MANILA, Philippines - Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), one of the country's most valuable listed firms, said on Thursday its third quarter net income fell 10% from year ago, as group revenues were partly hurt by a strong peso.
PLDT, owned by Hong Kong's First Pacific Co. Ltd, Japan's NTT Communications and NTT DoCoMo, said net income in the September quarter was P9.3 billion ($217.4 million), compared with P10.3 billion a year earlier.
Analysts had expected net profit of P9.7 billion for PLDT in the third quarter and P39.8 billion for 2011, down 1% from 2010, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Core net profit, which excludes currency and derivatives-related items, fell 6% in the third quarter to P9.6 billion.
PLDT said it had cut its core profit guidance to P39 billion from P40.5 billion set early this year.
PLDT completed its $1.6 billion take over of rival Digital Telecommunications Philippines Inc. last week.
Shares of PLDT fell 1.27%on Thursday, as the Philippines' main stock index lost 1.12% in late trade.
PLDT has lost more than 7% so far this year, underperforming the main index which gained about 1%.
PLDT, owned by Hong Kong's First Pacific Co. Ltd, Japan's NTT Communications and NTT DoCoMo, said net income in the September quarter was P9.3 billion ($217.4 million), compared with P10.3 billion a year earlier.
Analysts had expected net profit of P9.7 billion for PLDT in the third quarter and P39.8 billion for 2011, down 1% from 2010, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Core net profit, which excludes currency and derivatives-related items, fell 6% in the third quarter to P9.6 billion.
PLDT said it had cut its core profit guidance to P39 billion from P40.5 billion set early this year.
PLDT completed its $1.6 billion take over of rival Digital Telecommunications Philippines Inc. last week.
Shares of PLDT fell 1.27%on Thursday, as the Philippines' main stock index lost 1.12% in late trade.
PLDT has lost more than 7% so far this year, underperforming the main index which gained about 1%.
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