Estimating The Intrinsic Value Of Baazeem Trading Co. (TADAWUL:4051)

How far off is Baazeem Trading Co. (TADAWUL:4051) from its intrinsic value? Using the most recent financial data, we'll take a look at whether the stock is fairly priced by projecting its future cash flows and then discounting them to today's value. This will be done using the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model. It may sound complicated, but actually it is quite simple!

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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Is Baazeem Trading 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 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.

A DCF is all about the idea that a dollar in the future is less valuable than a dollar today, 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

	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
Levered FCF (SAR, Millions)	ر.س51.5m	ر.س54.2m	ر.س57.6m	ر.س61.7m	ر.س66.4m	ر.س71.7m	ر.س77.7m	ر.س84.2m	ر.س91.4m	ر.س99.3m
Growth Rate Estimate Source	Est @ 3.78%	Est @ 5.3%	Est @ 6.36%	Est @ 7.1%	Est @ 7.63%	Est @ 7.99%	Est @ 8.24%	Est @ 8.42%	Est @ 8.55%	Est @ 8.64%
Present Value (SAR, Millions) Discounted @ 14%	ر.س45.0	ر.س41.4	ر.س38.4	ر.س36.0	ر.س33.8	ر.س31.9	ر.س30.2	ر.س28.6	ر.س27.1	ر.س25.7

("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = ر.س338m

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 8.8%. 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) = ر.س99m× (1 + 8.8%) ÷ (14%– 8.8%) = ر.س1.9b

Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)¹⁰= ر.س1.9b÷ ( 1 + 14%)¹⁰= ر.س499m

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 ر.س837m. To get the intrinsic value per share, we divide this by the total number of shares outstanding. Relative to the current share price of ر.س97.2, the company appears around fair value at the time of writing. The assumptions in any calculation have a big impact on the valuation, so it is better to view this as a rough estimate, not precise down to the last cent.

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 Baazeem Trading 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 1.039. 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:

Whilst important, the DCF calculation shouldn't be the only metric you look at when researching a company. The DCF model is not a perfect stock valuation tool. Instead the best use for a DCF model is to test certain assumptions and theories to see if they would lead to the company being undervalued or overvalued. If a company grows at a different rate, or if its cost of equity or risk free rate changes sharply, the output can look very different. For Baazeem Trading, there are three pertinent factors you should assess:

1. Risks: For instance, we've identified 3 warning signs for Baazeem Trading (1 makes us a bit uncomfortable) you should be aware of.
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