Ratings PLDT Inc.

Equities

TEL

PHY7072Q1032

End-of-day quote Philippines S.E. Other stock markets 18:00:00 2024-05-30 EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
1,480 ^PHP	+7.25%		+4.23%	+15.72%

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Summary

Overall, and from a short-term perspective, the company presents an interesting fundamental situation.

Strengths

The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes.
The company returns high margins, thereby supporting business profitability.
The company's attractive earnings multiples are brought to light by a P/E ratio at 10.04 for the current year.
This company will be of major interest to investors in search of a high dividend stock.
For the last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.
For several months, analysts have been revising their EPS estimates roughly upwards.
Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.

Weaknesses

According to forecast, a sluggish sales growth is expected for the next fiscal years.
The company is in a hindered financial situation with significant debt and rather low EBITDA levels.
The overall consensus opinion of analysts has deteriorated sharply over the past four months.
The group usually releases earnings worse than estimated.

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Financials

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Consensus

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Business Predictability

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