Canaccord Genuity hikes target price on Zegona Communications following FibreCo deal.


Analysts at Canaccord Genuity hiked their target price on telecommunications services provider Zegona Communications from 980p to 1,500p on Wednesday following the firm's €1.4bn FibreCo monetisation deal and the recent creation of €1.2bn in distributable reserves.

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Canaccord Genuity said it believes that all the ingredients were there for EJLSHM Funding's 69% stake in the company to get cancelled in the first half of 2026 and estimates that the subsequent reduction in share count could lift fair value to £15.50 per share, assuming a "slightly-above-peers" 6.5x FY26 enterprise value/underlying earnings multiple.

Adding to this, the possibility of a special dividend of up to £1.60 per share implies healthy 22-35% TSR potential from here, said the Canadian bank, which also reiterated its 'buy' rating on the stock.

"With the shares the best-performing UK TMT stock this year, it is tempting to think 'the easy money has been made'. However, we believe Zegona's strong operational & cash flow progress will continue next year with a return to sales growth the final missing ingredient," said Canaccord.

"We believe that delivering sustained positive low- to mid-single digit % revenue growth could drive a further re-rating of the shares with every 0.5x turn on the EV/EBITDAaL multiple potentially adding £1.9/share to fair value. We raise our target price to £15 (from £9.80) based on a now 95% expected probability of a 69% reduction in share count."

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com


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