On a May morning in Calgary, Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust set down its first-quarter ledger for 2026, and with it a small correction to the dial-in numbers that its own investors would need to hear it speak. The story is one of a patient capital vehicle counting its unit value up, its partner payouts growing, and its cash distributions edging higher, even as its deployment of new money went quiet for the season. Behind the figures sits a familiar pattern: a holding trust leaning on the earnings of private companies it has backed, pausing to breathe between investments while deciding how
Alaris Reports Q1 2026 Results: NAV Up 4.0% to $25.31, Distribution Raised 3%, Kubik Investment Closed
A 75.9% jump in earnings, mostly from an unrealized currency gain
Mark
The net book value is up 4%. Is that mostly the business doing well?
Mimi
Partly. Earnings from operations added $0.55 per unit, but the foreign exchange gain added $0.44. That currency piece is unrealized, so it's a paper gain.
Luke
Right, and the $20.1 million swing in earnings is mostly that currency gain. Earnings up 75.9% overstates the underlying change. Revenue growth was 2.7%.
Mark
Why is deployment so low, $871,000 against $120.9 million a year ago?
Mimi
Timing, it seems. The $75.3 million Kubik deal closed after March 31, so it shows up next quarter.
Luke
The release doesn't explain the low quarter beyond that, so I'd treat it as a timing story, not a trend.
Mark
The payout ratio is 51.9% but the distribution just went up.
Mimi
Yes, pro forma it's around 60%, still inside the lower reach of the 60 to 65% run rate range.
Luke
Worth remembering that's the company's own non-standard measure, not an IFRS figure. And the CEO's talk of partner exits in the second half is an expectation, not a confirmed event.
Mark
And the correction?
Mimi
Just the dial-in details for the call. Nothing in the numbers changed.
El Pulso
- Net book value per unit climbed to $25.31, but the gain leaned heavily on a currency swing rather than operations alone.
- Capital deployment collapsed to under a million dollars from over $120 million a year earlier, a sharp pause that management attributes to timing.
- Distribution rose 3% to $0.38 while the payout ratio is set to climb toward 60%, pressing the trust's cash cushion.
- A $75.3 million Kubik investment closed just after quarter end, signaling the pause was a gap, not a retreat.
- Management expects more deployments and possible partner exits in the second half, aiming for a run-rate payout of 60% to 65%.
On a May morning in Calgary, Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust set down its first-quarter ledger for 2026, and with it a small correction to the dial-in numbers that its own investors would need to hear it speak. The story is one of a patient capital vehicle counting its unit value up, its partner payouts growing, and its cash distributions edging higher, even as its deployment of new money went quiet for the season. Behind the figures sits a familiar pattern: a holding trust leaning on the earnings of private companies it has backed, pausing to breathe between investments while deciding how much of its harvest to hand back to unitholders. Whether that balance holds through the second half of the year is the question the quarter leaves open.
On May 7, 2026, Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust, listed in Toronto as AD.UN and headquartered in Calgary, released its first-quarter results and reissued the document the same day to correct the conference call dial-in details. Management's investor call followed at 9am Mountain Time, and the rest of the release was unchanged.
The headline was net book value per unit, up $0.52 to $25.31, a 4.0% gain. Operations contributed most of it, along with a large unrealized foreign exchange gain, while distributions to unitholders drew some back. Net earnings rose 75.9% to $40.4 million, though much of that came from a $20.1 million currency gain rather than the underlying business.
The operating side was steadier. Partner distribution revenue, the money flowing from the private companies Alaris backs, grew 11.4% to $47.9 million, credited to investments made through 2025 and stronger common distributions. Net distributable cash flow rose 6.6%, and the payout ratio edged up to 51.9%, still well under the trust's 65% to 70% target.
New deployment, however, nearly stopped: only $871,000 went out in the quarter, against $120.9 million a year earlier. That reflected timing. Shortly after quarter end, Alaris closed a $75.3 million investment in Kubik Inc., and in April it raised its quarterly distribution 3% to $0.38 per unit, which will lift the payout ratio to roughly 60%.
Portfolio health remained sound, with a weighted earnings coverage ratio of 1.5x and most partners comfortably covered. CEO Steve King described another solid quarter and expects more deployment and possible partner exits in the second half, in what he calls a constructive transaction climate. Looking ahead, the company projects a run-rate payout of 60% to 65% and a next-twelve-month cash flow of about $38.7 million, with the caveat that results remain sensitive to interest rates and the Canadian dollar.
On May 7, 2026, Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust, listed in Toronto as AD.UN and based in Calgary, put out its first-quarter results. The same day it reissued the release to fix one error: the conference call dial-in details in the May 6 version were wrong. The company said everything else in the original was unchanged. Management's call with investors was set for 9am Mountain Time on May 7.
The headline number is net book value per unit, which rose $0.52 to $25.31, a 4.0% gain from $24.34 a year earlier. Earnings from operations added $0.55 per unit, and an unrealized foreign exchange gain added $0.44. Finance costs and income tax took off $0.10, and distributions to unitholders took off $0.37. Earnings and comprehensive income climbed 75.9% to $40.4 million, mostly because of a $20.1 million unrealized currency gain, set against a $4.9 million loss in the first quarter of 2025.
The operating picture was steadier. Total revenue and operating income rose 2.7% to $37.4 million. Partner distribution revenue, the money flowing in from the private companies Alaris backs, rose 11.4% to $47.9 million. The company credits new and follow-on investments made in 2025, including Berg, PEC, McCoy, Shipyard, Cresa, Renew and Optimus. Common distributions also ran higher than expected, with Edgewater contributing $1.7 million against $0.6 million a year before. Total Partner revenue of $48.6 million, which includes $0.7 million in third-party fees, beat guidance by 2%.
Alaris net distributable cash flow rose 6.6% to $32.3 million, or $0.71 per unit versus $0.67. Cash from operations before working capital changes rose 3.1% to $20.4 million, helped by higher partner distributions and proceeds from a partial redemption of the 3E investment. The payout ratio was 51.9%, up slightly from 51.2%, and still well under the trust's 65% to 70% target range. The annualized yield on preferred capital invested slipped to 12.0% from 12.8%. Capital deployment in the quarter was only $871,000, against $120.9 million in the same quarter of 2025.
That low figure reflects timing. After quarter end, Alaris closed a $75.3 million investment in Kubik Inc., a new Canadian partner and the trust's 24th. In April it also raised its quarterly distribution 3% to $0.38 per unit, or $1.52 annualized. With the increase, the payout ratio rises to roughly 60%.
On portfolio health, partners carry a weighted average earnings coverage ratio of 1.5x. Sixteen of the 24 partners sit above 1.5x and either carry no debt or have senior leverage below 1.0x EBITDA. President and CEO Steve King called it another solid quarter with fair value gains and strong portfolio health, and said he expects more deployment and possible partner exits in the second half of the year, with a constructive climate for transactions.
Looking ahead, Alaris expects Q2 2026 Partner revenue of about $47.9 million, reflecting seasonal timing and subject to common distributions. Run rate revenue for the next twelve months is estimated at $203.6 million, with a run rate payout ratio of 60% to 65%, excluding future investments. That leaves run rate cash flow of $38.7 million, or $0.86 per unit. The company's sensitivities show each $50 million deployed at 14% adding about $2.8 million, each 1% rise in interest rates costing about $3.3 million, and each one-cent move in USD to CAD shifting results by about $1 million. Full statements are on SEDAR+.
Citas Notables
Another solid quarter with fair value gains and strong portfolio health; further deployment and possible partner exits expected in the second half.— Steve King, President and CEO, Alaris
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