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Bernstein sees Vodafone as undervalued over dividend fears

Wed, 05th Sep 2018 14:01

(Sharecast News) - Investor concerns about Vodafone's lack of dividend cash cover are justified, said Bernstein, but upgraded its rating on the stock on the company's undervaluation in light of its agreed asset swap with Liberty Global.Along with the announcement that Vodafone chief executive Vittorio Colao will step down later this year after ten years in charge, the group's need for higher investment spending to maintain its position in various markets has put the willies up investors, especially over the risk to cash flows and ultimately what has been a sacrosanct dividend.These dividend concerns are fair, "but for a company that will soon cease to exist in its current form", said Bernstein, noting that the company's commitment to paying out "is almost religious".Recent insurgencies in Italy have inflicted damage on Vodafone's European portfolio, while strength in Germany and improvements in the UK have been "insufficient" to pick up the slack, but this is "for a company that is on the cusp of major structural transformation". The Liberty deal is expected to result around a third of operating cashflow coming from Germany, with Vodafone estimating cost and capex synergies of approximately €535m per year before integration costs by the fifth year post completion, with an estimated net present value of more than €6bn after integration costs.Bernstein boosted its rating to 'outperform', pointing out that 'OldVod' is trading at a circa 20% discount to the sector and giving the pro-forma business a enterprise value of 17 times operating cash flow, around a 15% premium to sector multiples of 14.9x EV/OpCF on consensus 2019 estimates."Justifiable, as the implied multiple before integration costs represents a 7% premium to the sector, in line with Vodafone's five-year valuation history."The catalyst will be EU approval of the asset swap for €18.4bn of Liberty Global's assets in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania, expected in the second quarter of 2019. "The path to deleveraging despite the headwinds in Southern Europe and the transaction costs is convincing. Most crucially, dividend cash cover is set to improve," Bernstein said.
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2 May 2024 07:03

Swisscom posts steady Q1 profit, says Vodafone Italia deal on track

May 2 (Reuters) - Telecoms group Swisscom reported a slightly lower first-quarter core profit on Thursday, but beat market expectations, as business in its core Swiss and Italian markets continued to develop positively.

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2 May 2024 06:35

Swisscom plans completion of Vodafone Italia takeover in Q1 2025

May 2 (Reuters) - Swiss telecoms group Swisscom said on Thursday its takeover of Vodafone Italia is on track and expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2025.

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16 Apr 2024 08:41

Vodafone appoints SAP's Marika Auramo as CEO of Business arm

(Alliance News) - Vodafone Group PLC on Tuesday said Marika Auramo has been appointed as chief executive of Vodafone Business.

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16 Apr 2024 07:46

Vodafone taps SAP executive to lead business division

(Sharecast News) - Vodafone announced the appointment of Marika Auramo as chief executive of Vodafone Business on Tuesday, effective from 1 July.

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4 Apr 2024 15:58

London close: Stocks manage gains ahead of US payrolls report

(Sharecast News) - London markets closed higher on Thursday, driven by a robust showing from the mining sector and as investors contemplated the UK services sector's latest figures.

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4 Apr 2024 08:47

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Shares rise despite US interest rate unease

(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 edged higher on Thursday morning, despite lingering US interest rate worries hanging over equities, while gold notched another record high in earlier trade.

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4 Apr 2024 07:43

LONDON BRIEFING: Vodafone-Three deal faces deeper UK probe

(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 is called to open higher on Thursday, despite remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell failing to soothe lingering interest rate worries.

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4 Apr 2024 07:37

CMA to launch in-depth probe into Vodafone's merger with Three

(Sharecast News) - The Competition and Markets Authority said on Thursday that it will launch an in-depth investigation into the planned £15bn merger between Vodafone and CK Hutchison's Three that was announced last year.

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28 Mar 2024 15:05

Directors dealings: Vodafone chairman follows in CFO's steps, buys shares

(Sharecast News) - Vodafone's chairman bought a big batch of shares in the telecommunications outfit just ahead of the Easter break.

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28 Mar 2024 13:54

IN BRIEF: Vodafone Chair Boxmeer buys GBP570,000 in shares

Vodafone Group PLC - Berkshire, England-based telecommunications provider - Chair Jean-Francois van Boxmeer buys 823,500 shares at GBP0.69 each, worth GBP568,215, in London on Wednesday.

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27 Mar 2024 09:40

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Sainsbury's, Petershill Partners upped to 'buy'

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning and Tuesday:

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26 Mar 2024 11:21

Vodafone Germany to cut 2,000 jobs in revamp

FRANKFURT, March 26 (Reuters) - Vodafone Germany aims to save around 400 million euros ($434.48 million) over the next two years as part of a restructuring that will hit some 2,000 jobs, the company said on Tuesday.

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26 Mar 2024 11:15

UPDATE: Vodafone Germany cuts 2,000 jobs as part of savings programme

(Alliance News) - Vodafone GmbH is cutting and relocating around 2,000 jobs in a bid to save EUR400 million in the next two years, the Dusseldorf, Germany-based subsidiary of Vodafone Group PLC announced on Tuesday.

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26 Mar 2024 10:43

Vodafone Germany: 400-mln-eur restructuring to affect 2,000 jobs

BERLIN, March 26 (Reuters) - Vodafone Germany said on Tuesday that it aims to save around 400 million euros ($434.48 million) over the next two years as part of a transformation programme that will affect some 2,000 jobs.

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26 Mar 2024 10:42

Vodafone Germany cutting 2,000 jobs as part of savings programme

(Alliance News) - Vodafone GmbH is cutting and relocating around 2,000 jobs in a bid to save EUR400 million in the next two years, the Germany, Dusseldorf-based subsidiary of Vodafone Group PLC announced Tuesday.

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