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Allan C. Nichols

BT Reported Weak Fiscal 4Q Results, but Lower Pension Deficit; Reducing FVE to GBX 360/$24

BT reported fiscal fourth-quarter results that were a bit weak and lowered guidance for fiscal 2019. We are reducing our local fair value estimate to GBX 360 per share from GBX 370 and our ADR to $24 from $26. We are maintaining our narrow moat rating and believe the shares are significantly undervalued. The firm reported fourth-quarter revenue fell 2.5% year over year, which pushed its full-year revenue down 1.4% versus our full-year projection of a decline of 0.8%. Once again, the growth in th...
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BT Group plc

BT is a communications services company, delivering products and services with industry-specific communications solutions and consulting expertise. Co.'s principal activities include: networked IT services; local, national and international telecommunications services; broadband and internet products and services; and converged fixed/mobile products and services. Co. operates five lines of businesses: BT Global Services, BT Business, BT Consumer, BT Wholesale and Openreach, providing services to around 6,500 large corporate and public sector customers, in more than 170 countries worldwide.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Allan C. Nichols

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