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Reliance Industries posted results yesterday. Jio remained the bright spot as it benefited from the tariff hike effective since July. However, weaker O2C and Retail saw revenue decelerate whilst EBITDA was lower due to the fall in O2C product margins. Notwithstanding this, momentum is building up for Jio AirFiber as FWA additions accelerated and commentary suggests that Retail sales is picking up in October leading up to the festive period.
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Indonesian telcos returned to a more sustainable pace of revenue growth, with EBITDA ahead of topline for XL and Indosat again. As a result, Indosat recorded its highest ever EBITDA margin whilst XL’s margin remained well ahead of guidance. For Telkomsel, enterprise accelerated with strong Indihome net additions but was marred by continued mobile revenue share dilution (although easing) as peers grabbed shares in ex-Java.
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Despite Telkom being hit by a series of one-offs in Q4, industry mobile revenue and ARPU trends are still reflective of the benign competitive landscape. EBITDA also improved for both XL and Indosat, with capex intensity improved across the board. Moreover, recent news flow suggests that the XL and Smartfren merger is closer than before. Finally, we also raised our price target for Indosat to IDR12.5k from IDR11k as we layer on higher broadband revenue as it vies for share in the fixed industry.
Indonesian telcos saw another round of ARPU improvement, which drove mobile service revenue up by 4.6% YoY. Going into Q2, we expect further improvements given the price increases by XL and Indosat at end of Q1. EBITDA trend remains ahead of MSR growth; we believe Indosat and XL’s FY23 margin guidance appear conservative – mid-40% and 49% EBITDA margin respectively.
Indonesian telcos reported sustained ARPU growth in Q4, which drove mobile service revenue by 4.3% YoY. The series of price increases by all three, with the latest from XL bode well for Indonesian Mobile. EBITDA also improved in Q4 which makes Indosat and XL’s FY23 margin guidance appear conservative – mid-40% and 49% EBITDA margin respectively.
Indonesian operators saw better ARPU performance in Q3 as growth inflected through the series of price increases this year. Mobile service revenue sustained a 4.7% growth as ARPU growth helped offset the prepaid churn from Telkomsel’s SIM consolidation. Mobile EBITDA growth also improved for all three telcos.
We had another relatively bullish call yesterday evening Jakarta time with XL Axiata. XL (like Indosat) sees positive trends in Indonesian mobile, with prices likely to stabilise/recover going forward. We are buyers with a price target of IDR 5,000.
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