Bharti Airtel (BHATE) 369

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1 Event Update Rating matrix Rating : Buy Target : 410 Target Period : 12 months Potential Upside : 11% Whats Changed? Target Unchanged EPS FY18E Unchanged EPS FY19E Unchanged Rating Unchanged Key Financials Crore FY16 FY17E FY18E FY19E Net Sales 96,619 96,807 97, ,133 EBITDA 34,093 35,949 34,538 37,836 Net Profit 5,484 4,124 2,873 4,128 EPS ( ) Valuation summary FY16 FY17E FY18E FY19E P/E Target P/E EV / EBITDA P/BV RoNW (%) RoCE (%) Premium over the 2010 and TRAI recommended prices Particulars Amount Market Capitalisation ( Crore) 147,504.1 Total Debt (FY16) ( Crore) 95,043.0 Cash (FY16) ( Crore) 3,708.7 EV ( Crore) 217, week H/L 385/ 283 Equity capital 1,998.7 Face value 5.0 Price Chart 10,000 9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 Mar-14 Research Analyst Sep-14 Mar-15 Price (R.H.S) Sep-15 Bhupendra Tiwary bhupendra.tiwary@icicisecurities.com Sneha Agarwal sneha.agarwal@icicisecurities.com Mar-16 Aug-16 Nifty (L.H.S) Feb February 23, 2017 Bharti Airtel (BHATE) 369 Airtel heralds consolidation phase of industry Bharti Airtel has entered into a definitive agreement with Telenor India to acquire full ownership in the entity. Airtel will take over outstanding spectrum payments & other operational contracts, including tower lease, which amounts to ~ 2400 crore as per the company. The transaction is subject to requisite regulatory approvals from DoT & the CCI is expected to be completed in 12 months. In addition, Airtel is also free from any exposure to claims related to the period Telenor owned the business. We will include the deal financials in our valuations once the deal is complete. Telenor India crore subs base with revenue market share of 2.1% We note that Telenor India had been struggling with its operations and was looking to exit its operations from India, which was evident from its absence in the last spectrum auction. The deal, on the other hand, will help Airtel further strengthen its spectrum holding in the 1800 MHz band wherein Telenor India has 43.3 MHz across the seven circles viz. Andhra Pradesh, Assam, UP (E), UP (W), Maharashtra, Gujarat and Bihar. Airtel will also be able to expand its subscriber base by 4.4 crore (active subscriber as per Trai of 3.9 crore as of December, 2016) and, hence, expand its subscriber market share to 29.1% from 24.2% pre-deal. The revenue market share is likely to improve ~200 bps from the current 33.3% after the deal, depending on the rationalisation in the Bihar circle where the 50% cap is breached. Telenor India had revenues of 4.5 billion NOK (~ 3602 crore) and EBITDA of 399 million NOK (~ 318 crore) in 9MFY17. We highlight that Airtel has a far superior EBITDA margin profile of 39-41% in the Indian mobility business and would be in a position to turn around the operational performance of acquired circles from Telenor and derive cost synergies. Industry, eventually, to move towards three to four player market The Indian telecom industry is in the process of shrugging off its longstanding troubles of the market being overpopulated with seven to nine players against the optimum number three to four players, which could bring in sanity. The ongoing wave of consolidation has been forced upon as smaller players struggle to withstand the price war triggered by Jio. The Airtel-Telenor deal is in the lines of ongoing mergers like Aircel + RCom, Idea-Vodafone merger, etc. Consolidation would also bring in some pricing discipline gradually in the sector once the subscriber base across the top four or five players gets stabilised and would benefit all players, including Airtel. Acquisition further cements leadership foothold for Airtel With the acquisition, Bharti Airtel would further cement its position in the Indian telecom space with a post merger subscriber base of ~31 crore and remains a preferred choice owing to the superior operating metrics. Airtel has a superior margin profile (39-41% in the Indian mobility versus 30-32% for peers) and is keen on improving the leverage situation by selling/intending to sell stake in the non-core/unprofitable ventures & restructuring its business operations. Airtel possesses extensive spectrum coverage across circles with MHZ of total spectrum (pre-deal), ~24.1% of the total spectrum in the industry (ex- BSNL/MTNL, pre-deal) and would not have any spectrum requirement in the near term. Considering the above-mentioned benefits, we remain positive on Bharti Airtel and maintain our BUY recommendation on the stock with a DCF based target price of 410. ICICI Securities Ltd Retail Equity Research

