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Infomart Corporation's (TSE:2492) Intrinsic Value Is Potentially 58% Above Its Share Price
Key Insights
- The projected fair value for Infomart is JP¥440 based on 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity
- Infomart is estimated to be 37% undervalued based on current share price of JP¥279
- Our fair value estimate is 1.5% lower than Infomart's analyst price target of JP¥447
Today we'll do a simple run through of a valuation method used to estimate the attractiveness of Infomart Corporation (TSE:2492) as an investment opportunity by taking the expected future cash flows and discounting them to today's value. Our analysis will employ the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model. Before you think you won't be able to understand it, just read on! It's actually much less complex than you'd imagine.
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.
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Crunching The Numbers
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.
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
2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | |
Levered FCF (¥, Millions) | JP¥1.26b | JP¥2.07b | JP¥2.27b | JP¥3.04b | JP¥3.59b | JP¥4.05b | JP¥4.42b | JP¥4.70b | JP¥4.91b | JP¥5.07b |
Growth Rate Estimate Source | Analyst x2 | Analyst x1 | Analyst x1 | Analyst x1 | Est @ 18.07% | Est @ 12.73% | Est @ 8.99% | Est @ 6.37% | Est @ 4.54% | Est @ 3.25% |
Present Value (¥, Millions) Discounted @ 4.7% | JP¥1.2k | JP¥1.9k | JP¥2.0k | JP¥2.5k | JP¥2.9k | JP¥3.1k | JP¥3.2k | JP¥3.3k | JP¥3.3k | JP¥3.2k |
("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = JP¥26b
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 0.3%. We discount the terminal cash flows to today's value at a cost of equity of 4.7%.
Terminal Value (TV)= FCF2034 × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = JP¥5.1b× (1 + 0.3%) ÷ (4.7%– 0.3%) = JP¥115b
Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)10= JP¥115b÷ ( 1 + 4.7%)10= JP¥73b
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 JP¥100b. The last step is to then divide the equity value by the number of shares outstanding. Compared to the current share price of JP¥279, the company appears quite undervalued at a 37% 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. 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 Infomart 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 4.7%, which is based on a levered beta of 0.885. 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 Infomart
- Earnings growth over the past year exceeded the industry.
- Debt is not viewed as a risk.
- Dividend is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the Professional Services market.
- Annual earnings are forecast to grow faster than the Japanese market.
- Trading below our estimate of fair value by more than 20%.
- Revenue is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.
Next Steps:
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. Preferably you'd apply different cases and assumptions and see how they would impact the company's valuation. For instance, if the terminal value growth rate is adjusted slightly, it can dramatically alter the overall result. Can we work out why the company is trading at a discount to intrinsic value? For Infomart, there are three essential factors you should explore:
- Risks: Be aware that Infomart is showing 1 warning sign in our investment analysis , you should know about...
- Future Earnings: How does 2492'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:2492
Infomart
Operates an online business to business (BtoB) EC trading platform for the food industry in Japan.