Key Insights
- The projected fair value for Interroll Holding is CHF2,057 based on 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity
- Current share price of CHF2,345 suggests Interroll Holding is potentially trading close to its fair value
- Our fair value estimate is 27% lower than Interroll Holding's analyst price target of CHF2,800
Today we will run through one way of estimating the intrinsic value of Interroll Holding AG (VTX:INRN) by taking the expected future cash flows and discounting them to today's value. Our analysis will employ the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model. Models like these may appear beyond the comprehension of a lay person, but they're fairly easy to follow.
We would caution that there are many ways of valuing a company and, like the DCF, each technique has advantages and disadvantages in certain scenarios. Anyone interested in learning a bit more about intrinsic value should have a read of the Simply Wall St analysis model.
Check out our latest analysis for Interroll Holding
The Method
We're using the 2-stage growth model, which simply means we take in account two stages of company's growth. In the initial period the company may have a higher growth rate and the second stage is usually assumed to have a stable growth rate. In the first stage we need to estimate the cash flows to the business over the next ten years. Where possible we use analyst estimates, but when these aren't available we extrapolate the previous free cash flow (FCF) from the last estimate or 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
2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | |
Levered FCF (CHF, Millions) | CHF68.1m | CHF78.1m | CHF84.7m | CHF85.1m | CHF85.4m | CHF85.6m | CHF85.7m | CHF85.8m | CHF85.9m | CHF86.0m |
Growth Rate Estimate Source | Analyst x7 | Analyst x6 | Analyst x2 | Est @ 0.49% | Est @ 0.35% | Est @ 0.25% | Est @ 0.18% | Est @ 0.13% | Est @ 0.09% | Est @ 0.07% |
Present Value (CHF, Millions) Discounted @ 5.0% | CHF64.8 | CHF70.8 | CHF73.1 | CHF69.9 | CHF66.8 | CHF63.8 | CHF60.9 | CHF58.0 | CHF55.3 | CHF52.7 |
("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = CHF636m
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 5-year average of the 10-year government bond yield of 0.01%. We discount the terminal cash flows to today's value at a cost of equity of 5.0%.
Terminal Value (TV)= FCF2033 × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = CHF86m× (1 + 0.01%) ÷ (5.0%– 0.01%) = CHF1.7b
Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)10= CHF1.7b÷ ( 1 + 5.0%)10= CHF1.1b
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 CHF1.7b. In the final step we divide the equity value by the number of shares outstanding. Relative to the current share price of CHF2.3k, the company appears around fair value at the time of writing. Remember though, that this is just an approximate valuation, and like any complex formula - garbage in, garbage out.
Important Assumptions
The calculation above is very dependent on two assumptions. The first is the discount rate and the other is the cash flows. Part of investing is coming up with your own evaluation of a company's future performance, so try the calculation yourself and check your own 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 Interroll Holding 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 5.0%, which is based on a levered beta of 1.001. 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.
SWOT Analysis for Interroll Holding
- Currently debt free.
- Dividends are covered by earnings and cash flows.
- Earnings declined over the past year.
- Dividend is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the Machinery market.
- Expensive based on P/E ratio and estimated fair value.
- Annual earnings are forecast to grow faster than the Swiss market.
- Revenue is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.
Moving On:
Valuation is only one side of the coin in terms of building your investment thesis, and it ideally won't be the sole piece of analysis you scrutinize for a company. DCF models are not the be-all and end-all of investment valuation. Instead the best use for a DCF model is to test certain assumptions and theories to see if they would lead to the company being undervalued or 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 Interroll Holding, there are three fundamental items you should explore:
- Financial Health: Does INRN 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.
- Future Earnings: How does INRN'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.
- Other Solid Businesses: Low debt, high returns on equity and good past performance are fundamental to a strong business. Why not explore our interactive list of stocks with solid business fundamentals to see if there are other companies you may not have considered!
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About SWX:INRN
Interroll Holding
Provides material handling solutions in Germany, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the United States, rest of the Americas, China, and rest of the Asia- Pacific.
Flawless balance sheet average dividend payer.