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Are Dong-E-E-Jiao Co.,Ltd. (SZSE:000423) Investors Paying Above The Intrinsic Value?

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Key Insights

  • Dong-E-E-JiaoLtd's estimated fair value is CN¥55.28 based on 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity
  • Dong-E-E-JiaoLtd is estimated to be 26% overvalued based on current share price of CN¥69.57
  • The CN¥77.86 analyst price target for 423 is 41% more than our estimate of fair value

Today we'll do a simple run through of a valuation method used to estimate the attractiveness of Dong-E-E-Jiao Co.,Ltd. (SZSE:000423) as an investment opportunity by taking the expected future cash flows and discounting them to today's value. One way to achieve this is by employing the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model. Don't get put off by the jargon, the math behind it is actually quite straightforward.

Remember though, that there are many ways to estimate a company's value, and a DCF is just one method. For those who are keen learners of equity analysis, the Simply Wall St analysis model here may be something of interest to you.

Check out our latest analysis for Dong-E-E-JiaoLtd

What's The Estimated Valuation?

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. 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, so we need to discount the sum of these future cash flows to arrive at a present value estimate:

10-year free cash flow (FCF) estimate

2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033
Levered FCF (CN¥, Millions) CN¥1.80b CN¥1.78b CN¥1.78b CN¥1.79b CN¥1.82b CN¥1.85b CN¥1.89b CN¥1.94b CN¥1.99b CN¥2.04b
Growth Rate Estimate Source Est @ -3.14% Est @ -1.33% Est @ -0.06% Est @ 0.83% Est @ 1.45% Est @ 1.88% Est @ 2.19% Est @ 2.40% Est @ 2.55% Est @ 2.66%
Present Value (CN¥, Millions) Discounted @ 7.4% CN¥1.7k CN¥1.5k CN¥1.4k CN¥1.3k CN¥1.3k CN¥1.2k CN¥1.1k CN¥1.1k CN¥1.0k CN¥999

("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = CN¥13b

The second stage is also known as Terminal Value, this is the business's cash flow after the first stage. For a number of reasons a very conservative growth rate is used that cannot exceed that of a country's GDP growth. In this case we have used the 5-year average of the 10-year government bond yield (2.9%) to estimate future growth. In the same way as with the 10-year 'growth' period, we discount future cash flows to today's value, using a cost of equity of 7.4%.

Terminal Value (TV)= FCF2033 × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = CN¥2.0b× (1 + 2.9%) ÷ (7.4%– 2.9%) = CN¥47b

Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)10= CN¥47b÷ ( 1 + 7.4%)10= CN¥23b

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 CN¥36b. The last step is to then divide the equity value by the number of shares outstanding. Relative to the current share price of CN¥69.6, the company appears slightly overvalued 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.

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SZSE:000423 Discounted Cash Flow May 21st 2024

Important 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. You don't have to agree with these inputs, I recommend redoing the calculations yourself and playing with them. 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 Dong-E-E-JiaoLtd 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 7.4%, which is based on a levered beta of 0.800. 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 Dong-E-E-JiaoLtd

Strength
  • Earnings growth over the past year exceeded the industry.
  • Currently debt free.
  • Dividends are covered by earnings and cash flows.
  • Dividend is in the top 25% of dividend payers in the market.
Weakness
  • Expensive based on P/E ratio and estimated fair value.
Opportunity
  • Annual revenue is forecast to grow faster than the Chinese market.
Threat
  • Annual earnings are forecast to grow slower than the Chinese market.

Looking Ahead:

Although the valuation of a company is important, it shouldn't be the only metric you look at when researching 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. What is the reason for the share price exceeding the intrinsic value? For Dong-E-E-JiaoLtd, there are three pertinent aspects you should look at:

  1. Risks: Be aware that Dong-E-E-JiaoLtd is showing 1 warning sign in our investment analysis , you should know about...
  2. Future Earnings: How does 000423'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: Do you like a good all-rounder? 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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