SATS (SGX:S58) Is Up 5.6% After Profit Jump And Higher Dividend - What's Changed

• Earlier this quarter, SATS Ltd reported a 13.3% year-on-year increase in Q2 FY2026 profit, lifted by stronger cargo operations and broader operational growth, alongside a higher interim dividend and ongoing share buybacks.
• A key development was the progress at its global cargo arm, Worldwide Flight Services, which secured fresh contracts and rolled out machine-learning forecasting tools to sharpen efficiency and capacity planning.
• We’ll now examine how SATS’s profit growth and higher interim dividend reshape its investment narrative and future earnings profile.

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SATS Investment Narrative Recap

To own SATS, you have to believe in a sustained recovery in global air travel and cargo, and in SATS turning that into steadier earnings and cash flow. The stronger Q2 FY2026 profit, higher interim dividend and ongoing buybacks support that near term, but they do not remove the key risks around high capital needs, upcoming debt maturities and exposure to air cargo volumes.

The most relevant recent announcement here is the higher interim dividend of 2 cents per share, paired with continued share buybacks. Together with profit growth at Worldwide Flight Services and its new machine learning tools, this points to a business leaning on operational gains to support capital returns, while investors still need to watch how rising payouts interact with refinancing needs and margin pressures.

Yet behind the higher dividend and profit growth, there is a cash flow and refinancing risk that investors should be aware of...

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SATS' narrative projects SGD6.6 billion revenue and SGD375.1 million earnings by 2028.

Uncover how SATS' forecasts yield a SGD4.02 fair value, a 12% upside to its current price.

Exploring Other Perspectives

Three fair value estimates from the Simply Wall St Community span roughly S$4.00 to about S$10.37 per share, underlining how far apart views on SATS can be. Set that against the dependence on sustained air cargo growth in the catalyst outlook, and you can see why it pays to weigh several competing views before forming your own.

Explore 3 other fair value estimates on SATS - why the stock might be worth just SGD4.00!

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