Gains in market share strengthening BUY
True Corp. Plc
TRUE's takeover of revenue market share from peers is strengthening, at ~1.2% in 1Q16 from 0.75% a quarter in 2015 - to reach a share of 22% in 1Q16. We expect this to continue, backed by its 2G 900MHz network rollout in April. We thus stand by our forecast for a core loss only in 2016 with the bottom line back to the black in 2017, three years faster than the market expects. Buy.
- Positive tone at meeting. TRUE's management held an analysts meeting at which the tone was positive and coincided with our expectations. Key takeaways:
- Management is confident it will raise Bt60bn cash from its equity issue, with CP group taking all unsubscribed shares from the upcoming rights offering (RO).