Month: December 2012

 

Telecom – Dec 2012

The following is the comparison between the three Telecom companies listed in SGX:

Singapore Telecom

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

Average

Score

Dividend Rate

M1

$ 0.178

$ 0.135

$ 0.134

$ 0.145

$ 0.108

$ 0.261

$ 0.108

$ 0.153

1

Singtel

$ 0.258

$ 0.148

$ 0.131

$ 0.125

$ 0.216

$ 0.121

$ 0.104

$ 0.157

2

Starhub

$ 0.200

$ 0.200

$ 0.185

$ 0.180

$ 0.156

$ 0.117

$ 0.065

$ 0.158

3

EPS

M1

$ 0.18

$ 0.17

$ 0.17

$ 0.17

$ 0.19

$ 0.17

$ 0.16

$ 0.172

2

Singtel

$ 0.248

$ 0.239

$ 0.245

$ 0.234

$ 0.251

$ 0.221

$ 0.204

$ 0.235

3

Starhub

$ 0.185

$ 0.153

$ 0.187

$ 0.182

$ 0.186

$ 0.175

$ 0.103

$ 0.167

1

Payout Ratio

M1

98.69%

77.40%

80.21%

86.33%

58.48%

157.24%

66.22%

89.23%

2

Singtel

103.99%

61.88%

53.39%

53.38%

85.97%

54.65%

50.88%

66.30%

1

Starhub

108.18%

130.68%

98.88%

98.88%

84.10%

67.09%

63.23%

93.01%

3

FCF/Revenue Ratio

M1

15.14%

6.89%

13.18%

19.69%

21.50%

31.40%

20.73%

18.36%

1

Singtel

18.12%

22.49%

19.67%

21.83%

23.97%

20.87%

20.63%

21.08%

3

Starhub

19.45%

17.76%

21.44%

17.75%

23.99%

18.50%

16.36%

19.32%

2

Net Margin

M1

15.41%

16.04%

19.23%

18.75%

21.39%

21.29%

20.69%

18.97%

2

Singtel

21.69%

21.58%

23.61%

23.55%

27.16%

28.25%

31.67%

25.36%

3

Starhub

13.65%

11.76%

14.87%

14.63%

16.40%

19.96%

14.10%

15.05%

1

Score

M1

NA

NA

12

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

8

Singtel

NA

NA

11

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

12

Starhub

NA

NA

7

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

10

Three points is assigned to the best telecom in each category

Score is tabulated on the entire category. From the tabulated result:

1) Singtel

2) Starhub

3) M1