2 Analysis The merger will lead to several synergies for Airtel, helping it augment its subscriber, revenue & spectrum market share further. Exhibit 1: Revenue Market Share changes post the deal Circles Airtel's H1FY17 RMS (%) Telenor's H1FY17 RMS (%) Combined Entity's RMS (%) A. P Bihar Delhi Gujarat Haryana H. P J & K Karnataka Kerala Kolkata M. P Maharashtra Mumbai Orissa Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu U. P. (East) U. P. (West) West Bengal Assam North East Overall Exhibit 2: Spectrum holding Circles Bharti Telenor Bharti+Telenor LSA/Mhz Andhra Pradesh Assam Bihar Delhi Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Karnataka Kerala Kolkata Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Mumbai North East Orissa Punjab Rajasthan Tamilnadu(inc Chennai) Uttar Pradesh (East) Uttar Pradesh (West) West Bengal Total ICICI Securities Ltd Retail Equity Research Page 2

3 Airtel will also be able to expand its subscriber base by 4.4 crore (active subscriber as per Trai of 3.9 crore as of December, 2016) and, hence, expand its subscriber market share to 29.1% from 24.2% pre-deal. The revenue market share will also improve ~200 bps from the current 33.3%, depending on the rationalisation in the Bihar circle where the 50% cap is breached. Exhibit 3: Telenor India s financials Particulars ( Crore) FY15 FY16 9MFY17 Subscription and traffic reveneus 3, , ,021.5 Interconnect revenues Mobile revenues company's subscriptions 4, , ,569.4 Other mobile revenues Total mobile revenues 4, , ,592.2 Non-mobile revenues Total revenues 4, , ,601.6 EBITDA before other income and expenses EBITDA Margin (%) Other income and expenses EBITDA Depreciation and amortisation Impairment losses 0.0-1, ,611.8 Operating profit/loss , ,370.1 No. of mobile subscriptions (in million) ICICI Securities Ltd Retail Equity Research Page 3

4 Valuation With the acquisition, Bharti Airtel would further cement its position in the Indian telecom space with a post merger subscriber base of ~31 crore and remains a preferred choice owing to the superior operating metrics. Airtel has a superior margin profile (39-41% in the Indian mobility versus 30-32% for peers) and is keen on improving the leverage situation by selling/intending to sell stake in the non-core/unprofitable ventures & restructuring its business operations. Airtel possesses extensive spectrum coverage across circles with MHz of total spectrum (pre-deal), ~24.1% of the total spectrum in the industry (ex- BSNL/MTNL, pre-deal) and would not have any spectrum requirement in the near term. Considering the above-mentioned benefits we remain positive on Bharti Airtel and maintain our BUY recommendation on the stock with a DCF based target price of 410. Exhibit 4: DCF assumptions Particulars Amount WACC 10.2% Revenue CAGR over FY17E - FY22E 5.0% PV of Cash Flow Till Terminal Year 44,767.6 Terminal Growth 3.9% Present Value of terminal cash flow 207,459.8 PV of firm 252,227.4 Less: Net Debt 88,328.4 Total present value of the Equity (excluding current cash) 163,899.0 Number of Equity Shares outstanding DCF - Target price ( ) 410 Exhibit 5: Valuations Sales Growth EPS Growth PE EV/EBITDA RoNW RoCE ( cr) (%) ( ) (%) (x) (x) (%) (%) FY16 96, FY17E 96, FY18E 97, FY19E 105, ICICI Securities Ltd Retail Equity Research Page 4

