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Is Yinson Holdings Berhad (KLSE:YINSON) Trading At A 25% Discount?
How far off is Yinson Holdings Berhad (KLSE:YINSON) from its intrinsic value? Using the most recent financial data, we'll take a look at whether the stock is fairly priced by taking the expected future cash flows and discounting them to their present 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.
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. 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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The Model
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. 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, 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
2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | |
Levered FCF (MYR, Millions) | -RM1.52b | -RM319.0m | RM546.5m | RM900.4m | RM1.32b | RM1.76b | RM2.19b | RM2.59b | RM2.95b | RM3.27b |
Growth Rate Estimate Source | Analyst x2 | Analyst x3 | Analyst x2 | Est @ 64.75% | Est @ 46.39% | Est @ 33.54% | Est @ 24.54% | Est @ 18.24% | Est @ 13.84% | Est @ 10.75% |
Present Value (MYR, Millions) Discounted @ 17% | -RM1.3k | -RM234 | RM344 | RM486 | RM610 | RM698 | RM745 | RM755 | RM737 | RM699 |
("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = RM3.5b
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 (3.6%) 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 17%.
Terminal Value (TV)= FCF2032 × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = RM3.3b× (1 + 3.6%) ÷ (17%– 3.6%) = RM26b
Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)10= RM26b÷ ( 1 + 17%)10= RM5.5b
The total value, or equity value, is then the sum of the present value of the future cash flows, which in this case is RM9.1b. The last step is to then divide the equity value by the number of shares outstanding. Relative to the current share price of RM2.4, the company appears a touch undervalued at a 25% 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
The calculation above is very dependent on two assumptions. The first is the discount rate and the other is the 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 Yinson Holdings Berhad 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 17%, which is based on a levered beta of 2.000. 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.
Moving On:
Although the valuation of a company is important, it shouldn't be the only metric you look at when researching 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?" For instance, if the terminal value growth rate is adjusted slightly, it can dramatically alter the overall result. Why is the intrinsic value higher than the current share price? For Yinson Holdings Berhad, there are three essential items you should consider:
- Risks: For instance, we've identified 2 warning signs for Yinson Holdings Berhad (1 is significant) you should be aware of.
- Future Earnings: How does YINSON'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 High Quality Alternatives: Do you like a good all-rounder? Explore our interactive list of high quality stocks to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!
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About KLSE:YINSON
Yinson Holdings Berhad
An investment holding company, operates as a floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) service provider.
Undervalued with limited growth.