$CCOI is a stressed credit. At $800m market cap and $2bn net debt (PF for DC sales) it’s LTV is around 70%. The 2032s are secured paper trading around 8% yield. If they were coming with unsecured, they’d be looking at a 10-11% rate. Makes it “uninvestable” for many
@gruust And they will probably generate additional cash proceeds from DC sales, perhaps another $200m, between now and then. And they’ll be able to grow sales and EBITDA into perpetuity
@gruust Since they closed the Sprint deal they have cumulatively burned $222m (including IP transit payments from TMUSA). With the recently announced $225m DC sale, they’ve essentially had $0 net cash outlay. They generate $324m EBITDA at restricted group, and burn ~$130m at Cogent Fiber
@gruust Over the next couple years EBITDA at restricted group will grow while Cogent Fiber burn will shrink. Net net, I think $300m of EBITDA by 2028 is very achievable. That compares to a $240m run-rate pre-Sprint. So they will have grown EBITDA by 25% with $0 net incr. invested capital
@AyyouEm Agreed, and I think it’s smart for them to do this instead, but it’s still analytically correct to categorize this as a “stressed” credit based on where the secureds trade, LTV math, etc.
But that is what creates the opportunity. Buying great assets when they are stressed is a tried and true effective strategy to generate above-average returns
@yenoms Not super close to $LILA but given he just zeroed his QVC pref and common shareholders (the QVC TopCo entity was the original Liberty Media) I can’t imagine this trades well. Will not be a buyer
GCI Liberty $GLIBA / $GLIBK interesting spinoff. Alaskan wireline and wireless quasi-monopoly with sub-3x leverage trading for 5x EBITDA. Peers like $CHTR $CMCSA and $ATUS have higher leverage, trade 7-8x. John Malone staying on as EC 👀