New Zealand Professional Investment Services Firm

Forsyth Barr

We are proud to be a New Zealand owned firm, with 21 offices throughout the country and over 300 employees. We assist personal, institutional and corporate clients providing a full range of investment services.

Forsyth Barr is a foundation New Zealand Exchange firm (NZX) and accredited market participant. We have been confirmed by the Financial Markets Authority as a Qualifying Financial Entity (QFE).

Research is the cornerstone of our advice. We have one of New Zealand's leading teams of analysts. Our global affiliations ensure comprehensive research coverage of all major investment markets.

New Zealand Professional Investment Services Firm, Forsyth Barr

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>We believe Spark NZ (SPK) needs to present a clearer plan for its balance sheet at its upcoming FY26 result.</li>
<li>Given our subdued EBITDAI growth outlook and limited free cash flow retention, we struggle to see SPK deleveraging organically.</li>
<li>Asset sales, notably a sale of its Digital Services segment, are one option SPK appears to be considering; while this could provide balance sheet headroom, we do not believe it would unlock capital returns on its own given SPK has meaningful (&gt;NZ$300m) spectrum renewals to fund over the next decade.</li>
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We believe Spark NZ (SPK) needs to present a clearer plan for its balance sheet at its upcoming FY26 result.
Given our subdued EBITDAI growth outlook and limited free cash flow retention, we struggle to see SPK deleveraging organically.
Asset sales, notably a sale of its Digital Services segment, are one option SPK appears to be considering; while this could provide balance sheet headroom, we do not believe it would unlock capital returns on its own given SPK has meaningful (&gt;NZ$300m) spectrum renewals to fund over the next decade.


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