1.6M Customer Net Additions; Record Service Revenues of $7.9B; Record Low Postpaid Phone Churn of 0.95%; Strong Net Income of $782M and EPS of $0.92; Record Adjusted EBITDA of $3.2B
T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ:TMUS):
Industry-Leading Customer Growth
Strong Financial Performance (all percentages year-over-year)
Network Expansion Continues, Garners Industry Accolades
Continued Strong Outlook for 2018
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"T-Mobile just recorded its best Q2 in company history," said John Legere, CEO of T-Mobile. "That means 21 quarters with over one million net adds, record-high service revenues, industry-leading postpaid phone net additions, and record-low postpaid phone churn. Our business is strong, our strategy is working and we won't stop!"
Industry-Leading Customer Growth
T-Mobile continues to deliver industry-leading customer growth, and Q2 2018 was no different. We once again led the industry in branded postpaid phone customer net additions, capturing about two thirds of the segment. Customers continue to choose the Un-carrier over the competition as we put all our energy and efforts into giving our customers more value and treating them right.
Strong Financial Performance
Our strong customer results translated into record financial results. T-Mobile again posted record-high service revenues, and Q2 marks the 17th quarter in a row where we led the industry in year-over-year service revenue percentage growth. In addition, the company posted strong net income and record Adjusted EBITDA.
Network Expansion Continues, Garners Industry Accolades
T-Mobile continues to increase and expand the speed and capacity of our network to better serve our customers. Our advancements in network technology and our spectrum resources ensure we can continue to increase the capabilities of our network as the industry moves towards 5G.
Highlights from Q2 2018 included:
Continued Strong 2018 Outlook
In 2018, we expect postpaid net customer additions between 3.0 and 3.6 million, an increase from the prior target range of 2.6 to 3.3 million.
Net income is not available on a forward-looking basis.
For full-year 2018, we continue to expect branded postpaid phone ARPU to be generally stable compared to full-year 2017, excluding the impact from the new revenue standard.
Cash purchases of property and equipment, excluding capitalized interest, are expected to be between $4.9 and $5.3 billion, unchanged from the prior target range, but are now expected to come in at the high end of the range. This includes expenditures for 5G deployment.
The three-year CAGR guidance (2016 - 2019) for net cash provided by operating activities and Free Cash Flow is unchanged at 7% - 12% and 46% - 48%, respectively.
In 2018, we continue to expect the following impacts from the adoption of the new revenue standard:
Financial Results
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Q2 2018 Earnings Call, Livestream and Webcast Access Information
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Forward-Looking Statements
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Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial
Measures to GAAP Financial Measures
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Adjusted EBITDA is reconciled to net income as follows:
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Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial
Measures to GAAP Financial Measures (continued)
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Net debt (excluding Tower obligations) to last twelve months Net income and Adjusted EBITDA ratios are calculated as follows:
Net debt - Short-term debt, short-term debt to affiliates, long-term debt (excluding tower obligations), and long-term debt to affiliates, less cash and cash equivalents.
Free Cash Flow(1) is calculated as follows:
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Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial
Measures to GAAP Financial Measures (continued)
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Free Cash Flow(1) three-year CAGR is calculated as follows:
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Reconciliation of Operating Measures to
Service Revenues
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The following tables illustrate the calculation of our operating measures ARPU and Average Billings Per User (ABPU) and reconcile these measures to the related service revenues:
Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) - Average monthly service revenues earned from customers. Service revenues for the specified period divided by the average customers during the period, further divided by the number of months in the period.
Branded postpaid phone ARPU excludes mobile broadband and DIGITS customers and related revenues.
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