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Eutelsat Profit Warning; Credit Mover

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Eutelsat (ETL FP) on the move. Equity is down near-15% and its constituent bond in EUR HY index is streaming around 90bp wider (price -1.33 at 93.55) this morning after cutting FY24 outlook.


  • Company issued trading statement covering 4Q23 which downgraded revenue and EBITDA guidance on the slower rollout of Oneweb’s ground network than expected at the time of the merger in Sep-23. New medium-term financial targets will be released in Aug-24.
  • The cash bonds had been trading better since the merger and the largest bond (ETLFP 2 10/02/25, see graphic) had moved all the way in to trade close to Altice’s level (which is actually rated two notches lower at B). Mgmt indicates its continuing to target “leverage of c.3x in the medium term”.
  • The merger was touted as building a competitor to Starlink encompassing both geostationary and low earth orbit constellations though Oneweb LEO buildout was going to be a cash consumer.

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