Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<p>Not surprisingly, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/intouch-holdings-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17638:1" rel="noopener">Intouch Holdings (INTUCH TB)</a>'s IFA <a href="https://www.set.or.th/set/pdfnews.do?newsId=16266518153870&amp;sequence=2021078813" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a> the Offer from <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gulf-energy-development-public-company-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26038:1" rel="noopener">Gulf Energy Development Public Company (GULF TB)</a> is "<em>appropriate</em>". Equally unsurprising, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/advanced-info-service-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:947:1" rel="noopener">Advanced Info Service (ADVANC TB)</a>'s IFA <a href="https://www.set.or.th/set/pdfnews.do?newsId=16266518153760&amp;sequence=2021078811" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has</a> the opinion that the shareholders should reject the Tender Offer from Gulf.</p>
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<p>Preceding my comments on Intouch are the weekly setup/unwind tables for Asia-Pacific Holdcos.</p>
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<p>These relationships trade with a minimum liquidity threshold of US$1mn on a 90-day moving average, and a % market capitalisation threshold - the $ value of the holding/opco held, over the parent’s market capitalisation, expressed in percent - of at least 20%.</p>
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This week in StubWorld ...



Not surprisingly, Intouch Holdings (INTUCH TB)'s IFA says the Offer from Gulf Energy Development Public Company (GULF TB) is "appropriate". Equally unsurprising, Advanced Info Service (ADVANC TB)'s IFA has the opinion that the shareholders should reject the Tender Offer from Gulf.



Preceding my comments on Intouch are the weekly setup/unwind tables for Asia-Pacific Holdcos.


These relationships trade with a minimum liquidity threshold of US$1mn on a 90-day moving average, and a % market capitalisation threshold - the $ value of the holding/opco held, over the parent’s market capitalisation, expressed in percent - of at least 20%.


As always, more below the fold.


StubWorld: IFAs Say "Yea" For Intouch, "Nay" For AIS

Thai Equity - Bottom-up - Equities, Pi Securities PCL, Thailand

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Equity Bottom-Up

<p><strong>We expect ADVANC to report 2Q21 net profit at Bt6.2bn (-11%YoY, -6%QoQ) caused by increased networking and amortization costs.</strong></p><div>• We expect 2Q21 revenue at Bt44.6bn, (+6%YoY, -3%QoQ), with 43.4 million mobile service subscribers (+4%YoY,+3%QoQ), at the expense of weakening ARPU.</div><div></div><div>• We foresee mobile prepaid and postpaid ARPU to continue tumbling to Bt145 (-7%YoY, -4%QoQ) and Bt475 (-9.1%YoY, -1.0%QoQ), respectively, from a prolonged intensive price war.</div><div></div><div>• We expect earnings momentum to recover in 3Q21, as the company offers the cheapest subscription prices to the widely anticipated Disney Plus streaming service, as well as new lockdown policies that encourage further internet use.</div><div>• We also expect earnings to peak in 4Q21  driven by growing handheld device sales that support 5G and net additional subscribers.</div><div>
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</div><p><strong>We maintain BUY rating with a new target price of Bt227 (or -2.6% from previous TP due to DCF adjustment), implying 24.1xPE’22E, a 21% premium to the Thai telecoms sector. Our rating is backed by growth potential from 5G and its largest total spectrum of bandwidth compared to peers.</strong></p>

We expect ADVANC to report 2Q21 net profit at Bt6.2bn (-11%YoY, -6%QoQ) caused by increased networking and amortization costs.• We expect 2Q21 revenue at Bt44.6bn, (+6%YoY, -3%QoQ), with 43.4 million mobile service subscribers (+4%YoY,+3%QoQ), at the expense of weakening ARPU.• We foresee mobile prepaid and postpaid ARPU to continue tumbling to Bt145 (-7%YoY, -4%QoQ) and Bt475 (-9.1%YoY, -1.0%QoQ), respectively, from a prolonged intensive price war.• We expect earnings momentum to recover in 3Q21, as the company offers the cheapest subscription prices to the widely anticipated Disney Plus streaming service, as well as new lockdown policies that encourage further internet use.• We also expect earnings to peak in 4Q21  driven by growing handheld device sales that support 5G and net additional subscribers.
 
We maintain BUY rating with a new target price of Bt227 (or -2.6% from previous TP due to DCF adjustment), implying 24.1xPE’22E, a 21% premium to the Thai telecoms sector. Our rating is backed by growth potential from 5G and its largest total spectrum of bandwidth compared to peers.

ADVANC: Expect 2Q21 Earnings to Drop Both YoY and QoQ

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<p>With <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/intouch-holdings-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17638:1" rel="noopener">Intouch Holdings (INTUCH TB)</a> trading at terms to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gulf-energy-development-public-company-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26038:1" rel="noopener">Gulf Energy Development Public Company (GULF TB)</a>'s Offer...</p>
<p><em><strong>...What's the play here?</strong></em></p>
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<p>Preceding my comments on Intouch are the weekly setup/unwind tables for Asia-Pacific Holdcos.</p>
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<p>These relationships trade with a minimum liquidity threshold of US$1mn on a 90-day moving average, and a % market capitalisation threshold - the $ value of the holding/opco held, over the parent’s market capitalisation, expressed in percent - of at least 20%.</p>
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This week in StubWorld ...




