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.
納斯達克:TIGO股票週五上漲。
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.
億萬富翁Xavier Niel據稱將對 Millicom International 的報價提高至約44億美元，此前這家拉美電信運營商拒絕了一份被視爲不足夠的早期報價。Niel的Atlas Luxco Sarl現在提議每股以現金支付25.75美元，高於之前的24美元，據BNN Bloomberg報道。
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 的獨立董事會委員會此前曾拒絕了這次報價，Atlas最初認爲沒有新的理由來證明更高的價格。
Millicom's independent board committee had previously rejected this bid, with Atlas initially arguing that there were no new reasons justifying a higher price.
與此同時，該公司報告的季度每股收益爲46美分，未達到分析師預估的54美分。季度銷售額爲14.58億美元，低於分析師預期的14.83億美元。
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.
首席執行官MarceloBenitez表示：“Millicom已經經歷了一次旨在顯著增加公司股權自由現金流產生的重要轉變。這些努力在Q2得到了回報，有機EBITDA增長近20％，EFCF爲2.68億美元，槓桿率大幅降至2.77倍，使公司在2024年實現其目標的軌跡上。”
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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.
該公司表示，優先考慮移動端的ARPU增長，減少在家中的流失，加速B2B增長。
The company said it is prioritizing ARPU growth in Mobile, reducing churn in Home, and accelerating growth in B2B.
該公司還正在進行回報爲中心的投資，以在2024年下半年維持市場地位並推動客戶增長。所有這些行動均旨在確保2025年及以後的自由現金流增長，符合長期計劃，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的目標是在2024年達到超過6億美元的股權自由現金流，不包括哥倫比亞之前宣佈的塔架銷售收益。Millicom還將在2024年年底將槓桿率降至接近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.
股票走勢:TIGO股票週五上漲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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