Millicom Stock Gains As Xavier Niel Reportedly Boosts Bid To $4.4B; Quarterly Earnings Miss Estimates
Millicom Stock Gains As Xavier Niel Reportedly Boosts Bid To $4.4B; Quarterly Earnings Miss Estimates
Millicom International Cellular S.A. (NASDAQ:TIGO) shares are trading higher on Friday.
纳斯达克:TIGO股票周五上涨。
Billionaire Xavier Niel reportedly increased his bid for Millicom International to approximately $4.4 billion after the Latin American phone carrier rejected an earlier offer as insufficient.
亿万富翁Xavier Niel据称将对 Millicom International 的报价提高至约44亿美元，此前这家拉美电信运营商拒绝了一份被视为不足够的早期报价。Niel的Atlas Luxco Sarl现在提议每股以现金支付25.75美元，高于之前的24美元，据BNN Bloomberg报道。
Niel's Atlas Luxco Sarl has now proposed $25.75 per share in cash, up from the previous $24 per share, reported BNN Bloomberg.
Millicom 的独立董事会委员会此前曾拒绝了这次报价，Atlas最初认为没有新的理由来证明更高的价格。
Millicom's independent board committee had previously rejected this bid, with Atlas initially arguing that there were no new reasons justifying a higher price.
与此同时，该公司报告的季度每股收益为46美分，未达到分析师预估的54美分。季度销售额为14.58亿美元，低于分析师预期的14.83亿美元。
Meanwhile, the company reported quarterly earnings per share of 46 cents, missing the street view of 54 cents. Quarterly sales of $1.458 billion missed the analyst consensus of $1.483 billion.
首席执行官MarceloBenitez表示：“Millicom已经经历了一次旨在显著增加公司股权自由现金流产生的重要转变。这些努力在Q2得到了回报，有机EBITDA增长近20％，EFCF为2.68亿美元，杠杆率大幅降至2.77倍，使公司在2024年实现其目标的轨迹上。”
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"Millicom has undergone an important transformation aimed at significantly increasing the company's equity free cash flow generation. These efforts began to pay off in Q2, with EBITDA up almost 20% organically, EFCF of $268 million and leverage down significantly to 2.77x, putting the company on track to achieve its 2024 targets," said Chief Executive Officer Marcelo Benitez.
该公司表示，优先考虑移动端的ARPU增长，减少在家中的流失，加速B2B增长。
The company said it is prioritizing ARPU growth in Mobile, reducing churn in Home, and accelerating growth in B2B.
该公司还正在进行回报为中心的投资，以在2024年下半年维持市场地位并推动客户增长。所有这些行动均旨在确保2025年及以后的自由现金流增长，符合长期计划，Millicom表示。
The company is also making return-focused investments to sustain market position and drive customer growth in the second half of 2024. All these actions are designed to ensure continued EFCF growth in 2025 and beyond, in line with the long-term plan, Millicom said.
Millicom的目标是在2024年达到超过6亿美元的股权自由现金流，不包括哥伦比亚之前宣布的塔架销售收益。Millicom还将在2024年年底将杠杆率降至接近2.5倍。
Millicom targets equity-free cash flow above $600 million in 2024, excluding proceeds for the previously-announced tower sale in Colombia. Millicom also targets leverage to near 2.5x at year-end 2024.
股票走势:TIGO股票周五上涨5.81%，至26.04美元。
Price Action: TIGO shares are trading higher by 5.81% to $26.04 at last check Friday.
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