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Kotak RJio July 2019
Kotak RJio July 2019
Telecommunication Services
India JULY 20, 2019
UPDATE
BSE-30: 38,337
R-Jio’s net revenue growth pace continues to come down. 1QFY20 revenues grew a modest 5.2%
qoq and 44% yoy to Rs116.8 bn, 3.7% below our estimated Rs121.3 bn. Revenue growth was
led by a 8% qoq increase in EOP subs with average subs base growing 8.7%. ARPU/sub/month
declined a sharp 3.3% qoq and 9.3% yoy to Rs122.1/share; our estimate was Rs126.5. The
company attributed the sequential ARPU decline to – (a) higher adoption of long-term (>= 70
day) plans (please see Exhibit 1 for R-Jio’s most popular plans and implied ARPU), (b) increase in
proportion of discounted digital recharges, and (c) impact of JioPhones.
We are a tad surprised with the magnitude of qoq ARPU decline as none of these factors was a
completely fresh one. If anything, with two mega cricketing events during the quarter, 1Q
should have seen an ARPU bump up from sale of cricket pack top-ups (Rs251 top-up; additional
102 GB data for 51 days). The company had indicated good adoption of this top-up plan in the
CY2018 IPL season. With an additional mega cricketing event to boot, we are surprised 1QFY20
did not see much demand for this top-up plan. If the current data allowances are sufficient for
watching long cricket matches on a wireless connection on the go, as R-Jio suggested, case for
increasing ARPU by selling higher-value, higher-allowance plans seems quite weak.
Ind-AS 116 adoption lifts reported EBITDA by Rs3.7 bn; below-revenue P&L tough to analyze
R-Jio’s reported EBITDA of Rs46.7 bn for the quarter was materially (26%) ahead of our
expected Rs37.1 bn. Ind-AS 116 lease accounting adoption boosted reported EBITDA by Rs3.7
bn as the company recognized Rs66.3 bn right-to-use assets (and a corresponding lease liability)
pertaining to tower rental agreements that qualify for lease accounting under AS116. PBT and
PAT impact was marginal. The company did indicate that not all tower rental agreements
qualified and hence, the disclosed numbers (Rs66.33 bn asset/liability recognition or the Rs3.72
bn EBITDA impact) do not convey much about the leaseback agreements with the tower SPV.
P&L contours (below revenue line) were impacted further and materially so, by the transfer of
tower and fiber assets to the two respective InVIT-owned SPVs effective March 31, 2019.
Balance sheet impact (asset transfer value post revaluation, debt transferred, fresh preference
shares, etc.) on R-Jio was duly disclosed in 4QFY19 analyst meet. Sufficient details were Rohit Chordia
provided to understand the ‘sale’ part of the two ‘sale and leaseback’ transactions (in spirit). We rohit.chordia@kotak.com
Mumbai: +91-22-4336-0885
were hoping to get sufficient details to understand the ‘leaseback’ part of the transactions in
the 1QFY20 print or the analyst meet. We did not; published disclosures didn’t help nor did the Aniket Sethi
analyst meet. These disclosures were of course voluntary (and not statutory) in nature; choosing aniket.sethi@kotak.com
Mumbai: +91-22-4336-0881
to disclose details on one half (‘sale’ or balance sheet impact) and not the other (‘leaseback’ or
P&L/cash flow impact) is a tad disappointing and seriously restricts our ability to analyze the
1QFY20 P&L below the EBITDA line. We are leaving our model and fair value estimate for R-Jio
unchanged for now; will review the same post ARFY19 release.
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India Telecommunication Services
Transaction closure is subject to regulatory approvals. R-Jio did not disclose any details on
the yield/IRR of the Brookfield investment. As discussed earlier, we think these would have
been good disclosures to help the Street appreciate the ‘sale and leaseback’ transaction in its
entirety. Voluntary as these disclosures may be, they would have scored high on the
governance scorecard.
EOP subs base stood at 331 mn, +24.5 mn net adds qoq; churn stood at 0.97%.
Data volumes stood at 10.9 bn GB for the quarter, +15% qoq, implying a data usage per
sub of 11.4 GB/month, +5% qoq.
Voice traffic stood at 786 bn minutes, +8.5% qoq and +75% yoy; MOU was 821
minutes per sub per month, flat qoq but up 10% yoy.
