GCI LLC - S&P Global Ratings’ Credit Research

GCI LLC

GCI LLC - S&P Global Ratings’ Credit Research
GCI LLC
Published Jul 14, 2022
7 pages (2673 words) — Published Jul 14, 2022
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Abstract:

Overview Key strengths Key risks Leading position in Alaska's telecommunications market. Limited scale and reliance on a single market, which is dependent on the oil industry. Solid product diversity as a provider of "quad-play" services, including wireless, broadband, video, and voice. Competitive pressures from better-capitalized wireless providers AT&T and Verizon. Significant exposure to government funding programs, which can be subject to rate reductions and funding denials. Low-margin video and traditional wireline voice services are in secular decline. Although we expect leverage to be at the lower end of this range over the next 12 months, we believe the company could increase leverage to the upper end for tuck-in acquisitions. Distributions to the parent, Liberty Broadband, are also possible. However, we

  
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...We believe the company is comfortable operating at adjusted leverage of 3x to 4x. Although we expect leverage to be at the lower end of this range over the next 12 months, we believe the company could increase leverage to the upper end for tuck-in acquisitions. Distributions to the parent, Liberty Broadband, are also possible. However, we believe that this would likely be funded through free operating cash flow (FOCF), not incremental debt....

  
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