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An Intrinsic Calculation For Banijay Group N.V. (AMS:BNJ) Suggests It's 50% Undervalued

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Key Insights

  • Using the 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity, Banijay Group fair value estimate is €17.90
  • Current share price of €9.00 suggests Banijay Group is potentially 50% undervalued
  • The €10.85 analyst price target for BNJ is 39% less than our estimate of fair value

In this article we are going to estimate the intrinsic value of Banijay Group N.V. (AMS:BNJ) by projecting its future cash flows and then discounting them to today's value. We will use the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model on this occasion. Models like these may appear beyond the comprehension of a lay person, but they're fairly easy to follow.

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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Crunching The Numbers

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. 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 need to discount the sum of these future cash flows to arrive at a present value estimate:

10-year free cash flow (FCF) estimate

2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
Levered FCF (€, Millions) €487.9m €543.7m €557.0m €568.3m €578.1m €586.8m €594.9m €602.4m €609.6m €616.6m
Growth Rate Estimate Source Analyst x1 Analyst x1 Est @ 2.45% Est @ 2.02% Est @ 1.72% Est @ 1.52% Est @ 1.37% Est @ 1.27% Est @ 1.20% Est @ 1.15%
Present Value (€, Millions) Discounted @ 8.3% €450 €463 €438 €413 €387 €363 €340 €317 €297 €277

("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = €3.7b

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 1.0%. We discount the terminal cash flows to today's value at a cost of equity of 8.3%.

Terminal Value (TV)= FCF2034 × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = €617m× (1 + 1.0%) ÷ (8.3%– 1.0%) = €8.5b

Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)10= €8.5b÷ ( 1 + 8.3%)10= €3.8b

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 €7.6b. To get the intrinsic value per share, we divide this by the total number of shares outstanding. Relative to the current share price of €9.0, the company appears quite undervalued at a 50% 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.

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ENXTAM:BNJ Discounted Cash Flow September 20th 2024

The 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. If you don't agree with these result, have a go at the calculation yourself and play with the 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 Banijay Group 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 8.3%, which is based on a levered beta of 1.548. 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 Banijay Group

Strength
  • Debt is well covered by cash flow.
Weakness
  • Interest payments on debt are not well covered.
  • Dividend is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the Entertainment market.
  • Shareholders have been diluted in the past year.
Opportunity
  • Annual earnings are forecast to grow faster than the Dutch market.
  • Trading below our estimate of fair value by more than 20%.
Threat
  • Total liabilities exceed total assets, which raises the risk of financial distress.
  • Dividends are not covered by earnings.
  • Annual revenue is forecast to grow slower than the Dutch market.

Moving On:

Valuation is only one side of the coin in terms of building your investment thesis, and 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. Can we work out why the company is trading at a discount to intrinsic value? For Banijay Group, we've compiled three important items you should look at:

  1. Risks: Case in point, we've spotted 5 warning signs for Banijay Group you should be aware of, and 2 of them don't sit too well with us.
  2. Future Earnings: How does BNJ'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.
  3. 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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