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Morgan Stanley downgrades Dish TV on expensive valuations

Morgan Stanley has downgraded its rating on Dish TV to "equal-weight" from "overweight," saying the current valuations are too expensive and factor in the good progress the DTH (direct-to-home) service provider is making on subscriber additions, cost reductions and ARPU (average revenue per user) growth.

July 06, 2011 / 17:22 IST

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Morgan Stanley has downgraded its rating on Dish TV to "equal-weight" from "overweight," saying current valuations are too expensive and factor in good progress the DTH (direct-to-home) service provider is making on subscriber additions, cost reductions and ARPU (average revenue per user) growth.

"Dish TV has outperformed the sensex by 37% year-to-date...We see little scope for substantial positive surprise for the street. Nor do valuations suggest upside to us," analysts Vipul Prasad and Ketaki Kulkarni said in a report on Wednesday.

Since start of April Dish TV shares have gone up 34.5% on NSE, while the broader Nifty index has fallen 3.5% over the same period.

However, the analysts didn

first published: Jul 6, 2011 03:43 pm

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