5 Financial summary Profit and loss statement Crore (Year-end March) FY16 FY17E FY18E FY19E Total operating Income 96, , , ,132.9 Growth (%) Employee Expenses 4, , , ,036.9 Marketing Expenses 15, , , ,708.3 Access Charges 10, , , ,782.2 Network Operating 21, , , ,628.3 License Fee 9, , , ,982.8 Other Costs Other expenses Total Operating Expenditure 62, , , ,296.7 EBITDA 34, , , ,836.3 Growth (%) Depreciation 17, , , ,447.1 Interest 6, , , ,243.6 Other Income Exceptional Items (1,450.5) PBT 11, , , ,145.5 MI / Profit from associates Total Tax 5, , , ,826.4 PAT 5, , , ,127.7 Growth (%) EPS ( ) Cash flow statement Crore (Year-end March) FY16 FY17E FY18E FY19E Profit after Tax 5, , , ,127.7 Add: Depreciation 17, , , ,447.1 Add: Interest Paid 6, , , ,243.6 (Inc)/dec in Current Assets , (925.3) Inc/(dec) in CL and Provisions 5, , , ,008.7 Others CF from operating activities 35, , , ,901.8 (Inc)/dec in Investments 4, (Inc)/dec in Fixed Assets -49, , , ,000.0 Others 6, CF from investing activities -38, , , ,393.5 Issue/(Buy back) of Equity Inc/(dec) in loan funds -5, , , ,000.0 Dividend paid & dividend tax , , ,104.6 Interest Paid 6, , , ,243.6 Others 4, , , ,487.2 CF from financing activities 5, , , ,348.2 Net Cash flow 2, , Opening Cash 1, , , ,161.8 Closing Cash 3, , , ,321.8 Balance sheet Crore (Year-end March) FY16 FY17E FY18E FY19E Liabilities Equity Capital 1, , , ,998.7 Reserve and Surplus 63, , , ,442.7 Total Shareholders funds 65, , , ,441.4 Total Debt 95, , , ,287.0 Deferred Tax Liability 1, , , ,435.6 Others 15, , , ,877.8 Total Liabilities 177, , , ,041.9 Assets Gross Block 290, , , ,982.0 Less: Acc Depreciation 109, , , ,063.0 Net Block 181, , , ,919.0 Investments 14, , , ,894.9 Inventory Debtors 7, , , ,912.9 Loans and Advances 4, , , ,596.6 Other Current Assets 3, , , ,130.9 Cash 3, , , ,321.8 Total Current Assets 19, , , ,146.2 Creditors 38, , , ,205.3 Provisions Other Current Liabilities 8, , , ,513.3 Total Current Liabilities 47, , , ,996.2 Net Current Assets -27, , , ,850.0 Others Assets 9, , , ,078.0 Application of Funds 177, , , ,041.9 Key ratios (Year-end March) FY16 FY17E FY18E FY19E Per share data ( ) EPS Cash EPS BV DPS Cash Per Share Operating Ratios EBITDA Margin (%) EBIT Margin (%) PAT Margin (%) Inventory days Debtor days Creditor days Return Ratios (%) RoE RoCE RoIC Valuation Ratios (x) P/E EV / EBITDA EV / Net Sales Market Cap / Sales Price to Book Value Solvency Ratios Debt/EBITDA Debt / Equity Current Ratio Quick Ratio ICICI Securities Ltd Retail Equity Research Page 5

6 ICICIdirect.com coverage universe (Telecom) CMP M Cap EPS ( ) P/E (x) EV/EBITDA (x) RoCE (%) RoE (%) Sector / Company ( ) TP( ) Rating ( Cr) FY16 FY17E FY18E FY16 FY17E FY18E FY16 FY17E FY18E FY16 FY17E FY18E FY16 FY17E FY18E Bharti Airtel (BHAAIR) Buy 147, Bharti Infratel (BHAINF) Buy 55, Idea Cellular (IDECEL) Hold 42, NM NA NM NM Tata Comm. (TATCOM) Buy 21, NM NA NA 36.4 ICICI Securities Ltd Retail Equity Research Page 6

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