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Starhub - Revenue headwinds

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Publish date: Fri, 08 Nov 2013, 12:28 PM
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The annualised 9M13 core net profit met our expectation at 99% of the forecast, but beat consensus by 3%. Mobile roaming, broadband and pay TV revenues continue to come under downward pressure, while the fixed network service remains Starhub's only bright spot.

StarHub raised its EBITDA guidance marginally on better efficiencies. Net debt/EBITDA remains at a multiyear low of 0.5x and we hold our view that DPS will be raised to 24 Scts in FY14 from 20 Scts currently. We maintain our Neutral call and our DCF-based target price, but tweak our EPS estimates after factoring in S$40m in spectrum payments in FY14. We prefer M1, which offers higher growth and a likely special dividend.
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