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Fixed Income Research | Please find important legal information at the end of this document.
Issuer rating
Hold
Risk category Speculative
MSCI ESG Rating* BB
FTR, the fourth-largest Incumbent local exchange carrier in the US, offers a variety of voice, data and television services to resi- dential and business customers. FTR’s debt-financed acquisition of AT&T’s wireline business in Connecticut in October 2014 has significantly increased its size and reach. As of end-June 2015, FTR had ca. 3.5m customers and 2.4m broadband subscribers spread across 28 states in the US.
INVESTMENT RATIONALE
Stable H1 2015 results: Frontier Communications Corporation’s (FTR) revenue grew 19% y/y to USD2.7bn, supported by con- solidation of AT&T’s (not covered) Connecticut operations (ac- quired in October 2014). However, revenues declined 3.9% y/y organically owing to 10.4% y/y and 7.1% y/y drop in voice ser- vices (ca. 38% of H1 2015 sales) and switched access (10%), partly offset by an increase in data services (42%) revenue. The decline in voice revenues was driven by sustained subscriber losses [residential (-0.9% y/y in H1 2015) and business (-1.8% y/y)], partly offset by price increases. The company generated positive free cash flow of USD397m (down 12% y/y) on higher profitability. Adjusted debt/EBITDA improved to 4.7x (vs. FY 2014: 5.0x), on higher absolute EBITDA and debt repayment.
Favourable regulatory environment: FTR, through its participa- tion in the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC, feder- al regulatory) Connect America Fund (CAF; to provide broad- band services in high-cost unserved or underserved areas) phase II programme, received USD283m in annual subsidy pro- ceeds. This grant will replace USD155m of frozen Universal Ser- vice Fund and support market share growth. Subsequently, FTR revised its FCF guidance for FY 2015 to USD825m-USD865m (vs. USD785m-USD825m previously) and guided capex of USD700m-USD750m (USD650m-USD700m) and cash taxes of USD95m-USD110m (USD175m-USD200m).
Acquisitions bolster business profile: On 2 September 2015, the FCC approved FTR’s acquisition of Verizon Communications, Inc.’s (Verizon, not covered) wireline business in Florida, Texas and California for USD10.5bn via a mix of debt (ca. 75% of the transaction to be debt funded) and equity. We expect the transaction to almost double FTR’s scale and improve its com- petitive position (supported by the addition of high-quality as- sets). Although the transaction (expected to close in Q1 2016; pending approval in California) will weaken FTR’s leverage (pro forma debt/EBITDA of 8x as of June 2015) in the near term, we expect it to improve in the medium term supported by stronger cash flow and debt repayments.
Major risks include continued need for investment in network improvement, intense competition, adverse regulatory interven- tion and management’s highly acquisitive growth strategy.
Rating
We maintain our Hold/Speculative rating on FTR. We believe the benefits of improved operating scale and sizeable cash flow fol- lowing the Verizon acquisition are offset by its stressed leverage profile. We are also concerned about the reinvestment of cash flow given management’s high appetite for acquisitions. The current rating is supported by its healthy operating margin, high cash flow visibility and strong liquidity.
*as of 1 September 2015

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