Is There An Opportunity With DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd’s (TSE:DRT) 44.66% Undervaluation?

In this article I am going to calculate the intrinsic value of DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd (TSE:DRT) by taking the expected future cash flows and discounting them to today’s value. This is done using the discounted cash flows (DCF) model. It may sound complicated, but actually it is quite simple! Anyone interested in learning a bit more about intrinsic value should have a read of the Simply Wall St analysis model. If you are reading this and its not August 2018 then I highly recommend you check out the latest calculation for DIRTT Environmental Solutions by following the link below.

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The model

We are going to use a two-stage DCF model, which, as the name states, takes into account two stages of growth. The first stage is generally a higher growth period which levels off heading towards the terminal value, captured in the second ‘steady growth’ period. To start off with we need to estimate the next five years of cash flows. For this I used the consensus of the analysts covering the stock, as you can see below. The sum of these cash flows is then discounted to today’s value.

5-year cash flow forecast

	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Levered FCF (CA$, Millions)	CA$31.90	CA$46.10	CA$54.40	CA$63.65	CA$73.83
Source	Analyst x1	Analyst x1	Est @ 18%, capped from 18.06%	Est @ 17%, capped from 18.06%	Est @ 16%, capped from 18.06%
Present Value Discounted @ 8.47%	CA$29.41	CA$39.18	CA$42.63	CA$45.98	CA$49.17

Present Value of 5-year Cash Flow (PVCF)= CA$206.37m

We now need to calculate the Terminal Value, which accounts for all the future cash flows after the five years. For a number of reasons a very conservative growth rate is used that cannot exceed that of the GDP. In this case I have used the 10-year government bond rate (2.3%). In the same way as with the 5-year ‘growth’ period, we discount this to today’s value at a cost of equity of 8.5%.

Terminal Value (TV) = FCF₂₀₂₂ × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = CA$73.83m × (1 + 2.3%) ÷ (8.5% – 2.3%) = CA$1.23b

Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV) = TV / (1 + r)⁵ = CA$1.23b ÷ ( 1 + 8.5%)⁵ = CA$821.19m

The total value is the sum of cash flows for the next five years and the discounted terminal value, which results in the Total Equity Value, which in this case is CA$1.03b. The last step is to then divide the equity value by the number of shares outstanding. If the stock is an depositary receipt (represents a specified number of shares in a foreign corporation) then we use the equivalent number. This results in an intrinsic value of CA$12.14. Compared to the current share price of CA$6.72, the stock is quite good value at a 44.66% discount to what it is available for right now.

TSX:DRT Intrinsic Value Export August 9th 18

The assumptions

I’d like to point out that the most important inputs to a discounted cash flow are the discount rate and of course the actual cash flows. You don’t have to agree with my inputs, I recommend redoing the calculations yourself and playing with them. Because we are looking at DIRTT Environmental Solutions as potential shareholders, the cost of equity is used as the discount rate, rather than the cost of capital (or weighed average cost of capital, WACC) which accounts for debt. In this calculation I’ve used 8.5%, which is based on a levered beta of 0.800. This is derived from the Bottom-Up Beta method based on comparable companies, with an imposed limit between 0.8 and 2.0, which is a reasonable range for a stable business.

Next Steps:

Whilst important, DCF calculation shouldn’t be the only metric you look at when researching a company. What is the reason for the share price to differ from the intrinsic value? For DRT, there are three essential aspects you should further research:

1. Financial Health: Does DRT 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.

2. Future Earnings: How does DRT’s growth rate compare to its peers and the wider market? Dig deeper into the analyst consensus number for the upcoming years by interacting with our free analyst growth expectation chart.

3. Other High Quality Alternatives: Are there other high quality stocks you could be holding instead of DRT? 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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