Astro’s 3Q profit hit by finance costs, pays 2.75 sen dividend
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Astro’s 3Q profit hit by finance costs, pays 2.75 sen dividend
Astro’s 3Q profit hit by finance costs, pays 2.75 sen dividend
By Danial Idraki / The Edge Financial Daily | December 9, 2015 : 9:56 AM MYTThis article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on December 9, 2015.
[size=12][You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Rohana said the group added 218,000 new television customers during 3QFY16.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Higher finance costs has led Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd ([You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Valuation: 1.70, Fundamental: 1.10) to post a fall in third-quarter (3Q) earnings.
The country’s largest pay television provider reported a net profit of RM106.01 million or 2.04 sen a share for the three months to Oct 31, 2015 (3QFY16), down 6.5% from RM113.41 million or 2.18 sen a share in the same period a year ago.
It attributed the lower net profit to an increase in net finance costs of RM84.2 million due to unrealised foreign exchange impact arising from unhedged finance lease liability of RM63.7 million and unhedged vendor financing of RM8.3 million, as well as an increase in transponder’s lease interest of RM6.6 million.
Revenue for 3QFY16, however, rose 7.4% to RM1.37 billion from RM1.28 billion in 3QFY15, on higher subscription, advertising, and merchandise sales from home-shopping business.
Astro’s average revenue per user for 3QFY16 grew to RM99.30 from RM98.50 in 3QFY15, supported by the take-up of value-added services.
The group also declared a third interim dividend of 2.75 sen per share for the financial year ending Jan 31, 2016 (FY16), payable on Jan 7, 2016. This is 22% higher compared with the same period last year.
For the nine-month period (9MFY16), Astro saw its net profit grow 8.5% to RM411.55 million or 7.91 sen per share from RM379.4 million or 7.3 sen per share a year ago, while revenue increased 4.9% to RM4.07 billion from RM3.88 billion in 9MFY15.
In a statement yesterday, Astro chief executive officer Datuk Rohana Rozhan said the group added 218,000 new television customers during 3QFY16, underpinned by a strong response to its prepaid NJOI (subscription-free satellite TV service) segment.
“This has resulted in a customer base of 4.7 million, or 66% television household penetration in 3QFY16 from 62% in 3QFY15,” she added.
Meanwhile, the group’s share of advertising expenditure and radio expenditure grew to 34% and 60.5% respectively, supported by higher TV viewership and radio listenership.
Astro (fundamental: 1.1; valuation: 1.7) shares closed unchanged at RM2.86 yesterday, giving it a market capitalisation of RM14.89 billion.
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