DIAL.N0000 Stock Overview

Provides communication and telecommunication infrastructure services to individuals and corporates in Sri Lanka. More details

DIAL.N0000 fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	2/6
Future Growth	0/6
Past Performance	4/6
Financial Health	2/6
Dividends	3/6

Rewards

Price-To-Earnings ratio (9.7x) is below the LK market (9.8x)

Earnings grew by 66.9% over the past year

Risk Analysis

Earnings have declined by 9.7% per year over past 5 years

Interest payments are not well covered by earnings

Dividend of 11.65% is not well covered by earnings or free cash flows

Shareholders have been diluted in the past year

My Notes

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Dialog Axiata PLC Competitors

Almendral

SNSE:ALMENDRAL

CL$348.1b

Mobile Telecommunications

NMSE:MOC

R5.7b

Omani Qatari Telecommunications Company SAOG

MSM:ORDS

ر.ع147.1m

Spok Holdings

NasdaqGS:SPOK

US$323.5m

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Dialog Axiata
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	LK₨11.50
52 Week High	LK₨12.20
52 Week Low	LK₨8.40
Beta	0.67
1 Month Change	10.58%
3 Month Change	22.34%
1 Year Change	29.21%
3 Year Change	4.55%
5 Year Change	-7.26%
Change since IPO	-31.34%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	DIAL.N0000	LK Wireless Telecom	LK Market
7D	2.7%	-0.7%	3.8%
1Y	29.2%	22.6%	38.5%

Return vs Industry: DIAL.N0000 exceeded the LK Wireless Telecom industry which returned 22.6% over the past year.

Return vs Market: DIAL.N0000 underperformed the LK Market which returned 38.5% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is DIAL.N0000's price volatile compared to industry and market?
DIAL.N0000 volatility
DIAL.N0000 Average Weekly Movement	3.2%
Wireless Telecom Industry Average Movement	3.2%
Market Average Movement	4.7%
10% most volatile stocks in LK Market	7.4%
10% least volatile stocks in LK Market	3.0%

Stable Share Price: DIAL.N0000 has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the LK market.

Volatility Over Time: DIAL.N0000's weekly volatility (3%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1993	3,021	W. V. Supun Weerasinghe	www.dialog.lk

Dialog Axiata PLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides communication and telecommunication infrastructure services to individuals and corporates in Sri Lanka. The company operates through three segments: Mobile Operation, Fixed Telephony and Broadband Operation, and Television Operation. It offers communication services, such as mobile, fixed telephony, broadband, hosted PABX, and international gateway; telecommunication infrastructure services, including tower infrastructure and transmission services; network operations and development services; and media services comprising digital television services based on satellite, cable, and terrestrial media.

Dialog Axiata PLC Fundamentals Summary

How do Dialog Axiata's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
DIAL.N0000 fundamental statistics
Market cap	LK₨105.80b
Earnings (TTM)	LK₨10.96b
Revenue (TTM)	LK₨173.63b

9.7x

P/E Ratio

0.6x

P/S Ratio

Is DIAL.N0000 overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
DIAL.N0000 income statement (TTM)
Revenue	LK₨173.63b
Cost of Revenue	LK₨106.03b
Gross Profit	LK₨67.60b
Other Expenses	LK₨56.64b
Earnings	LK₨10.96b

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	1.19
Gross Margin	38.93%
Net Profit Margin	6.31%
Debt/Equity Ratio	158.9%

How did DIAL.N0000 perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

11.7%

Current Dividend Yield

104%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/26 18:53
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/26 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Dialog Axiata PLC is covered by 6 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Maduka Perera	Asia Securities (Private) Limited
Dilushka de Mel	Capital Alliance Securities (Private) Ltd.
null null	CT CLSA Securities

DIAL.N0000 Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

Dialog Axiata PLC Competitors

SNSE:ALMENDRAL

CL$348.1b

NMSE:MOC

R5.7b

MSM:ORDS

ر.ع147.1m

NasdaqGS:SPOK

US$323.5m

Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

High number of new directors

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: LK₨0.49 (vs LK₨0.37 in 3Q 2023)

