Yahoo Finance A Look At The Intrinsic Value Of Canlan Ice Sports Corp. (TSE:ICE)
How far off is Canlan Ice Sports Corp. (TSE:ICE) from its intrinsic value? Using the most recent financial data, we'll take a look at whether the stock is fairly priced by taking the foreast future cash flows of the company and discounting them back to today's value. This is done using the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model. Don't get put off by the jargon, the math behind it is actually quite straightforward.
We generally believe that a company's value is the present value of all of the cash it will generate in the future. However, a DCF is just one valuation metric among many, and it is not without flaws. Anyone interested in learning a bit more about intrinsic value should have a read of 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. In the first stage we need to estimate the cash flows to the business over the next ten years. 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.
A DCF is all about the idea that a dollar in the future is less valuable than a dollar today, and so the sum of these future cash flows is then discounted to today's value:
10-year free cash flow (FCF) forecast
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | |
Levered FCF (CA$, Millions) | CA$4.1m | CA$4.9m | CA$5.7m | CA$6.3m | CA$6.9m | CA$7.3m | CA$7.7m | CA$8.0m | CA$8.3m | CA$8.5m |
Growth Rate Estimate Source | Est @ 29.37% | Est @ 21.14% | Est @ 15.38% | Est @ 11.35% | Est @ 8.53% | Est @ 6.56% | Est @ 5.17% | Est @ 4.21% | Est @ 3.53% | Est @ 3.05% |
Present Value (CA$, Millions) Discounted @ 10.43% | CA$3.7 | CA$4.0 | CA$4.2 | CA$4.2 | CA$4.2 | CA$4.0 | CA$3.8 | CA$3.6 | CA$3.4 | CA$3.2 |
("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF)= CA$38.0m
We now need to calculate the Terminal Value, which accounts for all the future cash flows after this ten year period. The Gordon Growth formula is used to calculate Terminal Value at a future annual growth rate equal to the 10-year government bond rate of 1.9%. We discount the terminal cash flows to today's value at a cost of equity of 10.4%.
Terminal Value (TV) = FCF2029 × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = CA$8.5m × (1 + 1.9%) ÷ (10.4% – 1.9%) = CA$103m
Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV) = TV / (1 + r)10 = CA$CA$103m ÷ ( 1 + 10.4%)10 = CA$38.07m
The total value, or equity value, is then the sum of the present value of the future cash flows, which in this case is CA$76.07m. To get the intrinsic value per share, we divide this by the total number of shares outstanding. This results in an intrinsic value estimate of CA$5.7. Compared to the current share price of CA$4.9, the company appears about fair value at a 14% discount to where the stock price trades currently. 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.
The assumptions
We would point out that the most important inputs to a discounted cash flow are the discount rate and of course the actual 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 Canlan Ice Sports 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 10.4%, which is based on a levered beta of 1.424. 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.
Next Steps:
Although the valuation of a company is important, it shouldn’t be the only metric you look at when researching 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?" If a company grows at a different rate, or if its cost of equity or risk free rate changes sharply, the output can look very different. For Canlan Ice Sports, I've compiled three additional factors you should look at:
Financial Health: Does ICE have a healthy balance sheet? Take a look at our free balance sheet analysis with six simple checks on key factors like leverage and risk.
Other High Quality Alternatives: Are there other high quality stocks you could be holding instead of ICE? Explore our interactive list of high quality stocks to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!
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