Calculating The Intrinsic Value Of Chinyang Poly Urethane Co.,Ltd (KRX:010640)

Does the December share price for Chinyang Poly Urethane Co.,Ltd (KRX:010640) reflect what it's really worth? Today, we will estimate the stock's intrinsic value by projecting its future cash flows and then discounting them to today's value. Our analysis will employ the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model. Believe it or not, it's not too difficult to follow, as you'll see from our example!

We would caution that there are many ways of valuing a company and, like the DCF, each technique has advantages and disadvantages in certain scenarios. If you want to learn more about discounted cash flow, the rationale behind this calculation can be read in detail in the Simply Wall St analysis model.

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The calculation

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. 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

	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
Levered FCF (₩, Millions)	₩2.13b	₩2.33b	₩2.52b	₩2.68b	₩2.84b	₩2.98b	₩3.12b	₩3.26b	₩3.39b	₩3.53b
Growth Rate Estimate Source	Est @ 12.16%	Est @ 9.62%	Est @ 7.83%	Est @ 6.59%	Est @ 5.72%	Est @ 5.11%	Est @ 4.68%	Est @ 4.38%	Est @ 4.17%	Est @ 4.02%
Present Value (₩, Millions) Discounted @ 9.8%	₩1.9k	₩1.9k	₩1.9k	₩1.8k	₩1.8k	₩1.7k	₩1.6k	₩1.5k	₩1.5k	₩1.4k

("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = ₩17b

We now need to calculate the Terminal Value, which accounts for all the future cash flows after this ten year period. 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 9.8%.

Terminal Value (TV)= FCF₂₀₃₀ × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = ₩3.5b× (1 + 3.7%) ÷ (9.8%– 3.7%) = ₩60b

Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)¹⁰= ₩60b÷ ( 1 + 9.8%)¹⁰= ₩23b

The total value, or equity value, is then the sum of the present value of the future cash flows, which in this case is ₩40b. In the final step we divide the equity value by the number of shares outstanding. Relative to the current share price of ₩3.7k, the company appears about fair value at a 8.4% discount to where the stock price trades currently. Valuations are imprecise instruments though, rather like a telescope - move a few degrees and end up in a different galaxy. Do keep this in mind.

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 Chinyang Poly UrethaneLtd 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 9.8%, which is based on a levered beta of 1.032. 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:

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. Rather it should be seen as a guide to "what assumptions need to be true for this stock to be under/overvalued?" For instance, if the terminal value growth rate is adjusted slightly, it can dramatically alter the overall result. For Chinyang Poly UrethaneLtd, we've put together three additional factors you should assess:

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