest of 21
Return on equity-4.7%7.6%lowest of 21
Price / book0.71×2.17×cheapest of 21
ROE the price implies5.9%15.1%least demanding of 21
ROE delivered-4.7%7.7%lowest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Link REIT 0823.HKHong Kong$13.8B+3%-3%-5%0.71×5.9%-4.7%
Mid-America Apartment Communities MAAUnited States$13.8B-8%+1%7%2.45×16.1%7.0%
Regency Centers REGUnited States$13.7B-3%+8%8%2.06×15.2%8.2%
Camden Property Trust CPTUnited States$13.4B-3%+1%8%2.68×18.2%7.8%
Healthpeak Properties DOCUnited States$14.3B+4%+9%5%1.78×15.1%4.9%
Sun Communities SUIUnited States$14.4B-4%-19%5%2.76×18.4%5.3%
Omega Healthcare Investors OHIUnited States$14.6B+2%+14%14%2.66×15.3%14.2%
CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust C38U.SISingapore$14.6B+2%+5%8%1.09×6.1%7.6%
Scentre SCG.AXAustralia$13.1B-1%-4%10%0.97×11.6%10.4%
Annaly Capital Management NLYUnited States$14.8B-17%+23%7%1.05×11.8%7.3%
W. P. Carey WPCUnited States$15.0B-12%+9%8%1.71×12.9%7.7%
American Healthcare REIT AHRUnited States$12.7B+12%+16%4%3.05×20.7%4.0%
Weyerhaeuser WYUnited States$15.1B-10%-1%5%1.61×13.6%4.8%
Equity LifeStyle Properties ELSUnited States$12.3B0%+3%22%6.99×37.4%22.3%
Invitation Homes INVHUnited States$15.6B-5%+5%7%1.79×13.6%7.4%
Lamar Advertising LAMRUnited States$15.8B-1%+4%59%16.13×134.1%58.9%
American Homes 4 Rent AMHUnited States$11.8B+2%+4%7%1.73×12.9%6.8%
UDR UDRUnited States$11.6B-1%+1%22%3.76×22.9%21.8%
SEGRO SGRO.LUnited Kingdom$16.6B+33%+7%2%1.03×14.8%2.5%
Host Hotels & Resorts HSTUnited States$16.9B+15%+5%16%2.64×22.6%15.8%
Gaming and Leisure Properties GLPIUnited States$11.3B-19%+7%20%2.28×14.8%19.6%

Questions

Who are Link REIT's main competitors?
Named competitors: Wharf REIC (1997.HK), Fortune REIT (private or unlisted), Champion REIT (2778.HK), Hang Lung Properties (0101.HK), Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016.HK), Swire Properties (1972.HK). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Regency Centers (REG), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Healthpeak Properties (DOC), Sun Communities (SUI), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI).
Is Link REIT expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 0.71× against a peer median of 2.17×, cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 5.9%; Link REIT delivers -4.7%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Link REIT stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +3.4% against -1.2% for the median peer; over one year +6.3%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.