Telco/Internet specialist

Kirk Boodry

Redex Research

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Q4 and FY21 results released Thursday were largely in-line with forecasts although guidance for FY22 missed consensus as upfront costs for entering the tower business ramp up</li>
<li>For FY22, JTower will compete the transfer of 2,000 DoCoMo towers (c. one-third) and 90% of NTT East/West towers with the handover starting in Q3 </li>
<li>By FY26, JTower expects annual revenue of ¥30bn (+51% CAGR from ¥6bn in FY22) and EBITDA margins of 60% (¥18bn in EBITDA v ¥ 1.6bn)</li>
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Q4 and FY21 results released Thursday were largely in-line with forecasts although guidance for FY22 missed consensus as upfront costs for entering the tower business ramp up
For FY22, JTower will compete the transfer of 2,000 DoCoMo towers (c. one-third) and 90% of NTT East/West towers with the handover starting in Q3 
By FY26, JTower expects annual revenue of ¥30bn (+51% CAGR from ¥6bn in FY22) and EBITDA margins of 60% (¥18bn in EBITDA v ¥ 1.6bn)


NTT (Nippon Telegraph & Telephone) (9432 JP)

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