Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

NTT (Nippon Telegraph & Telephone) / Event-Driven

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<li>NTT sees a US$1 billion selldown of shares on Wednesday 29 December. </li>
<li>This is due to a weird quirk in the way TOPIX and JPX Nikkei 400 are constructed and managed - a quirk not generally seen in other major index families.</li>
<li>NTT is cheap to peers, and NTT / Peer EPSe Ratios continue to grow, up and to the right.</li>
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NTT sees a US$1 billion selldown of shares on Wednesday 29 December. 
This is due to a weird quirk in the way TOPIX and JPX Nikkei 400 are constructed and managed - a quirk not generally seen in other major index families.
NTT is cheap to peers, and NTT / Peer EPSe Ratios continue to grow, up and to the right.


Watch the $1bn Sell-On-Close on NTT (9432) Wednesday

Japan/Asia Long-Short, LightStream Research

Mio Kato

Japan/Asia Long-Short

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Equity Bottom-Up

NTT (Nippon Telegraph & Telephone) / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Last night it was announced that NTT Docomo had participated in a series A funding round conducted by Hikky.</li>
<li>Hikky is a VR open world metaverse development company offering its Vket Cloud engine and various virtual events for many established global names.</li>
<li>The news marks an uptick in interest in metaverse which is currently trending number 1 on Kabutan.</li>
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Last night it was announced that NTT Docomo had participated in a series A funding round conducted by Hikky.
Hikky is a VR open world metaverse development company offering its Vket Cloud engine and various virtual events for many established global names.
The news marks an uptick in interest in metaverse which is currently trending number 1 on Kabutan.


Telco/Internet specialist

Kirk Boodry

Redex Research

NTT has had a good couple of weeks. The company followed up its mid-term EPS target upgrade last week with Q2 results ahead of consensus and announced the cancellation of treasury shares that provide indirect confirmation that share buyback volumes of c. ¥200-300bn will continue.  Operationally, the Q2 beat was driven by results for NTT Data that were announced yesterday but the company also posted a fifth straight quarter of fixed-line growth whilst the mobile business posted healthier results than peers. We remain at Buy.

NTT has had a good couple of weeks. The company followed up its mid-term EPS target upgrade last week with Q2 results ahead of consensus and announced the cancellation of treasury shares that provide indirect confirmation that share buyback volumes of c. ¥200-300bn will continue.  Operationally, the Q2 beat was driven by results for NTT Data that were announced yesterday but the company also posted a fifth straight quarter of fixed-line growth whilst the mobile business posted healthier results than peers. We remain at Buy.

NTT (Buy) - Q2 21 Results Reaction: Profit Beat with Good News in Fixed and Mobile

Softbank Corp. results were mixed with revenue in line but operating profit (-7% in Q2) below consensus. Some of that is timing related as it laps a record-high quarter even as H2 comps get easier on tailwinds from ¥50bn in one-time expenses last year. On the telecom side, enterprise revenue growth of 4% including double-digit growth for solutions revenue is encouraging. Management remains confident of meeting full-year targets but as we saw with KDDI last week, mobile price reductions are starting to make their presence felt.

Softbank Corp. results were mixed with revenue in line but operating profit (-7% in Q2) below consensus. Some of that is timing related as it laps a record-high quarter even as H2 comps get easier on tailwinds from ¥50bn in one-time expenses last year. On the telecom side, enterprise revenue growth of 4% including double-digit growth for solutions revenue is encouraging. Management remains confident of meeting full-year targets but as we saw with KDDI last week, mobile price reductions are starting to make their presence felt.

Softbank Corp (Buy) - Q2 21 Results Reaction: Consumer Mobile Weakness Accelerates

Results were for the quarter were mixed with accelerating erosion in consumer mobile outpacing offsetting growth from new services (VAS and corporate sales). The bad news is mobile service revenue declines were modestly steeper than we expected and on a run-rate basis are now higher than management targets for the full year. But business services growth remains healthy and improvements in user retention could provide some support for consumer mobile. KDDI is on track to meet full-year targets although the margin for error has narrowed. We remain at Buy.

Results were for the quarter were mixed with accelerating erosion in consumer mobile outpacing offsetting growth from new services (VAS and corporate sales). The bad news is mobile service revenue declines were modestly steeper than we expected and on a run-rate basis are now higher than management targets for the full year. But business services growth remains healthy and improvements in user retention could provide some support for consumer mobile. KDDI is on track to meet full-year targets although the margin for error has narrowed. We remain at Buy.  

KDDI (Buy) - Q2 21 Results Reaction: Mobile Declines Outpace New Growth Drivers

Japan

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation provides a variety of telecommunication services, including telephone, telegraph, leased circuits, data communication, terminal equipment sales, and related services. The Company provides both local and long distance telephone services within Japan.

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NTT (Nippon Telegraph & Telephone) (9432 JP)

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KDDI (Buy) - Q2 21 Results Reaction: Mobile Declines Outpace New Growth Drivers

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