Sprint (S) Q2 Loss Narrower Than Expected, '16 View Raised
Zacks Investment Research | Oct 24, 2016 10:08PM ET
Sprint Corp. (NYSE:S) reported impressive financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2016. The company reported a year-over-year decline in loss which was also narrower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Meanwhile, revenues beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate.
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Cash Flow
In the second quarter of fiscal 2016, Sprint generated $2,250 million of cash from operations compared with $1,797 million in the prior-year quarter. Quarterly adjusted free cash flow was $707 million as against a negative $100 million in the prior-year quarter.
Liquidity
At the end of the quarter under review, Sprint had $4,006 million of cash and marketable securities compared with $2,641 million at the end of fiscal 2015. Total long-term debt outstanding, at the end of the reported quarter, was $47,285 million compared with $45,233 million at the end of fiscal 2015. At first-quarter end, the debt-to-capitalization ratio was 58.5% versus 57.3% at the end of fiscal 2015.
Wireless Segment
Total segment revenue was $6,017 million, down 5% year over year. Postpaid revenues totaled $4,720 million, down 3.5%. Prepaid revenues were $1,129 million, down 10.3%. Wholesale revenues were $168 million, down 9.2%. Equipment revenues were $1,834 million, up 67.5% year over year.
Wireline Segment
Total segment revenue was $521 million, down 14.4% year over year. Voice revenues totaled $172 million, down 18.9%. Data revenues were $43 million, flat year over year. Internet revenues were $288 million, down 10.8%. Other revenues were $18 million, down 42% year over year.
Subscriber Statistics
In the reported quarter, Sprint gained 344,000 postpaid subscribers and 823,000 wholesale customers but lost 427,000 prepaid customers. As of Sep 30, 2016, Sprint had 60.193 million wireless customers, up 4% year over year. This includes 31.289 million postpaid, 13.547 million prepaid and 15.357 million wholesale customers.
Quarterly total retail postpaid churn rate was 1.52% compared with 1.54% in the year-ago quarter. Total retail prepaid churn rate was 5.63%, up from 5.06% in the prior-year quarter. Total retail postpaid ARPU (average revenue per user) was $50.54, down 6.4% year over year. Total retail prepaid ARPU was $27.31, down 1.3% year over year.
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