Five Star and Senior Star… Again
Oh boy, here we go again. Bill and Bob Thomas have sent another letter to shareholders of Five Star Quality Care, of which they own about 3.4 million shares, or 6.8% of the company. As shareholders, they are glad that management realized that they had some valuable assets, the full value of which is not reflected in the share value. It rarely is. But, as we pointed out a few months ago when Five Star sold a few assets for a big price, and a big gain, with seven properties worth more than the market cap of the entire company, they are also subjecting themselves to a big lease payment liability, which will cut into cash flow. As shareholders, this is not making the Thomas brothers happy.... Read More »
Two year turnover for CNL
Following up on Five Star Quality Care’s (NYSE: FVE) sale of seven of its 33 owned senior living communities for $112.4 million, the company put some of those funds to work in acquiring a 163-unit senior living community in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. Built in 1994 with an addition in 1997, the community has 90 independent living, 49 assisted living and 24 memory care units. The seller, CNL Lifestyle Properties, bought the property in January 2014 for $18.5 million, or $113,500 per unit, and then leased it back to an affiliate of Solomon Senior Living and Trinity Lifestyles Management. But Five Star will take over operations, in addition to changing the community’s name to Morningside... Read More »Senior Star’s Five Star move
The Thomas Twins of Senior Star certainly had the right idea. Remember, they proposed buying all the owned properties of Five Star Senior Living for about $325 million, which we always assumed was an opening offer. Five Star has now agreed to sell just seven of its assisted living communities with 545 units to its REIT big brother, Senior Housing Properties Trust, in a sale/leaseback transaction. The price of $112.4 million comes to $206,200 per unit, and using that value (which we believe is high for the entire owned portfolio) on the remaining 26 owned properties with 2,666 units results in an additional $549 million in value. Five Star’s market cap, even after the nearly 40% jump in its... Read More »Five Star Says No Deal
As expected, Five Star Quality Care has rejected the offer by an affiliate of Senior Star to purchase the 33 owned senior living communities for $325 million. Basically, the board said the assets are not for sale, and that the company could improve the value of the shares by improving earnings. Unfortunately, just improving earnings does not result in a higher stock value in this market. Just ask management at Capital Senior Living. So if someone will offer more for the owned real estate than what the entire company is worth, based on its current stock price, what would someone pay for the owned real estate and the operating company? That may be a question that Bill and Bob Thomas may try... Read More »Schedule a demo
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