OneWater Marine Inc.'s (NASDAQ:ONEW) Intrinsic Value Is Potentially 33% Above Its Share Price

Key Insights

• OneWater Marine's estimated fair value is US$35.60 based on 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity
• OneWater Marine's US$26.70 share price signals that it might be 25% undervalued
• The US$33.00 analyst price target for ONEW is 7.3% less than our estimate of fair value

How far off is OneWater Marine Inc. (NASDAQ:ONEW) 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 use the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model on this occasion. There's really not all that much to it, even though it might appear quite complex.

Remember though, that there are many ways to estimate a company's value, and a DCF is just one method. For those who are keen learners of equity analysis, the Simply Wall St analysis model here may be something of interest to you.

Check out our latest analysis for OneWater Marine

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.

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) forecast

	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033
Levered FCF ($, Millions)	US$58.8m	US$63.3m	US$67.0m	US$70.3m	US$73.1m	US$75.6m	US$77.9m	US$80.1m	US$82.1m	US$84.1m
Growth Rate Estimate Source	Analyst x2	Est @ 7.67%	Est @ 6.00%	Est @ 4.83%	Est @ 4.02%	Est @ 3.44%	Est @ 3.04%	Est @ 2.76%	Est @ 2.57%	Est @ 2.43%
Present Value ($, Millions) Discounted @ 14%	US$51.5	US$48.7	US$45.3	US$41.6	US$38.0	US$34.5	US$31.2	US$28.1	US$25.3	US$22.7

("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = US$367m

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 2.1%. We discount the terminal cash flows to today's value at a cost of equity of 14%.

Terminal Value (TV)= FCF₂₀₃₃ × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = US$84m× (1 + 2.1%) ÷ (14%– 2.1%) = US$723m

Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)¹⁰= US$723m÷ ( 1 + 14%)¹⁰= US$195m

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 US$562m. The last step is to then divide the equity value by the number of shares outstanding. Relative to the current share price of US$26.7, the company appears a touch undervalued at a 25% 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.

The Assumptions

Now 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 OneWater Marine 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 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.

SWOT Analysis for OneWater Marine

Next Steps:

Valuation is only one side of the coin in terms of building your investment thesis, and it ideally won't be the sole piece of analysis you scrutinize for 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?" 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. Why is the intrinsic value higher than the current share price? For OneWater Marine, we've compiled three important factors you should further research:

1. Risks: You should be aware of the 4 warning signs for OneWater Marine (2 are a bit concerning!) we've uncovered before considering an investment in the company.
2. Future Earnings: How does ONEW'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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