A Look At The Intrinsic Value Of Kanpur Plastipack Limited (NSE:KANPRPLA)

Today we will run through one way of estimating the intrinsic value of Kanpur Plastipack Limited (NSE:KANPRPLA) by projecting its future cash flows and then discounting them to today's value. We will take advantage of the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model for this purpose. 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. For those who are keen learners of equity analysis, the Simply Wall St analysis model here may be something of interest to you.

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Crunching the numbers

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. To start off with, we need to estimate the next ten years of cash flows. 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, and so the sum of these future cash flows is then discounted to today's value:

10-year free cash flow (FCF) estimate

	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
Levered FCF (₹, Millions)	₹32.8m	₹53.7m	₹78.8m	₹106.1m	₹134.1m	₹161.7m	₹188.3m	₹214.0m	₹238.9m	₹263.3m
Growth Rate Estimate Source	Est @ 87.88%	Est @ 63.6%	Est @ 46.61%	Est @ 34.71%	Est @ 26.39%	Est @ 20.56%	Est @ 16.48%	Est @ 13.62%	Est @ 11.62%	Est @ 10.23%
Present Value (₹, Millions) Discounted @ 15%	₹28.5	₹40.6	₹51.7	₹60.5	₹66.4	₹69.5	₹70.4	₹69.5	₹67.4	₹64.5

("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = ₹588m

After calculating the present value of future cash flows in the initial 10-year period, we need to calculate the Terminal Value, which accounts for all future cash flows beyond 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 (7.0%) 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 15%.

Terminal Value (TV)= FCF₂₀₃₀ × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = ₹263m× (1 + 7.0%) ÷ (15%– 7.0%) = ₹3.5b

Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)¹⁰= ₹3.5b÷ ( 1 + 15%)¹⁰= ₹848m

The total value, or equity value, is then the sum of the present value of the future cash flows, which in this case is ₹1.4b. The last step is to then divide the equity value by the number of shares outstanding. Relative to the current share price of ₹118, 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

Now the most important inputs to a discounted cash flow are the discount rate, and of course, the actual 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 Kanpur Plastipack 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 15%, which is based on a levered beta of 0.962. 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:

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. The DCF model is not a perfect stock valuation tool. 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. For example, changes in the company's cost of equity or the risk free rate can significantly impact the valuation. For Kanpur Plastipack, we've compiled three pertinent elements you should further research:

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