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ElringKlinger AG's (ETR:ZIL2) Intrinsic Value Is Potentially 17% Below Its Share Price
Key Insights
- Using the 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity, ElringKlinger fair value estimate is €8.40
- ElringKlinger is estimated to be 21% overvalued based on current share price of €10.17
- Analyst price target for ZIL2 is €10.50, which is 25% above our fair value estimate
Today we will run through one way of estimating the intrinsic value of ElringKlinger AG (ETR:ZIL2) by taking the expected future cash flows and discounting them to their present value. One way to achieve this is by employing 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.
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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. To start off with, we need to estimate the next ten years of cash flows. 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, so we discount the value of these future cash flows to their estimated value in today's dollars:
10-year free cash flow (FCF) estimate
2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | |
Levered FCF (€, Millions) | €53.8m | €68.3m | €61.5m | €57.4m | €54.7m | €53.0m | €51.8m | €51.1m | €50.6m | €50.3m |
Growth Rate Estimate Source | Analyst x4 | Analyst x5 | Analyst x2 | Est @ -6.67% | Est @ -4.62% | Est @ -3.18% | Est @ -2.18% | Est @ -1.48% | Est @ -0.99% | Est @ -0.64% |
Present Value (€, Millions) Discounted @ 10% | €48.8 | €56.2 | €45.9 | €38.9 | €33.7 | €29.6 | €26.3 | €23.5 | €21.1 | €19.0 |
("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = €343m
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 (0.2%) 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 10%.
Terminal Value (TV)= FCF2032 × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = €50m× (1 + 0.2%) ÷ (10%– 0.2%) = €501m
Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)10= €501m÷ ( 1 + 10%)10= €189m
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 €532m. In the final step we divide the equity value by the number of shares outstanding. Compared to the current share price of €10.2, the company appears slightly overvalued 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
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 ElringKlinger 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%, which is based on a levered beta of 1.692. 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 ElringKlinger
- Debt is not viewed as a risk.
- Dividend is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the Auto Components market.
- Expensive based on P/S ratio and estimated fair value.
- Expected to breakeven next year.
- Has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years based on current free cash flows.
- Dividends are not covered by cash flow.
Moving On:
Although the valuation of a company is important, it 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?" 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. Can we work out why the company is trading at a premium to intrinsic value? For ElringKlinger, there are three fundamental items you should look at:
- Financial Health: Does ZIL2 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 ZIL2'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 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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About XTRA:ZIL2
ElringKlinger
Develops, manufactures, and sells components, modules, and systems for the automotive industry in Germany, the Asia-Pacific, North America, rest of Europe, South America, and internationally.
Excellent balance sheet and good value.