(TELVIS; Ba1neg/BBBneg/BBB-neg)
"Moody's Ratings downgrades Televisa's ratings to Ba1; negative outlook" - Bbg
The decline in subscribers, particularly in the satellite segment has persisted for a few years now, leverage has increased and the rating agency finally decided that reversing those trends wasn't going to happen anytime soon.
Moody's cited a gross leverage of 4.7x, above their comfort level of 3x and said they expect that level to persist as subscriber losses may continue.
The company has managed its finances conservatively by attempting to generate positive free cash flow and reduce debt. Liquidity is strong with USD2.1bn in cash as of March 2025 according to Moody's.
Televisa still has an important market share in Mexico which the rating agency cites as 21% in broadband and 57% in pay-TV. The capex program is projected to increase and that may be part of the trigger for the downgrade as it will mean less free cash flow to reduce debt but maybe necessary to try and reverse the decline in the business.
TELVIS 2045s were last quoted T+288bp, 13bp tighter since March 31st and 10bp wider YTD. By comparison, we observe Mexico government owned electric company CFE (CFELEC; Baa2neg/BBB/BBB-) with 2045 bonds 68bp tighter than TELVIS which is significantly tighter than 119bp in early April 2025.
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