With Intouch Holdings (INTUCH TB) trading at terms to Gulf Energy Development Public Company (GULF TB)'s Offer...
...What's the play here?




Preceding my comments on Intouch are the weekly setup/unwind tables for Asia-Pacific Holdcos.


These relationships trade with a minimum liquidity threshold of US$1mn on a 90-day moving average, and a % market capitalisation threshold - the $ value of the holding/opco held, over the parent’s market capitalisation, expressed in percent - of at least 20%.


StubWorld: Gulf's Curious Offer For Intouch Now Open

ASEAN Insight Provider, CrossASEAN Research

Angus Mackintosh

ASEAN Insight Provider

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Insights across South East Asia

Telekomunikasi Indonesia / Equity Bottom-Up

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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/telekomunikasi-indonesia" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1051:1" rel="noopener">Telekomunikasi Indonesia (TLKM IJ)</a> announced its results this week, which on the face of it do not look exciting, with revenues declining -0.7% YoY, EBITDA up by +0.5%, and net income up by +2.6%.</p>
<p>Beneath these headline numbers, there is a more compelling story, with Indihome seeing +25% YoY revenue growth driven by increasing subscribers and higher ARPU. Data traffic seeing +59.7% YoY growth 1Q2021, with the digital business now accounting for 76.9% of revenues in 1Q2021. </p>
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<p>The legacy SMS, fixed, and cellular voice declined by -25.4% to IDR5.3tn due to the cannibalisation from OTT applications such as Whatsapp. </p>
<p>The mobile segment in Indonesia remains competitive with the major players continuing to offer unlimited plans and other promotional plans but Telkom still realised data revenue growth of +0.4% YoY whilst digital services grew by +22.6% YoY, as the company added new services.</p>
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Telekomunikasi Indonesia (TLKM IJ) announced its results this week, which on the face of it do not look exciting, with revenues declining -0.7% YoY, EBITDA up by +0.5%, and net income up by +2.6%.
Beneath these headline numbers, there is a more compelling story, with Indihome seeing +25% YoY revenue growth driven by increasing subscribers and higher ARPU. Data traffic seeing +59.7% YoY growth 1Q2021, with the digital business now accounting for 76.9% of revenues in 1Q2021. 

The legacy SMS, fixed, and cellular voice declined by -25.4% to IDR5.3tn due to the cannibalisation from OTT applications such as Whatsapp. 
The mobile segment in Indonesia remains competitive with the major players continuing to offer unlimited plans and other promotional plans but Telkom still realised data revenue growth of +0.4% YoY whilst digital services grew by +22.6% YoY, as the company added new services.


After Telekomunikasi Indonesia (TLKM IJ)'s investment in Gojek, the two companies have been integrating various aspects of their services to provide users with new benefits, as well as helping MSMEs to digitalise their businesses.




Telekomunikasi Indonesia (TLKM IJ) continues to augment the network reach and quality by increasing the number of BTS towers.




 The wholesale and international business is supported by the tower and data centre business, with the potential for further growth from the rollout of 5G technology.





Telekomunikasi Indonesia (TLKM IJ) remains a core proxy to Indonesia's digital economy and its growing appetite for data and broadband services. The company trades on 5.6x FY2021E EV/EBITDA and 4.8x FY22E EV/EBITDA versus the 5-year average of 6.2x forward EV/EBITDA, which makes it attractive even without any digital re-rating.













Telekomunikasi Indonesia (TLKM IJ) - The Trend Is Digital

Thailand

Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited is granted a 25-year concession expiring the year 2015 by the Telephone Organization of Thailand to provide cellular phone services.  The Company provides analog mobile phone services through the Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT900) network, and digital phone services through the Global Systems for Mobile Communication (GSM) network.

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Advanced Info Service (ADVANC-R TB)

StubWorld: IFAs Say "Yea" For Intouch, "Nay" For AIS

I would still avoid Intouch here, but I would not short it, or short tender the stock. Best to wait until the close of the Offer to get a clearer...

David Blennerhassett

ADVANC: Expect 2Q21 Earnings to Drop Both YoY and QoQ

We expect ADVANC to report 2Q21 net profit at Bt6.2bn (-11%YoY, -6%QoQ) caused by increased networking and amortization costs.

Pi Securities PCL, Thailand

Last Week in Event SPACE: SOHO China, Toshiba, Boral Ltd, Yageo/Chilisin, Microstrategy

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a coffee, grab a comfortable seat, and sift through a brief summary of insights on various events discussed...

David Blennerhassett

StubWorld: Gulf's Curious Offer For Intouch Now Open

I would avoid Intouch here, but I would not short it. I think we have to wait until the close of the Offer to get a better idea of what Gulf's next...

David Blennerhassett

Telekomunikasi Indonesia (TLKM IJ) - The Trend Is Digital

Telkom Indonesia's recent 1Q2021 results reflect a competitive environment but also its growing strength in its digital business, which continues...

Angus Mackintosh

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