Singapore Post - UOB Kay Hian 2023-07-11: Nationalisation Of The Postal Segment Unlikely

• Due to a secular decline in delivery volumes, the Singapore government mentioned that IMDA is considering allowing SingPost to introduce further postal rate increases to improve segmental profitability. Although no timeline was given, we expect the postal rate adjustments to occur in 3QFY24.
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• During a parliamentary hearing in early-Jul 23, Singapore’s Minister of State and Communications mentioned that the government would consider allowing Singapore Post (SingPost, SGX:S08) to introduce postage rate adjustments in response to declining domestic letter & mail volumes. Excluding a small 1-3% increase in Jan 23, postage rates have been kept constant since 2014.
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• As discussions are still ongoing between Singapore’s postal regulator Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and SingPost, we opine that the postal rate adjustments would likely occur in 3QFY24/4QFY24.

Eventual return to profitability.

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