Yahoo Finance A Look At The Fair Value Of Composite Alliance Group Inc. (CVE:CAG)
Does the August share price for Composite Alliance Group Inc. (CVE:CAG) reflect what it's really worth? Today, we will estimate the stock's intrinsic value by taking the forecast future cash flows of the company and discounting them back to today's value. We will use the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model on this occasion. It may sound complicated, but actually it is quite simple!
Remember though, that there are many ways to estimate a company's value, and a DCF is just one method. If you still have some burning questions about this type of valuation, take a look at the Simply Wall St analysis model.
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Step by step through the calculation
We use what is known as a 2-stage model, which simply means we have two different periods of growth rates for the company's cash flows. Generally the first stage is higher growth, and the second stage is a lower growth phase. To begin with, we have to get estimates of the next ten years of cash flows. Seeing as no analyst estimates of free cash flow are available to us, we have extrapolate the previous free cash flow (FCF) from the company's last reported value. We assume companies with shrinking free cash flow will slow their rate of shrinkage, and that companies with growing free cash flow will see their growth rate slow, over this period. We do this to reflect that growth tends to slow more in the early years than it does in later years.
Generally we assume that a dollar today is more valuable than a dollar in the future, and so the sum of these future cash flows is then discounted to today's value:
10-year free cash flow (FCF) estimate
2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | |
Levered FCF (CA$, Millions) | CA$405.4k | CA$365.8k | CA$342.5k | CA$328.8k | CA$321.1k | CA$317.3k | CA$316.2k | CA$316.8k | CA$318.7k | CA$321.5k |
Growth Rate Estimate Source | Est @ -14.6% | Est @ -9.76% | Est @ -6.37% | Est @ -4% | Est @ -2.34% | Est @ -1.18% | Est @ -0.37% | Est @ 0.2% | Est @ 0.6% | Est @ 0.88% |
Present Value (CA$, Millions) Discounted @ 11% | CA$0.4 | CA$0.3 | CA$0.3 | CA$0.2 | CA$0.2 | CA$0.2 | CA$0.2 | CA$0.1 | CA$0.1 | CA$0.1 |
("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = CA$2.0m
The second stage is also known as Terminal Value, this is the business's cash flow after the first stage. The Gordon Growth formula is used to calculate Terminal Value at a future annual growth rate equal to the 5-year average of the 10-year government bond yield of 1.5%. We discount the terminal cash flows to today's value at a cost of equity of 11%.
Terminal Value (TV)= FCF2031 × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = CA$322k× (1 + 1.5%) ÷ (11%– 1.5%) = CA$3.5m
Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)10= CA$3.5m÷ ( 1 + 11%)10= CA$1.2m
The total value is the sum of cash flows for the next ten years plus the discounted terminal value, which results in the Total Equity Value, which in this case is CA$3.2m. The last step is to then divide the equity value by the number of shares outstanding. Compared to the current share price of CA$0.04, the company appears around fair value at the time of writing. The assumptions in any calculation have a big impact on the valuation, so it is better to view this as a rough estimate, not precise down to the last cent.
Important assumptions
The calculation above is very dependent on two assumptions. The first is the discount rate and the other is the cash flows. If you don't agree with these result, have a go at the calculation yourself and play with the assumptions. The DCF also does not consider the possible cyclicality of an industry, or a company's future capital requirements, so it does not give a full picture of a company's potential performance. Given that we are looking at Composite Alliance Group as potential shareholders, the cost of equity is used as the discount rate, rather than the cost of capital (or weighted average cost of capital, WACC) which accounts for debt. In this calculation we've used 11%, which is based on a levered beta of 2.000. Beta is a measure of a stock's volatility, compared to the market as a whole. We get our beta from the industry average beta of globally comparable companies, with an imposed limit between 0.8 and 2.0, which is a reasonable range for a stable business.
Looking Ahead:
Whilst important, the DCF calculation is only one of many factors that you need to assess for a company. The DCF model is not a perfect stock valuation tool. Rather it should be seen as a guide to "what assumptions need to be true for this stock to be under/overvalued?" For example, changes in the company's cost of equity or the risk free rate can significantly impact the valuation. For Composite Alliance Group, we've put together three further elements you should consider:
Risks: Every company has them, and we've spotted 4 warning signs for Composite Alliance Group you should know about.
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