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Are Investors Undervaluing Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (TSE:5802) By 27%?
Key Insights
- The projected fair value for Sumitomo Electric Industries is JP¥3,464 based on 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity
- Current share price of JP¥2,524 suggests Sumitomo Electric Industries is potentially 27% undervalued
- Our fair value estimate is 28% higher than Sumitomo Electric Industries' analyst price target of JP¥2,703
Does the July share price for Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (TSE:5802) 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 their present value. The Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model is the tool we will apply to do this. Believe it or not, it's not too difficult to follow, as you'll see from our example!
We generally believe that a company's value is the present value of all of the cash it will generate in the future. However, a DCF is just one valuation metric among many, and it is not without flaws. For those who are keen learners of equity analysis, the Simply Wall St analysis model here may be something of interest to you.
See our latest analysis for Sumitomo Electric Industries
Is Sumitomo Electric Industries Fairly Valued?
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. In the first stage we need to estimate the cash flows to the business over the next ten years. 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) forecast
2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | |
Levered FCF (¥, Millions) | JP¥66.1b | JP¥138.7b | JP¥127.9b | JP¥154.7b | JP¥188.8b | JP¥204.2b | JP¥216.0b | JP¥224.9b | JP¥231.5b | JP¥236.4b |
Growth Rate Estimate Source | Analyst x4 | Analyst x4 | Analyst x4 | Analyst x3 | Analyst x2 | Est @ 8.18% | Est @ 5.78% | Est @ 4.11% | Est @ 2.94% | Est @ 2.12% |
Present Value (¥, Millions) Discounted @ 7.6% | JP¥61.5k | JP¥119.9k | JP¥102.7k | JP¥115.6k | JP¥131.1k | JP¥131.8k | JP¥129.6k | JP¥125.5k | JP¥120.1k | JP¥114.0k |
("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = JP¥1.2t
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 7.6%.
Terminal Value (TV)= FCF2034 × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = JP¥236b× (1 + 0.2%) ÷ (7.6%– 0.2%) = JP¥3.2t
Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)10= JP¥3.2t÷ ( 1 + 7.6%)10= JP¥1.6t
The total value, or equity value, is then the sum of the present value of the future cash flows, which in this case is JP¥2.7t. To get the intrinsic value per share, we divide this by the total number of shares outstanding. Compared to the current share price of JP¥2.5k, the company appears a touch undervalued at a 27% discount to where the stock price trades currently. The assumptions in any calculation have a big impact on the valuation, so it is better to view this as a rough estimate, not precise down to the last cent.
The 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 Sumitomo Electric Industries 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 7.6%, which is based on a levered beta of 1.309. 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 Sumitomo Electric Industries
- Earnings growth over the past year exceeded its 5-year average.
- Debt is not viewed as a risk.
- Dividends are covered by earnings and cash flows.
- Earnings growth over the past year underperformed the Auto Components industry.
- Dividend is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the Auto Components market.
- Annual earnings are forecast to grow for the next 3 years.
- Trading below our estimate of fair value by more than 20%.
- Annual earnings are forecast to grow slower than the Japanese market.
Moving On:
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. 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 discount to intrinsic value? For Sumitomo Electric Industries, we've put together three pertinent elements you should further research:
- Risks: For example, we've discovered 1 warning sign for Sumitomo Electric Industries that you should be aware of before investing here.
- Future Earnings: How does 5802'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 Solid Businesses: Low debt, high returns on equity and good past performance are fundamental to a strong business. Why not explore our interactive list of stocks with solid business fundamentals to see if there are other companies you may not have considered!
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About TSE:5802
Sumitomo Electric Industries
Manufactures and sells electric wires and cables worldwide.