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Telco/Internet specialist

Kirk Boodry

Redex Research

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Results were pretty much in line with expectations as growth from Z Holdings and Enterprise sales offset consumer mobile weakness.</li>
<li>The company is slightly behind the pace needed to meet its full-year operating profit target but appears confident on meeting FY21 and FY22 commitments</li>
<li>Management reports that cashless app PayPay generated ¥21bn in Q3 revenue as SME monetization kicked in</li>
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Results were pretty much in line with expectations as growth from Z Holdings and Enterprise sales offset consumer mobile weakness.
The company is slightly behind the pace needed to meet its full-year operating profit target but appears confident on meeting FY21 and FY22 commitments
Management reports that cashless app PayPay generated ¥21bn in Q3 revenue as SME monetization kicked in


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