Daniel Hajj
Analyst · LightShed. Your line is open
Thank you, Daniela. Thank you everyone for being in the second quarter 2020 financial and operating report and Carlos García Moreno is going to make a summary of the results. Thank you.
Carlos García Moreno: Thank you, Daniel. Good morning, everyone. Well, toward the end of the first quarter, the financial markets were in disarray, the dollar number in the U.S. collapsed, threatening to work the economic contractions stemming from lockdown measures and that controlling the spread of the COVID-19 virus. In general, we have announced a huge monetary quantitative expansion program. This decisive action not only stabilized the financial markets, allowing for new issuance of securities throughout the second quarter and quelled the excess demand for U.S. dollars that had resulted in its depreciations since then substantially the Latin American currency began to recover with the notable exception of the Brazilin real, which declined an additional 4.3% as to the dollar. Our revenue rate, in the Mexican peso, the Columbian peso and Chilean peso, all of which have dropped sharply in the first quarter and [indiscernible] possibly in the second quarter in which practically all our region of operation was on the lockdown. The containment measures adopted throughout our region of operation currently [indiscernible] partly on account of closures of shops and trade centers and partly because they general hotel and mobility of population and hence the, altogether, we lost slightly more than 5 million as compared to quarter segment with most operations to-date [indiscernible] restrictions of Columbia and telecom market and the disconnection between [indiscernible] Columbia -- more in -- These connections were more important in Mexico 1.7 million, Peru 1 million and Ecuador and Guatemala at approximately 450,000 each. In contrast, on the Seating segment, we gained 450,000 new Probank clients with every operation porting and increasing clients, except for Telekom Austria. There were, however, [indiscernible] services, particularly in Brazil, which accounted for 190,000 [indiscernible] disconnections [indiscernible] million wireless subscribers and 81 million fixed line RGUs. It is of note that our Colombia operation [indiscernible] during the quarter. Our second quarter revenue totaled MXN252 million, up slightly from a year earlier quarter 0.7% revenue probably 37% [indiscernible] Mexican peso terms. On a constant for most part of the depreciation of our reporting currency versus the dollar and the euro over the year which was approximately 15%. Based on performing the U.S. and Puerto Rico [indiscernible] reductions in the equipment sales as a result of the confinement restrictions, also because of our no restricted conditions for carpeting in most operations. At constant exchange rates, excluding Argentina, given its higher inflationary accounting methodology service revenues were up 0.8%. [indiscernible] of the mobile platform breaking 2.3% from those coming from 7%. The deceleration in service revenue growth 5% in the first quarter to resulted from the direct [indiscernible] division and settlement the product. Our 2.3% mobile service revenue growth slowed down sharply from the 8.4%. Brazil and Columbia will increase it 8.8% and a 12.8%, respectively. On the fixed-line platform, the impact of COVID was more limited with the phase of decline of revenues going from minus 0.7% in the first quarter to minus 1.7% in the second quarter. In Columbia, fixed-line revenues actually accelerated to 9.9% up from 9.5% despite the quarter. Deceleration in mobile service revenue growth more practically identical in prepaid and postpaid with revenues offsetting an improving trend as confinement restrictions began to be listed. In prepaid, revenue were affected by the lockdown measures of slide charges as most shops were older shopped, including our own customer care centers. The impact on revenues [indiscernible]. In postpaid, [indiscernible] lower power pants in anticipation of the economic difficulty of regulatory phase. In various cases as more [indiscernible] crises that have to close under the containment restrictions soft continued to service all with fixed cost, ability of data services. We try to stay close to our clients and help them find plus better suited for them given the economic difficulties that many were undergoing that doesn't state [indiscernible]. In percentage points, the decline in portal growth rates was steepest in Ecuador and Panama. Equipment sales [indiscernible] early in the crisis, bottoming in metrologic canine chart but climbing back rapidly during the remainder of the quarter. Fixed broadband services continue to lead the way within the group with revenues increasing 7.3%, very much in line with the pace seen the prior two quarters. With only one exception, all our operations posted fixed-broadband revenue increases in the quarter. Our less mature fixed-line operations, including those in Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and Costa Rica all performed well, with the pace of growth picking up speed. Second quarter EBITDA totaled MXN82.6 billion, up 5.9% in Mexican peso terms with the EBITDA margin climbing 1.7 percentage points to 32.9%. At constant exchange rates, it increased 3.3%, reflecting in part the impact of a new commercial agreement reached by Tracfone in the U.S. by grow about reductions in network costs to be applied from January 1st. Our operating profit jumped 10.5% to MXN40.9 billion and helped bring about a net profit of MXN20 billion in the second quarter, after allowing for financing costs of MXN11 billion, which were 6.3% lower than in the year-earlier quarter. Our net profit, equivalent to MXN0.30 per share and $0.26 per ADR, was up 40% on the second quarter of last year. At the end of June, our net debt totaled MXN765 billion, up from MXN677 billion at the close of 2019, which reflects among other things an increase in the values of dollar and euro denominated debts vis-à-vis the Mexican peso. It stood at 1.89 times EBITDA under our prior methodology of EBITDA. In cash flow terms our net debt came down by MXN8.3 billion in the six months to June. In addition to the above, our cash flow allowed us to cover capital expenditures in the amount of MXN63 billion and to devote MXN6.2 billion to fund labor-related obligations. In Mexico, service revenues came down 2.1% mostly on account of mobile service revenues that fell from 10% growth pace in the first quarter, minus 2.5% in the second quarter with fixed line service revenue showing a very slight decline quarter-over-quarter. In Brazil, postpaid revenues proved to be very resilient, observing an 11.8% increase on yearly quarter, although down from the reason of the first quarter, you have nonetheless quite a remarkable pace. Fixed load and revenues stayed on trend, presenting practically same type of growth in the first and second quarters. All the above something that will bring about an outstanding jump in EBITDA, which were up 10.7% year-on-year with EBITDA margin reaching 40%, if we decide to have in Brazil. Finally North in Colombia, it was the only operation to roll it up and no different lines. And innovation is managed to present an increase in revenues on both the mobile and fixed-line platforms at 12.8% and 9.9%, respectively. With this, thank you very much for listening to the call. And I'll get back to Daniel Hajj.