Yahsat Records a 9.4% Revenue Growth in 1Q22

Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC (Yahsat) has announced its financial results for the three-month period ended 31 March 2022 (“1Q22”).

“Yahsat has had an excellent start to 2022 with significant year-on-year growth in revenue, adjusted EBITDA and Net Income. With the recent award of a 5-year managed services mandate from the UAE Government, reinforcing our position as its preferred satellite solutions partner, we strengthened our foundations for long term sustainable growth, and now show contracted future revenue of AED 8.1 billion (USD 2.2 billion), 5.4 times our annual revenue.

With almost 90% of remaining projected revenue for the current year already secured, we remain very confident in our outlook for Yahsat and reiterate our guidance for FY2022.”

Ali Al Hashemi, Group Chief Executive Officer, Yahsat

Following are the highlights of the same:

• 1Q22 revenue of AED 362.5 million [USD 98.7 million], up 9.4% year-on-year
• 1Q22 Adjusted EBITDA of AED 213.4 million [USD 58.1 million], up 6.8% year-on-year with a healthy margin of 58.9%
• Net Income (profit attributable to shareholders) of AED 73.8 million [USD 20.1 million], up 26.4% year-on-year
• Contracted future revenue of AED 8.1 billion [USD 2.2 billion], up by AED 642.1 million [USD 174.9 million] or 8.6% since the start of the year
• Awarded a 5-year AED 908.9 million [USD 247.5 million] managed services mandate by the UAE Government for satellite communications capabilities
• Strong Discretionary Free Cash Flow (DFCF) of AED 333.1 million (USD 90.7 million), supporting an attractive dividend expected to total at least 16.12 fils [US cents 4.39] per share, an increase of 2%, split into two equal instalments around October 2022 and April 2023
• FY2022 guidance range maintained