PETALING JAYA: Axiata Group Bhd’s unit edotco Group Sdn Bhd plans to build 400 to 500 telecommunications towers in its first year of operations in the Philippines via its new joint venture.
According to a statement, edotco has entered into an equity partnership with ISOC Infrastructure Inc in the Philippines named ISOC edotco Towers Inc, which upon completion would become a subsidiary of edotco.
Each company will invest up to US$100mil in the Philippines over the next three to five years, it added.
Good volume in mother share, similarly the warrants, positive sign. Normally high volume for OCK lasted not more than 5 days. Going up above 70 sen is about 10%, but the warrants returns will be great at the current 5.39x. May be worth taking this risk as management believe earnings will grow about 20% p.a., thanks to more contract jobs and expansion of towers and tenancy.
Assumed you sell mother 100,000 @ 62 sen and buy 560,000 warrants @ 11 sen, assume mother went up 8 sen, warrants up 4 sen, your warrants return is 36%. You make about RM22k for the warrants, mother return is about 13%, or RM8k. May be worth a while.
Better growth as OCK continue to expand its towers and tenancy, hopefully double digits growth for FYE19 and FYE20.
Besides expansion on towers domestically, Myanmar and Vietnam, locally, there are a couple of initiatives that may benefit OCK in the next few years such as:
1. National Fiberisation and Connectivity Program of about RM21.6 billion
2. Government support of Solar PV nationwide
3. JV between ISOC edotco in Philippines
More importantly, as we look into the latest Annual Report, the approximately 1.5% of the Shariah Funds (in top 30 of FYE17) has sold down during the FYE18, it would be less negatives to the share performance.
As for gearing issue, the towerco projects financing is ring fenced and within the debt service ratio and the higher gearing mainly comes from short term revolving credits is meant for contract works and trading activities and supported by 'invoices', mainly from the telcos with strong financials.
I do hold some warrants and mother shares, and switches them when opportunity arises. Hence, I cannot be deemed entirely objective, even though what is presented is facts.
Good luck.
(Consult your investment advisors on decisions of investing).
NFCP & Solar PV will come in only in a year or two, while ISOC edotco may comes in next year. More importantly, FYE19 and 20, towerco will contribute more as gradual commissioning of new towers & co-tenants as we speak, and loan for towerco is reducing. 60 sen is not demanding, the towerco biz itself is >RM700-800m (UOB Kayhian gave it RM1.0b)
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Posted by beachboy > 2019-09-24 10:47 | Report Abuse
Ock still have a lot of potential