Estimating The Fair Value Of DRS Dilip Roadlines Limited (NSE:DRSDILIP)

Key Insights

• DRS Dilip Roadlines' estimated fair value is ₹122 based on 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity
• Current share price of ₹111 suggests DRS Dilip Roadlines is potentially trading close to its fair value
• Peers of DRS Dilip Roadlines are currently trading on average at a 180% premium

Does the August share price for DRS Dilip Roadlines Limited (NSE:DRSDILIP) reflect what it's really worth? Today, we will estimate the stock's intrinsic value by taking the expected future cash flows and discounting them to today's value. We will take advantage of the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model for this purpose. 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. 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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What's The Estimated Valuation?

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 begin with, we have to get estimates of 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.

Generally we assume that a dollar today is more valuable than a dollar in the future, 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

	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034
Levered FCF (₹, Millions)	₹112.5m	₹124.5m	₹136.3m	₹148.1m	₹160.1m	₹172.3m	₹185.0m	₹198.3m	₹212.2m	₹226.9m
Growth Rate Estimate Source	Est @ 12.38%	Est @ 10.68%	Est @ 9.48%	Est @ 8.65%	Est @ 8.06%	Est @ 7.65%	Est @ 7.37%	Est @ 7.17%	Est @ 7.03%	Est @ 6.93%
Present Value (₹, Millions) Discounted @ 13%	₹99.2	₹96.8	₹93.4	₹89.5	₹85.2	₹80.9	₹76.5	₹72.3	₹68.2	₹64.3

("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = ₹826m

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 (6.7%) 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 13%.

Terminal Value (TV)= FCF₂₀₃₄ × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = ₹227m× (1 + 6.7%) ÷ (13%– 6.7%) = ₹3.6b

Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)¹⁰= ₹3.6b÷ ( 1 + 13%)¹⁰= ₹1.0b

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 ₹1.8b. To get the intrinsic value per share, we divide this by the total number of shares outstanding. Compared to the current share price of ₹111, the company appears about fair value at a 9.3% discount to where the stock price trades currently. Remember though, that this is just an approximate valuation, and like any complex formula - garbage in, garbage out.

The Assumptions

Now 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 DRS Dilip Roadlines 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 13%, which is based on a levered beta of 0.991. 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 DRS Dilip Roadlines

Moving On:

Although the valuation of a company is important, it shouldn't be the only metric you look at when researching 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. For instance, if the terminal value growth rate is adjusted slightly, it can dramatically alter the overall result. For DRS Dilip Roadlines, there are three additional factors you should further examine:

1. Risks: You should be aware of the 2 warning signs for DRS Dilip Roadlines (1 is potentially serious!) we've uncovered before considering an investment in the company.
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