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Malaysian (KLSE) Telecom Sector Analysis

UpdatedJan 21, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies24
  • 7D0.8%
  • 3M-1.9%
  • 1Y-7.9%
  • YTD-1.2%

Over the last 7 days, the Telecom industry has remained flat. Unfortunately though, the industry is down 7.2% over the past 12 months. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 10% per annum.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the Malaysian Telecom Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 21 Jan 2025RM 130.8bRM 66.0bRM 6.3b15.3x20.9x2x
Thu, 19 Dec 2024RM 130.9bRM 66.0bRM 6.3b16.5x20.9x2x
Sat, 16 Nov 2024RM 124.0bRM 66.3bRM 5.3b16.2x23.2x1.9x
Mon, 14 Oct 2024RM 130.9bRM 66.2bRM 5.3b15.3x24.8x2x
Wed, 11 Sep 2024RM 134.9bRM 66.3bRM 5.2b19.6x25.8x2x
Fri, 09 Aug 2024RM 131.9bRM 66.0bRM 4.8b21.2x27.4x2x
Sun, 07 Jul 2024RM 132.5bRM 66.0bRM 4.8b20.3x27.5x2x
Tue, 04 Jun 2024RM 137.4bRM 66.0bRM 4.7b22.8x29.1x2.1x
Thu, 02 May 2024RM 141.6bRM 65.2bRM 4.6b19.9x30.5x2.2x
Sat, 30 Mar 2024RM 137.9bRM 65.2bRM 4.6b21.1x29.7x2.1x
Mon, 26 Feb 2024RM 143.4bRM 65.5bRM 4.7b21.4x30.7x2.2x
Wed, 24 Jan 2024RM 141.7bRM 65.3bRM 215.4m21.7x657.8x2.2x
Fri, 22 Dec 2023RM 136.8bRM 65.3bRM 215.4m21.9x635.1x2.1x
Sun, 19 Nov 2023RM 138.9bRM 64.9b-RM 1,257,781,318.0021.9x-110.4x2.1x
Tue, 17 Oct 2023RM 139.3bRM 63.2b-RM 1,414,189,318.0022x-98.5x2.2x
Thu, 14 Sep 2023RM 142.2bRM 63.3b-RM 1,339,289,318.0020.9x-106.2x2.2x
Sat, 12 Aug 2023RM 141.0bRM 60.8b-RM 875,361,364.0015.7x-161.1x2.3x
Mon, 10 Jul 2023RM 135.5bRM 60.7b-RM 894,575,201.0015.1x-151.4x2.2x
Wed, 07 Jun 2023RM 145.1bRM 60.8b-RM 810,513,201.0013.7x-179x2.4x
Fri, 05 May 2023RM 151.0bRM 58.5b-RM 1,296,027,420.0014.7x-116.5x2.6x
Sun, 02 Apr 2023RM 145.9bRM 58.5b-RM 1,283,873,420.0014.7x-113.6x2.5x
Tue, 28 Feb 2023RM 145.4bRM 58.7b-RM 1,331,467,463.0014x-109.2x2.5x
Thu, 26 Jan 2023RM 144.3bRM 63.7bRM 4.0b14.1x36.1x2.3x
Sat, 24 Dec 2022RM 136.8bRM 63.7bRM 4.0b18.4x34.2x2.1x
Mon, 21 Nov 2022RM 121.1bRM 62.6bRM 4.4b19x27.5x1.9x
Wed, 19 Oct 2022RM 113.3bRM 62.5bRM 4.4b17.3x25.5x1.8x
Fri, 16 Sep 2022RM 119.6bRM 62.7bRM 4.4b18.6x27x1.9x
Sun, 14 Aug 2022RM 121.5bRM 62.0bRM 4.5b19.3x26.7x2x
Tue, 12 Jul 2022RM 114.0bRM 61.9bRM 4.6b20.1x24.6x1.8x
Thu, 09 Jun 2022RM 122.8bRM 62.3bRM 4.8b20.7x25.6x2x
Sat, 07 May 2022RM 128.6bRM 61.6bRM 4.8b20.3x26.6x2.1x
Mon, 04 Apr 2022RM 138.1bRM 61.5bRM 4.9b17.7x28.1x2.2x
Wed, 02 Mar 2022RM 141.7bRM 61.6bRM 5.0b19x28.2x2.3x
Fri, 28 Jan 2022RM 138.3bRM 60.4bRM 4.8b19.3x29.1x2.3x
Price to Earnings Ratio

29.1x


Total Market Cap: RM 138.3bTotal Earnings: RM 4.8bTotal Revenue: RM 60.4bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Malaysian Telecom Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 33.7x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Malaysian Communication Services industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 20.7x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 33.7x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 2.1x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Communication Services industry have grown 9.6% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 3.0% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Malaysian Telecom sector?

MY Market-0.74%
Telecom0.85%
Interactive Media and Services3.69%
Media3.15%
Wireless Telecom1.24%
Entertainment0%0
Telecom Services and Carriers-0.36%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Wireless Telecom industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 10.8x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 12.0%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 33.0% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Interactive Media and Services industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 19.6x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Wireless Telecom industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 12% over the next 5 years.
  • However this is lower than its past earnings growth rate of 33% per year.
  • In contrast, the Media industry is expected to see its earnings decline by 3.3% per year over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
CDB Celcomdigi BerhadRM 3.741.6%
+RM 703.9m
-11.6%PE26.5x
AXIATA Axiata Group BerhadRM 2.271.3%
+RM 275.5m
-15.3%PE18.3x
TIMECOM TIME dotCom BerhadRM 4.662.9%
+RM 240.3m
-14.8%PE25x
MAXIS Maxis BerhadRM 3.630.6%
+RM 156.7m
-4.2%PE25.1x
ASTRO Astro Malaysia Holdings BerhadRM 0.234.5%
+RM 52.2m
-41.8%PE7.4x
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