SATS - UOB Kay Hian 2023-02-14: 3QFY23 Core Profitability A Slight Miss; Awaiting Completion Of WFS Deal

SATS - 3QFY23 Core Profitability A Slight Miss; Awaiting Completion Of WFS Deal

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  • Excluding government relief and one-off acquisition-related expenses, SATS’ 3QFY23 (Oct-Dec 2022) core net losses stood at S$2m-4m in 2QFY23. Despite some q-o-q improvement, 3QFY23 core profitability was still slightly behind our projection, due to faster-than-expected cost ramp-up in preparation of the traffic volume recovery from China.
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  • Maintain BUY recommendation on SATS with a target price of S$3.28.

Despite q-o-q improvement, SATS' 3QFY23 core profitability was a slight miss...

  • SATS (SGX:S58) recorded a slight headline net profit of S$0.5m in 3QFY23 (3QFY22: S$5.1m), thanks to government reliefs of S$16.7m, but partly offset by one-off acquisition expense of S$11.7m related to the Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) deal – See SATS's Announcement dated 13 Feb 2023.
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…due to faster-than-expected cost ramp-up in preparation of return of air traffic from China.

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Above is the excerpt from report by UOB Kay Hian Research.
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Roy Chen CFA UOB Kay Hian Research | https://research.uobkayhian.com/ 2023-02-14



Read also UOB's most recent report:
2024-03-04 SATS - 3QFY24 Results In Line; Earnings Recovery On Track.

Previous report by UOB:
2024-01-10 SATS - Earnings Recovery To Gain Traction In 2024; Red Sea Crisis To Benefit Air Cargo.

Price targets by 4 other brokers at SATS Target Prices.

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