Telefonica Brasil SA (NYSE:VIV)
$ 13.95 +0.050 (+0.36%) Market Cap: 22.29 Bil Enterprise Value: 24.44 Bil PE Ratio: 18.98 PB Ratio: 1.64 GF Score: 86/100

Q3 2024 Telefonica Brasil SA Earnings Call Transcript

Nov 06, 2024 / 02:00PM GMT
Release Date Price: $9.29 (+1.09%)

Key Points

Positve
  • Telefonica Brasil SA (VIV) reported a robust performance with all key lines posting real growth, maintaining its leadership position in the market.
  • The customer base increased by 7.6%, with significant growth in fibre connections (FTTH) by 12.5%.
  • Total revenues rose by 7.1%, driven primarily by an 8.8% increase in mobile service revenues.
  • EBITDA grew by 7.4% year over year, with a margin expansion to 24.2% of revenues.
  • The company achieved a double-digit net income growth of 10.4%, which will be fully distributed to shareholders.
Negative
  • The competitive environment remains challenging, with new entrants like Nubank offering aggressive pricing in the prepaid segment.
  • Operational expenses grew by 6.8% year over year, impacting cost management efforts.
  • The company faces volatility in lease payments, which can affect cash flow projections.
  • Legacy fixed revenues continue to decline, although the pace has decelerated slightly.
  • There are uncertainties regarding regulatory approvals for the migration from concession to authorization, which could impact future cost optimizations.
Operator

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Vivo's third quarter, 2024 earnings call. This conference is being recorded and the replay will be available at the company's website at [email protected]

The presentation will also be available for download.

This call is also available in Portuguese to access. You can press the globe icon on the lower right side of your zoom screen and then choose to enter the Portuguese room. After that select mute original audio parass in Portuguese inferior Portuguese room, Aara,(Speaking Portuguese language)

we would like to inform that all attendees will only be listening to the conference during the presentation and then we will start the question-and-answer session when further instructions will be provided before proceeding. We would like to clarify that any statements that may be made during this conference call regarding the company's business prospects, operational and financial projections and goals are beliefs and assumptions of Vivo's executive board and the current information available to the company.

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