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Estimating The Intrinsic Value Of The Indian Hume Pipe Company Limited (NSE:INDIANHUME)
Key Insights
- Using the 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity, Indian Hume Pipe fair value estimate is ₹292
- Indian Hume Pipe's ₹288 share price indicates it is trading at similar levels as its fair value estimate
- Indian Hume Pipe's peers are currently trading at a premium of 574% on average
Today we'll do a simple run through of a valuation method used to estimate the attractiveness of The Indian Hume Pipe Company Limited (NSE:INDIANHUME) as an investment opportunity by taking the expected future cash flows and discounting them to today's value. We will use the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model on this occasion. Don't get put off by the jargon, the math behind it is actually quite straightforward.
Companies can be valued in a lot of ways, so we would point out that a DCF is not perfect for every situation. 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 Indian Hume Pipe
What's The Estimated Valuation?
We use what is known as a 2-stage model, which simply means we have two different periods of growth rates for the company's cash flows. Generally the first stage is higher growth, and the second stage is a lower growth phase. 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.
Generally we assume that a dollar today is more valuable than a dollar in the future, 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 (₹, Millions) | ₹1.33b | ₹1.47b | ₹1.60b | ₹1.74b | ₹1.88b | ₹2.02b | ₹2.16b | ₹2.32b | ₹2.48b | ₹2.65b |
Growth Rate Estimate Source | Est @ 11.86% | Est @ 10.31% | Est @ 9.23% | Est @ 8.48% | Est @ 7.95% | Est @ 7.58% | Est @ 7.32% | Est @ 7.13% | Est @ 7.01% | Est @ 6.92% |
Present Value (₹, Millions) Discounted @ 16% | ₹1.1k | ₹1.1k | ₹1.0k | ₹955 | ₹888 | ₹823 | ₹760 | ₹701 | ₹646 | ₹595 |
("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = ₹8.6b
The second stage is also known as Terminal Value, this is the business's cash flow after the first stage. 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 6.7%. We discount the terminal cash flows to today's value at a cost of equity of 16%.
Terminal Value (TV)= FCF2033 × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = ₹2.7b× (1 + 6.7%) ÷ (16%– 6.7%) = ₹30b
Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)10= ₹30b÷ ( 1 + 16%)10= ₹6.7b
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 ₹15b. In the final step we divide the equity value by the number of shares outstanding. Relative to the current share price of ₹288, the company appears about fair value at a 1.3% discount to where the stock price trades currently. Valuations are imprecise instruments though, rather like a telescope - move a few degrees and end up in a different galaxy. Do keep this in mind.
Important Assumptions
The calculation above is very dependent on two assumptions. The first is the discount rate and the other is the 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 Indian Hume Pipe 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 16%, which is based on a levered beta of 1.206. 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 Indian Hume Pipe
- Debt is well covered by cash flow.
- Dividends are covered by earnings and cash flows.
- Earnings declined over the past year.
- Interest payments on debt are not well covered.
- Dividend is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the Construction market.
- Shareholders have been diluted in the past year.
- Annual earnings are forecast to grow faster than the Indian market.
- Good value based on P/E ratio and estimated fair value.
- No apparent threats visible for INDIANHUME.
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. It's not possible to obtain a foolproof valuation with a DCF model. 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 Indian Hume Pipe, we've put together three essential aspects you should further examine:
- Risks: As an example, we've found 4 warning signs for Indian Hume Pipe (1 is a bit unpleasant!) that you need to consider before investing here.
- Future Earnings: How does INDIANHUME'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 NSEI:INDIANHUME
Solid track record with adequate balance sheet and pays a dividend.