A Look At The Fair Value Of Young Poong Paper Mfg Co.,Ltd. (KRX:006740)

Does the January share price for Young Poong Paper Mfg Co.,Ltd. (KRX:006740) reflect what it's really worth? Today, we will estimate the stock's intrinsic value by taking the forecast future cash flows of the company and discounting them back to today's value. Our analysis will employ the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model. Models like these may appear beyond the comprehension of a lay person, but they're fairly easy to follow.

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. Anyone interested in learning a bit more about intrinsic value should have a read of the Simply Wall St analysis model.

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Is Young Poong Paper MfgLtd fairly valued?

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 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.

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) forecast

	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
Levered FCF (₩, Millions)	₩10.3b	₩11.0b	₩11.7b	₩12.3b	₩12.9b	₩13.5b	₩14.1b	₩14.6b	₩15.2b	₩15.8b
Growth Rate Estimate Source	Est @ 8.57%	Est @ 7.11%	Est @ 6.08%	Est @ 5.36%	Est @ 4.85%	Est @ 4.5%	Est @ 4.26%	Est @ 4.08%	Est @ 3.96%	Est @ 3.88%
Present Value (₩, Millions) Discounted @ 14%	₩9.0k	₩8.5k	₩7.9k	₩7.3k	₩6.7k	₩6.1k	₩5.6k	₩5.1k	₩4.6k	₩4.2k

("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = ₩65b

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. 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 3.7%. We discount the terminal cash flows to today's value at a cost of equity of 14%.

Terminal Value (TV)= FCF₂₀₃₀ × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = ₩16b× (1 + 3.7%) ÷ (14%– 3.7%) = ₩157b

Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)¹⁰= ₩157b÷ ( 1 + 14%)¹⁰= ₩42b

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 ₩107b. In the final step we divide the equity value by the number of shares outstanding. Relative to the current share price of ₩6.4k, 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

We would point out that 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 Young Poong Paper MfgLtd 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 14%, which is based on a levered beta of 1.750. 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.

Next Steps:

Although the valuation of a company is important, it shouldn't be the only metric you look at when researching a company. DCF models are not the be-all and end-all of investment valuation. Rather it should be seen as a guide to "what assumptions need to be true for this stock to be under/overvalued?" For example, changes in the company's cost of equity or the risk free rate can significantly impact the valuation. For Young Poong Paper MfgLtd, we've put together three pertinent items you should explore:

1. Risks: Every company has them, and we've spotted 4 warning signs for Young Poong Paper MfgLtd (of which 2 don't sit too well with us!) you should know about.
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