(TELVIS; Ba1neg/BBBneg/BB+)
• Mexico based Televisa’s Sky satellite business has been declining for years and elevated leverage for the company has persisted above rating agency thresholds so the downgrade to below investment grade should not have been a surprise. TELVIS 40s were quoted at a 7.5% yield, 172bp higher than Mexico retailer Liverpool (LIVEPL; NR/BBB/BBB+) 2037 notes and 105bp higher than Fibra Uno (FUNOTR; Baa3/NR/BBB-) 2037s.
• Fitch noted gross leverage of 4.4x as of Q3 and expected it to be 4.2x by year end and 3.9x by end of 2026 which was still above their threshold for an investment grade rating. While the company has managed to expand profit margins through cost cutting that has been more than offset by subscriber losses in the Sky satellite segment and only modest improvement in other divisions such as cable.
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