{"id":5731,"date":"2017-04-25T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investors.kcell.kz\/?p=5731"},"modified":"2023-12-07T10:47:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T10:47:15","slug":"%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%b7%d1%83%d0%bb%d1%8c%d1%82%d0%b0%d1%82%d1%8b-%d0%b7%d0%b0-%d1%8f%d0%bd%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1%80%d1%8c-%d0%bc%d0%b0%d1%80%d1%82-2017-%d0%b3%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%b0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investors.kcell.kz\/?p=5731&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Results for January \u2014 March 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Almaty, 26&nbsp;April 2017&nbsp;\u2014 Kcell Joint Stock Company (\u00abKcell\u00bb or&nbsp;the \u00abCompany\u00bb) (LSE, KASE: KCEL), the leading provider of&nbsp;mobile telecommunications services in&nbsp;Kazakhstan by&nbsp;market share in&nbsp;terms of&nbsp;revenue and subscribers, announces its interim results for January&nbsp;\u2014 March 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First quarter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Net sales increased by&nbsp;0.1 percent to<br>KZT 35,517 million (35,470). Service revenue down 1.5 percent to&nbsp;KZT 33,022 million (33,514).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EBITDA, excluding non-recurring items, decreased by&nbsp;12.1 percent to&nbsp;KZT 13,126 million (14,928). The EBITDA margin was at&nbsp;37.0 percent (42.1).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Operating income, excluding non-recurring items, down 20.4 percent to&nbsp;KZT 7,496 million (9,415).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Net finance cost increased to&nbsp;KZT 2,683 million (750).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Net income decreased by&nbsp;42.7 percent to KZT 3,799 million (6,625).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CAPEX-to-sales ratio of&nbsp;16.7 percent (82.2, 8.9 excluding KZT 26&nbsp;billion for frequencies).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Free cash flow increased to&nbsp;KZT 1,748 million (-13,494).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>During the quarter, the subscriber base remained stable quarter-on-quarter at&nbsp;9,979&nbsp;thousand, and increased by&nbsp;124 thousand subscribers year-on-year (9,855).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Financial highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>KZT in&nbsp;millions, except key ratios,<br>per share data and changes<\/td><td>Jan-Mar2017<\/td><td>Jan-Mar2016<\/td><td>Chg<br>(%)<\/td><td>Jan-Dec2016<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Revenue<\/td><td>35,517<\/td><td>35,470<\/td><td>0.1<\/td><td>147,037<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>of&nbsp;which service revenue<\/td><td>33,022<\/td><td>33,514<\/td><td>-1.5<\/td><td>137,337<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>EBITDA excl. non-recurring items<\/td><td>13,126<\/td><td>14,928<\/td><td>-12.1<\/td><td>57,989<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Margin (%)<\/td><td>37.0<\/td><td>42.1<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>39.4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Operating income<\/td><td>7,496<\/td><td>9,058<\/td><td>-17.2<\/td><td>31,041<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Operating income excl. non-recurring items<\/td><td>7,496<\/td><td>9,415<\/td><td>-20.4<\/td><td>33,740<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Net income attributable to&nbsp;owners of&nbsp;the parent company<\/td><td>3,799<\/td><td>6,625<\/td><td>-42.7<\/td><td>16,684<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Earnings per share (KZT)<\/td><td>19.0<\/td><td>33.1<\/td><td>-42.7<\/td><td>83.4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CAPEX-to-sales (%)<\/td><td>16.7<\/td><td>82.2<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>34.7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Free cash flow<\/td><td>1,748<\/td><td>-13,494<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>-13,293<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In&nbsp;this report, comparative figures are provided in&nbsp;parentheses following the operational and financial results and refer to&nbsp;the same item in&nbsp;the first quarter of&nbsp;2016, unless otherwise stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/static.kcell.kz\/investors\/Results-Report-Jan-Mar-Q1-2017-EN.pdf\">FULL REPORT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almaty, 26&nbsp;April 2017&nbsp;\u2014 Kcell Joint Stock Company (\u00abKcell\u00bb or&nbsp;the \u00abCompany\u00bb) (LSE, KASE: KCEL), the leading provider of&nbsp;mobile telecommunications services in&nbsp;Kazakhstan by&nbsp;market share in&nbsp;terms of&nbsp;revenue and subscribers, announces its interim results for January&nbsp;\u2014 March 2017. First quarter Financial highlights KZT in&nbsp;millions, except key ratios,per share data and changes Jan-Mar2017 Jan-Mar2016 Chg(%) Jan-Dec2016 Revenue 35,517 35,470 0.1 &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/investors.kcell.kz\/?p=5731&#038;lang=en\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Results for January \u2014 March 2017<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":2267,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[487],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2017-en"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/investors.kcell.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/\u041a\u043e\u0440\u043f-\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438-\u0440\u0435\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f-\u0421\u0414-1-1.png",1920,881,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/investors.kcell.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/\u041a\u043e\u0440\u043f-\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438-\u0440\u0435\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f-\u0421\u0414-1-1-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/investors.kcell.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/\u041a\u043e\u0440\u043f-\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438-\u0440\u0435\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f-\u0421\u0414-1-1-300x138.png",300,138,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/investors.kcell.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/\u041a\u043e\u0440\u043f-\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438-\u0440\u0435\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f-\u0421\u0414-1-1-768x352.png",768,352,true],"large":["https:\/\/investors.kcell.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/\u041a\u043e\u0440\u043f-\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438-\u0440\u0435\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f-\u0421\u0414-1-1-1024x470.png",1024,470,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/investors.kcell.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/\u041a\u043e\u0440\u043f-\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438-\u0440\u0435\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f-\u0421\u0414-1-1-1536x705.png",1536,705,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/investors.kcell.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/\u041a\u043e\u0440\u043f-\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438-\u0440\u0435\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f-\u0421\u0414-1-1.png",1920,881,false]},"post_excerpt_stackable":"<p>Almaty, 26&nbsp;April 2017&nbsp;\u2014 Kcell Joint Stock Company (\u00abKcell\u00bb or&nbsp;the \u00abCompany\u00bb) (LSE, KASE: KCEL), the leading provider of&nbsp;mobile telecommunications services in&nbsp;Kazakhstan by&nbsp;market share in&nbsp;terms of&nbsp;revenue and subscribers, announces its interim results for January&nbsp;\u2014 March 2017. First quarter Net sales increased by&nbsp;0.1 percent toKZT 35,517 million (35,470). Service revenue down 1.5 percent to&nbsp;KZT 33,022 million (33,514). EBITDA, excluding non-recurring items, decreased by&nbsp;12.1 percent to&nbsp;KZT 13,126 million (14,928). The EBITDA margin was at&nbsp;37.0 percent (42.1). Operating income, excluding non-recurring items, down 20.4 percent to&nbsp;KZT 7,496 million (9,415). Net finance cost increased to&nbsp;KZT 2,683 million (750). Net income decreased by&nbsp;42.7 percent to KZT 3,799&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list":"<a href=\"https:\/\/investors.kcell.kz\/?cat=487&#038;lang=en\" rel=\"category\">2017<\/a>","author_info":{"name":"investors_admin","url":"https:\/\/investors.kcell.kz\/?author=17"},"comments_num":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/investors.kcell.kz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/investors.kcell.kz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/investors.kcell.kz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investors.kcell.kz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investors.kcell.kz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5731"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/investors.kcell.kz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5735,"href":"https:\/\/investors.kcell.kz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5731\/revisions\/5735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investors.kcell.kz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/investors.kcell.kz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investors.kcell.kz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investors.kcell.kz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}