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Dan Baker

Solid 4Q and Guidance for KDDI; Potential Rakuten Entry Will Continue to Overhang

KDDI’s fourth-quarter fiscal 2017 result (quarter ending March 2018) was broadly in line with our estimates and its fiscal 2018 guidance for operating income growth of 5.9% and 11% growth in dividend to JPY 100 per share was also in line. We leave our fair value estimate of JPY 3,700 unchanged the ADR fair value estimate rising to USD 17 from USD 16 per ADR on a stronger Japanese yen since our last update. At our fair value, KDDI would trade on a price/earnings ratio of 14.7 times with a 2.7% di...
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