Telenor Backs Guidance Despite Dip in 3Q Ebitda
October 23 2019 - 4:43AM
Dow Jones News
By Dominic Chopping
Norwegian telecom provider Telenor ASA (TEL.OS) backed its
full-year guidance despite posting a slight drop in third-quarter
earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization.
Telenor posted a third-quarter adjusted Ebitda of NOK12.09
billion, down from NOK12.41 billion in the same period a year
earlier. It swung to a net loss for the period of NOK436 million
compared with profit of NOK5.88 billion, after booking a large
currency loss due to a weakening of the Norwegian Krone and the
recognition of a previously announced income tax expense related to
a reassessment. Revenue rose to NOK29.53 billion from NOK27.57
billion.
Analysts polled by FactSet had expected adjusted Ebitda of
NOK12.24 billion and revenue of NOK29.65 billion.
The company still expects subscription and traffic revenue at
around the 2018 level and a low-single-digit decline in earnings
before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization.
Capital expenditure excluding licenses and spectrum and its
recent acquisition of DNA, is still expected at between 16 billion
and 17 billion Norwegian kroner ($1.75 billion-$1.86 billion).
Organic subscription and traffic revenues decreased by 0.6%, as
the decline in Pakistan following the re-introduction of telco
specific taxes outweighed positive developments in other
markets.
Write to Dominic Chopping at dominic.chopping@wsj.com
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