LINK May2021

LINK

Contact our analyst Eka

26 % upside. BUY
28th May 2021
Price Rp3,940
Target price Rp4,980

Fourth quarter growth

LINK had double-digit revenue growth in 4Q 2020 of +10.7% YoY and 7% QoQ to IDR 1.09 trillion. For 2020FY, LINK recorded +8% YoY growth to IDR 4.05 trillion.
Revenue from Cable-tv grew +28.7% YoY to IDR 452 billion, while revenue from broadband was flat at IDR 593.7 trillion in 4Q2020. Revenue from broadband is still the largest contributor to 2020 total revenue of IDR 2.2 trillion.
The revenue growth is inline with the increases in subscribers. LINK added 24k net subscriber in 4Q2020 and has added 171k subscribers in 2020, growing its total subscriber base by 25% to 839k subscribers as at 2020FY.
LINK has reached 2.680 million homes passed and the penetration rate in 4Q2020 has reached 31.3%.
ARPU slightly decreased to IDR 364 thousand in 4Q2020 despite the subscriber increase, but is still the highest in the market.
We expect demand will stay strong as consumer behavior shifts (working at home, learning from home, etc) and will boost LINK revenue in 2021. We are targeting LINK revenue to grow +10% in 2021 to a reach IDR 4.45 trillion.

Higher Margins

LINK has continued to improve cost of sales and opex in 4Q2020, this can be seen from the decrease in the ratio of cost of sales and opex to revenue both QoQ and YoY.
This resulted in EBITDA in 4Q2020 of IDR 668 billion which is higher compared to other quarters as well as a higher EBITDA margin of 61% in 4Q2020 compared to 56,5% in 3Q2020 and 56% in 2Q2020.
In terms of profit, LINK recorded higher profit of IDR 242.7 billion, +100% growth YoY. Fro 2020FY net profit grew +5.3% to IDR 942 billion, while the net profit margin decreased to 23.3% from 23.8%.
The migration project is on schedule, will be completed by the middle of 2022,, and is fully funded and under budget.
LINK ability to maintain costs will impact positively to profit and margins, and we expect double digit growth in profit to IDR 1.04 trillion in 2021F.

Valuation: Maintain BUY, 26% upside

We have a one year target price for LINK of IDR.4,980, offering investors a potential return of 26%. This would mean the stock trading at 11.5x 2022F PE. We recommend BUY We recommend BUY

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