Exhibit 1: Comparison of Jio's short (28 days) and long (>=70 days) tariff plans
Price Validity Data allowance Fair usage policy Effective ARPU Consumer price
Operator (Rs) (days) (GB) (GB/day) (Rs/month) (Rs/GB/day)
28-day validity plans
Jio 149 28 42 1.50 137 3.5
Jio 198 28 56 2.00 182 3.5
>70-day validity plans
Jio 349 70 105 1.50 129 3.3
Jio 399 84 126 1.50 122 3.2
Jio 449 91 137 1.50 127 3.3
Jio 398 70 140 2.00 147 2.8
Jio 448 84 168 2.00 137 2.7
Jio 498 91 182 2.00 141 2.7
70 66
64
60
50
40
40
30 26
20
10
0
Subs AGR 4G subs 4G traffic
Exhibit 3: Interim performance of Reliance Jio, March fiscal year-ends (Rs mn)
1QFY19 2QFY19 3QFY19 4QFY19 1QFY20 qoq (%) yoy (%) 1QFY20E Deviation (%)
Profit model
Revenues 81,091 92,400 103,830 111,060 116,790 5.2 44.0 121,326 (3.7)
Interconnect (net) (10,570) (10,460) (10,050) (10,990) (8,510) (22.6) (19.5) (11,500) (26.0)
LF/SUC (8,602) (9,830) (11,360) (11,800) (12,870) 9.1 49.6 (12,950) (0.6)
Network operating costs (21,429) (26,040) (31,900) (34,010) (38,240) 12.4 78.5 (48,068) (20.4)
Employee costs (3,677) (4,060) (4,260) (4,580) (3,920) (14.4) 6.6 (4,900) (20.0)
SG&A and other costs (5,353) (6,290) (5,740) (6,420) (6,550) 2.0 22.4 (6,800) (3.7)
EBITDA 31,460 35,720 40,520 43,260 46,700 8.0 48.4 37,108 25.8
Other income 14 10 10 30 160 43
Finance cost (7,676) (9,960) (10,910) (12,940) (16,600) 28.3 116.3 (9,458)
Depreciation and amortization (14,394) (15,310) (16,840) (17,440) (16,570) (5.0) 15.1 (12,025)
Profit before taxes 9,405 10,460 12,780 12,910 13,690 6.0 45.6 15,668 (12.6)
Current tax (2,027) (2,250) (2,760) (2,780) (2,950) (4,593)
Deferred tax (1,259) (1,400) (1,710) (1,730) (1,830) (875)
Net income/(loss) 6,119 6,810 8,310 8,400 8,910 6.1 45.6 10,200 (12.6)
Contribution to RIL's EPS (Rs) 1.03 1.15 1.40 1.42 1.50 6.1 45.4 1.72 (12.7)
Operational metrics
EOP subscribers (mn) 215.3 252.3 280.1 306.7 331.2 8.0 53.8 332.7 (0.5)
Average subscribers (mn) 201.0 233.8 266.2 293.4 319.0 8.7 58.7 319.7 (0.2)
ARPU (Rs/sub/month) 134.5 131.7 130.0 126.2 122.1 (3.3) (9.3) 126.5 (3.5)
EBITDA margins (%) 38.8 38.7 39.0 39.0 40.0 30.6
Data consumption (bn GB) 6.42 7.71 8.64 9.56 10.90 14.0 69.8 10.84
Data consumption per user (GB/month) 10.65 10.99 10.82 10.86 11.39 4.9 7.0 11.30
Total voice traffic (bn min) 449 534 634 724 786 8.5 75.2 794
MOU (min/sub/month) 744 761 794 823 821 (0.2) 10.4 828
Costs as % of revenues
Interconnect costs (net) 13.0 11.3 9.7 9.9 7.3 9.5
LF/SUC as % of net revenues 12.2 12.0 12.1 11.8 11.0 10.7
Network operating costs 26.4 28.2 30.7 30.6 32.7 39.6
Employee costs 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.1 3.4 4.0
SG&A and other costs 6.6 6.8 5.5 5.8 5.6 5.6
ETR (%) 34.9 34.9 35.0 34.9 34.9 34.9
Exhibit 4: Reliance Jio condensed balance sheet, March fiscal year-ends (Rs mn)
Exhibit 5: Condensed pro-forma balance sheet, fiber and tower SPVs (Rs bn)
Share capital 5 2 7
Preference shares 781 1 782
Liabilities
Bank borrowings 270 110 380
Others (capex creditors) 190 137 327
RIL NCDs 248 118 366
Advance paid by Jio 170 - 170
Total liabilities 1,664 368 2,032
Note:
(a) Adjusted for loan movements and advances paid by Jio post March 31, 2019.
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about the subject companies and securities, and (2) no part of his or her compensation was, is, or will be, directly or
indirectly, related to the specific recommendations or views expressed in this report: Rohit Chordia, Aniket Sethi."
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