/KASE, April 30, 2021/ – Kcell (Almaty), whose shares are officially listed on
Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has informed KASE about operating results
for January–March 2021:
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Kcell Joint Stock Company ("Kcell" or the "Company") (LSE, KASE: KCEL; AIX:
KCEL, KCEL.Y), the leading provider of mobile telecommunications services in
Kazakhstan, announces its interim results for January – March 2021.
First quarter
- Net sales increased by 9.9 percent to KZT 44,016 million (40,062). Service
revenue up 3.4 percent to KZT 35,802 million (34,620); service revenue
excluding off-net bulk sms up 7.6 percent.
- EBITDA, excluding non-recurring items, increased by 21.3 percent to KZT
19,421 million (16,007). The EBITDA margin grew to 44.1 percent (40.0).
- Operating income, excluding non-recurring items, grew by 44.4 percent to KZT
11,770 million (8,149).
- Net finance cost decreased by 6.4 percent to KZT 2,223 million (2,374).
- Net income grew by 33.8 percent to KZT 7,150 million (5,343).
- CAPEX-to-sales ratio of 6.3 percent (6.5).
- Free cash flow decreased to KZT – 1,486 million (3,211).
- The subscriber base increased to 8,053 thousand (7,992).
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More details are available on KASE website:
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https://kase.kz/files/emitters/KCEL/kcel_reliz_300421_1.pdf – in Russian;
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https://kase.kz/files/emitters/KCEL/kcel_reliz_300421_eng_1.pdf – in English.
[2021-04-30]