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Allan C. Nichols
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

Bouygues Telecom's improved results are insufficient to offset a rough year in construction.

Bouygues reported mixed 2017 results, with faster revenue growth but slightly weaker EBITDA margins. The firm reported revenue growth of 3.6% year over year versus our expectation of 2.6%. We expect to maintain our EUR 41 per share fair value estimate and no-moat rating. We believe the shares are fairly valued.
The better-than-expected revenue growth was driven by outperformance in the fourth quarter in all sectors except Bouygues Construction, which was weaker than our estimate. For Colas, the...
Underlying
Bouygues SA

Bouygues is a global industrial group engaged in designing, building and operating structures in public and private buildings, transportation infrastructure and energy and communication networks. Co. operates in three sectors - Construction (Bouygues Construction, Bouygues Immobilier and Colas), Media (TF1) and Telecom (Bouygues Telecom). Construction is engaged in the design and maintenance of projects in the areas of building, civil works, energies and services; Media offers activities covering the audiovisual sector; and Telecom offers mobile broadband services and prepaid card services for smart phones, as well as a range of services including telemessaging, voice mail and WAP

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Morningstar
Morningstar

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Allan C. Nichols

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