Dongyue Group Limited's (HKG:189) Intrinsic Value Is Potentially 17% Below Its Share Price
Today we'll do a simple run through of a valuation method used to estimate the attractiveness of Dongyue Group Limited (HKG:189) as an investment opportunity by estimating the company's future cash flows and discounting them to their present value. We will use the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model on this occasion. Believe it or not, it's not too difficult to follow, as you'll see from our example!
Companies can be valued in a lot of ways, so we would point out that a DCF is not perfect for every situation. If you still have some burning questions about this type of valuation, take a look at the Simply Wall St analysis model.
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Is Dongyue Group Fairly Valued?
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. 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.
Generally we assume that a dollar today is more valuable than a dollar in the future, and so the sum of these future cash flows is then discounted to today's value:
10-year free cash flow (FCF) estimate
2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | |
Levered FCF (CN¥, Millions) | CN¥376.6m | CN¥1.17b | CN¥1.03b | CN¥947.1m | CN¥898.1m | CN¥870.0m | CN¥855.1m | CN¥849.1m | CN¥849.0m | CN¥853.0m |
Growth Rate Estimate Source | Analyst x1 | Analyst x1 | Est @ -12.24% | Est @ -8.08% | Est @ -5.17% | Est @ -3.13% | Est @ -1.71% | Est @ -0.71% | Est @ -0.01% | Est @ 0.48% |
Present Value (CN¥, Millions) Discounted @ 7.2% | CN¥351 | CN¥1.0k | CN¥837 | CN¥717 | CN¥635 | CN¥574 | CN¥526 | CN¥487 | CN¥454 | CN¥426 |
("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = CN¥6.0b
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 (1.6%) 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 7.2%.
Terminal Value (TV)= FCF2032 × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = CN¥853m× (1 + 1.6%) ÷ (7.2%– 1.6%) = CN¥16b
Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)10= CN¥16b÷ ( 1 + 7.2%)10= CN¥7.8b
The total value, or equity value, is then the sum of the present value of the future cash flows, which in this case is CN¥14b. In the final step we divide the equity value by the number of shares outstanding. Relative to the current share price of HK$8.1, 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.
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. 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 Dongyue Group 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 7.2%, which is based on a levered beta of 0.933. 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.
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. Why is the intrinsic value lower than the current share price? For Dongyue Group, we've compiled three further aspects you should explore:
- Risks: Every company has them, and we've spotted 3 warning signs for Dongyue Group (of which 2 don't sit too well with us!) you should know about.
- Future Earnings: How does 189'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!
PS. Simply Wall St updates its DCF calculation for every Hong Kong stock every day, so if you want to find the intrinsic value of any other stock just search here.
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About SEHK:189
Dongyue Group
An investment holding company, manufactures, distributes, and sells polymers, organic silicone, refrigerants, dichloromethane, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), liquid alkali, and other products in the People's Republic of China and internationally.
Flawless balance sheet with reasonable growth potential.