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Arrivata anche la trimestrale Q3/2009 di France Telecom, mostra una flessione dell'8% nell'EBITDA per effetto di un calo dei ricavi. L'EBITDA margin cala dal 36,5% al 35,9%.
Il calo dei ricavi si è attestato al 6,4%, con il risultato sul mercato domestico piuttosto buono (-1,4%) ed il resto della contrazione determinato dall'andamento su altri mercati, dal taglio delle tariffe di interconnessione determinate dalle autrità di regolamentazione su taluni mercati e dal cambio sfavorevole dell'euro contro zloty e GBP, che pesano circa per il 10% ciascuna sul valore dei ricavi di FT.
Per il 2009, conferma un target di generazione di FCF nell'ordine degli 8 mld euro e la scelta di destinare a dividendo almeno il 45% del cash flow "organico" generato.
(Adds detail, comment.) By Ruth Bender
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
PARIS (Dow Jones)--France Telecom SA (FTE) Thursday said it doesn't expect revenue to improve in the fourth quarter as economic and regulatory conditions remain difficult, after it posted a 8% fall in third-quarter operating earnings due to lower revenue.
However, the French telecoms giant retained its 2009 cash flow target and Chief Financial Officer Gervais Pellissier said the company will continue to implement cost-saving plans to prevent its Ebitda margin from declining further in the fourth quarter.
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or Ebitda, the company's preferred measure of profitability, fell to EUR4.56 billion in the three months ended Sept. 30, from EUR4.95 billion a year earlier, as the economic crisis and regulatory pressures weighed on revenue.
This figure was a touch below an average EUR4.57 billion forecast by six analysts polled by Dow Jones Newswires.
The group's Ebitda margin was 35.9%, compared with 36.5% a year earlier and capital expenditure fell 18.6% in the quarter to EUR1.21 billion.
Pellissier remained reluctant to provide forecasts for 2010. "There is still a lot of uncertainty about when a pickup in consumption could start to have a positive impact on our numbers," he told reporters.
However, the company said it still aims to generate EUR8 billion in free cash flow in 2009.
The group also said it is keeping its dividend distribution policy, with a distribution rate of 45% or more of organic cash flow. It also said it will continue to seek acquisition opportunities in high-growth markets as well as markets where the group is already present.
Third-quarter revenue fell 6.4% to EUR12.69 billion, below analyst expectations of EUR12.85 billion, hit by regulatory measures but also the impact of the strong euro versus the Polish zloty and the British pound.
Poland accounts for 10% of France Telecom's total revenue, and the U.K. operations account for about 11%.
French revenue, which accounts for almost half of group sales, fell 1.6% to EUR5.88 billion as growth in mobile subscribers and data services helped offset the impact of regulatory measures.
"The group's performance in France remained relatively good," said Claude Delcroix, Gartner research vice president.
At 0844 GMT, France Telecom shares were trading flat at EUR17.78. The stock has lost about 11% since the start of the year amid fears that regulatory and competitive pressure will depress group revenue.
The Paris-based group in July warned that the impact of regulatory measures on group revenue in the second half of 2009 should be twice that registered in the first half, notably due to reductions in fees which operators charge each other to connect calls in France, Poland, and Spain.
France Telecom is the second big European telecoms company to report earnings after Dutch telecom company Royal KPN NV (KPN.AE) Tuesday reported a 12% rise in third-quarter net profit, but said the economic downturn is still weighing on business and there was no sign of recovery yet.
Il calo dei ricavi si è attestato al 6,4%, con il risultato sul mercato domestico piuttosto buono (-1,4%) ed il resto della contrazione determinato dall'andamento su altri mercati, dal taglio delle tariffe di interconnessione determinate dalle autrità di regolamentazione su taluni mercati e dal cambio sfavorevole dell'euro contro zloty e GBP, che pesano circa per il 10% ciascuna sul valore dei ricavi di FT.
Per il 2009, conferma un target di generazione di FCF nell'ordine degli 8 mld euro e la scelta di destinare a dividendo almeno il 45% del cash flow "organico" generato.
- OCTOBER 29, 2009, 4:46 A.M. ET
(Adds detail, comment.) By Ruth Bender
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
PARIS (Dow Jones)--France Telecom SA (FTE) Thursday said it doesn't expect revenue to improve in the fourth quarter as economic and regulatory conditions remain difficult, after it posted a 8% fall in third-quarter operating earnings due to lower revenue.
However, the French telecoms giant retained its 2009 cash flow target and Chief Financial Officer Gervais Pellissier said the company will continue to implement cost-saving plans to prevent its Ebitda margin from declining further in the fourth quarter.
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or Ebitda, the company's preferred measure of profitability, fell to EUR4.56 billion in the three months ended Sept. 30, from EUR4.95 billion a year earlier, as the economic crisis and regulatory pressures weighed on revenue.
This figure was a touch below an average EUR4.57 billion forecast by six analysts polled by Dow Jones Newswires.
The group's Ebitda margin was 35.9%, compared with 36.5% a year earlier and capital expenditure fell 18.6% in the quarter to EUR1.21 billion.
Pellissier remained reluctant to provide forecasts for 2010. "There is still a lot of uncertainty about when a pickup in consumption could start to have a positive impact on our numbers," he told reporters.
However, the company said it still aims to generate EUR8 billion in free cash flow in 2009.
The group also said it is keeping its dividend distribution policy, with a distribution rate of 45% or more of organic cash flow. It also said it will continue to seek acquisition opportunities in high-growth markets as well as markets where the group is already present.
Third-quarter revenue fell 6.4% to EUR12.69 billion, below analyst expectations of EUR12.85 billion, hit by regulatory measures but also the impact of the strong euro versus the Polish zloty and the British pound.
Poland accounts for 10% of France Telecom's total revenue, and the U.K. operations account for about 11%.
French revenue, which accounts for almost half of group sales, fell 1.6% to EUR5.88 billion as growth in mobile subscribers and data services helped offset the impact of regulatory measures.
"The group's performance in France remained relatively good," said Claude Delcroix, Gartner research vice president.
At 0844 GMT, France Telecom shares were trading flat at EUR17.78. The stock has lost about 11% since the start of the year amid fears that regulatory and competitive pressure will depress group revenue.
The Paris-based group in July warned that the impact of regulatory measures on group revenue in the second half of 2009 should be twice that registered in the first half, notably due to reductions in fees which operators charge each other to connect calls in France, Poland, and Spain.
France Telecom is the second big European telecoms company to report earnings after Dutch telecom company Royal KPN NV (KPN.AE) Tuesday reported a 12% rise in third-quarter net profit, but said the economic downturn is still weighing on business and there was no sign of recovery yet.