Tunisia Oil Telecom

CFBANQUE Investment confirms the AA rating assigned to Tunisia Oil Telecom (CEM2024.TU), an operator in the Oil & Gas sector based in Tunisia. This credit opinion reflects a superior credit quality, reflecting a very strong capacity to honour its financial obligations even under an adverse macroeconomic environment.

From a fundamental standpoint, the issuer posts an EBITDA margin of 55.5% which sits at the upper end of the sector range and evidences robust pricing power and exhibits a net leverage of 1.56x EBITDA, deemed consistent with the issuer's recurring cash flow generation. With revenues of $4.88B and a market capitalisation of $17.84B, Tunisia Oil Telecom commands a significant economic footprint within its domestic market.

Our proprietary models assign a Debt Capacity score of 798/1000, an Investment score of 588/1000 and an ESG & Governance score of 460/1000, reflecting a solid debt coverage, a measured investment potential and governance workstreams that need to be deepened.

The Stable outlook indicates that our committee does not anticipate, in its central scenario, a revision of the rating over a 12 to 18 month horizon. This analysis stems from the combined review of our quantitative models and the qualitative judgement of the CFBANQUE Investment rating committee, and may be updated in line with the evolution of fundamentals or the regional macroeconomic environment.