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Virgin Media Q1 2018 results: Good, but beware headlines

- PublisherEnders Analysis.
- Publish Date May 21, 2018
- Sector Fixed Line (Internet and Voice), Media, Mobile, Telecom.
- Company Liberty Global, Virgin Media.
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The highlight of Virgin Media’s Q1 results was the return to growth for its UK cable ARPU (+1.3%), although the improvement in trend should be interpreted with caution due to accounting changes
Headline group revenue growth of 5.2% was boosted by profit-neutral handset sales, with underlying growth of around 3.2% – still strong in the sector context
Virgin Media continues to do relatively well in the increasingly challenging UK broadband market, but with evidence of limited pricing power, sluggish roll-out and subscriber growth, revenue trends look set to slow