Now 21% overvalued after recent price rise

Dialog Axiata Appoints Vish Govindasamy as Independent, Non-Executive Director

New major risk - Dividend sustainability

Recent updates

High number of new directors

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: LK₨0.49 (vs LK₨0.37 in 3Q 2023)

Now 21% overvalued after recent price rise

Dialog Axiata Appoints Vish Govindasamy as Independent, Non-Executive Director

New major risk - Dividend sustainability

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: LK₨0.19 loss per share (vs LK₨0.38 profit in 2Q 2023)

Dialog Axiata PLC (COSE:DIAL.N0000) completed the acquisition of Bharti Airtel Lanka Private Limited from Bharti Airtel Limited (BSE:532454).

Upcoming dividend of LK₨1.34 per share

First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: LK₨0.34 (vs LK₨1.05 in 1Q 2023)

Dialog Axiata PLC, Annual General Meeting, Jun 13, 2024

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 47%

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: LK₨0.37 (vs LK₨0.40 in 3Q 2022)

New major risk - Financial position

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: LK₨4.47 (vs LK₨1.53 loss in 2Q 2022)

Now 21% undervalued

Dialog Axiata PLC Announces Demise of Azwan Khan Osman Khan, Non-Independent, Non-Executive Director

Dialog Axiata PLC, Annual General Meeting, Jun 07, 2023

Price target increased by 10% to LK₨14.70

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: LK₨1.05 (vs LK₨1.93 loss in 1Q 2022)

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: LK₨0.40 (vs LK₨0.66 in 3Q 2021)

High number of new directors

Dialog Axiata PLC to Report Q3, 2022 Results on Nov 15, 2022

High number of new directors

Dialog Axiata PLC Appoints Sharmini Coorey as an Independent, Non-Executive Director on the Board

Price target decreased to LK₨13.33

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: LK₨1.53 loss per share (vs LK₨0.56 profit in 2Q 2021)

Dialog Axiata plc Announces Re-Designation of Willem Timmermans as an Independent Non-Executive Director

Dialog Axiata plc Announces Retirement of Mohamed Muhsin, Independent, Non-Executive Director

Upcoming dividend of LK₨1.24 per share

Dialog Axiata PLC, Annual General Meeting, Jun 21, 2022

First quarter 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Dialog Axiata PLC to Report Q1, 2022 Results on May 13, 2022

High number of new directors

Full year 2021 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Dialog Axiata PLC to Report Q4, 2021 Results on Feb 11, 2022

Independent & Non-Executive Director recently sold LK₨5.7m worth of stock

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS LK₨0.66 (vs LK₨0.59 in 3Q 2020)

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS LK₨0.56 (vs LK₨0.28 in 2Q 2020)

Price target increased to LK₨14.50

Upcoming dividend of LK₨0.74 per share

Independent & Non-Executive Director recently sold LK₨125k worth of stock

First quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS LK₨0.30 (vs LK₨0.18 in 1Q 2020)

New 90-day high: LK₨13.10

Full year 2020 earnings released: EPS LK₨1.48 (vs LK₨1.32 in FY 2019)

Revenue and earnings beat expectations

Dialog Axiata PLC to Report Q4, 2020 Results on Feb 19, 2021

Dialog Axiata PLC Appoints Indrajit Coomaraswamy as Independent Non-Executive Director on the Board

New 90-day high: LK₨13.00

New 90-day high: LK₨12.70

New 90-day high: LK₨12.30

New 90-day high: LK₨11.80

Third quarter 2020 earnings released: EPS LK₨0.59

Dialog Axiata PLC to Report Q3, 2020 Results on Nov 11, 2020

Earnings released

Dialog Axiata PLC to Report Q2, 2020 Results on Aug 04, 2020

Shareholder Returns

Price Volatility