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Are MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MTSI) Investors Paying Above The Intrinsic Value?
Key Insights
- MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings' estimated fair value is US$80.14 based on 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity
- MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings is estimated to be 21% overvalued based on current share price of US$97.12
- The US$118 analyst price target for MTSI is 47% more than our estimate of fair value
How far off is MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MTSI) from its intrinsic value? Using the most recent financial data, we'll take a look at whether the stock is fairly priced by taking the forecast future cash flows of the company and discounting them back to today's value. We will use the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model on this occasion. It may sound complicated, but actually it is quite simple!
We would caution that there are many ways of valuing a company and, like the DCF, each technique has advantages and disadvantages in certain scenarios. For those who are keen learners of equity analysis, the Simply Wall St analysis model here may be something of interest to you.
View our latest analysis for MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings
Step By Step Through The Calculation
We use what is known as a 2-stage model, which simply means we have two different periods of growth rates for the company's cash flows. Generally the first stage is higher growth, and the second stage is a lower growth phase. In the first stage we need to estimate the cash flows to the business over the next ten years. Where possible we use analyst estimates, but when these aren't available we extrapolate the previous free cash flow (FCF) from the last estimate or reported value. We assume companies with shrinking free cash flow will slow their rate of shrinkage, and that companies with growing free cash flow will see their growth rate slow, over this period. We do this to reflect that growth tends to slow more in the early years than it does in later years.
Generally we assume that a dollar today is more valuable than a dollar in the future, so we discount the value of these future cash flows to their estimated value in today's dollars:
10-year free cash flow (FCF) forecast
2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | |
Levered FCF ($, Millions) | US$191.9m | US$298.0m | US$322.0m | US$340.5m | US$356.7m | US$371.3m | US$384.7m | US$397.3m | US$409.4m | US$421.2m |
Growth Rate Estimate Source | Analyst x7 | Analyst x1 | Analyst x1 | Est @ 5.74% | Est @ 4.77% | Est @ 4.09% | Est @ 3.61% | Est @ 3.28% | Est @ 3.04% | Est @ 2.88% |
Present Value ($, Millions) Discounted @ 8.1% | US$178 | US$255 | US$255 | US$249 | US$242 | US$233 | US$223 | US$213 | US$203 | US$193 |
("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = US$2.2b
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 (2.5%) 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 8.1%.
Terminal Value (TV)= FCF2034 × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = US$421m× (1 + 2.5%) ÷ (8.1%– 2.5%) = US$7.7b
Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)10= US$7.7b÷ ( 1 + 8.1%)10= US$3.5b
The total value, or equity value, is then the sum of the present value of the future cash flows, which in this case is US$5.8b. The last step is to then divide the equity value by the number of shares outstanding. Compared to the current share price of US$97.1, the company appears slightly overvalued at the time of writing. 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. 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 MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings 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 8.1%, which is based on a levered beta of 1.358. 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 MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings
- Debt is not viewed as a risk.
- Earnings declined over the past year.
- Expensive based on P/E ratio and estimated fair value.
- Annual earnings are forecast to grow faster than the American market.
- Revenue is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.
Moving On:
Although the valuation of a company is important, it ideally won't be the sole piece of analysis you scrutinize for a company. It's not possible to obtain a foolproof valuation with a DCF model. Preferably you'd apply different cases and assumptions and see how they would impact the company's valuation. For example, changes in the company's cost of equity or the risk free rate can significantly impact the valuation. What is the reason for the share price exceeding the intrinsic value? For MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, we've put together three additional factors you should assess:
- Risks: Every company has them, and we've spotted 1 warning sign for MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings you should know about.
- Future Earnings: How does MTSI'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 NasdaqGS:MTSI
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings
Designs and manufactures analog semiconductor solutions for use in wireless and wireline applications across the radio frequency (RF), microwave, millimeter wave, and lightwave spectrum in the United States, China, Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and internationally.