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Is There An Opportunity With Logility Supply Chain Solutions, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:LGTY) 47% Undervaluation?

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Key Insights

Today we will run through one way of estimating the intrinsic value of Logility Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:LGTY) by projecting its future cash flows and then discounting them to today's value. Our analysis will employ the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model. Before you think you won't be able to understand it, just read on! It's actually much less complex than you'd imagine.

Companies can be valued in a lot of ways, so we would point out that a DCF is not perfect for every situation. For those who are keen learners of equity analysis, the Simply Wall St analysis model here may be something of interest to you.

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Is Logility Supply Chain Solutions Fairly Valued?

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. 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, and so the sum of these future cash flows is then discounted to today's value:

10-year free cash flow (FCF) forecast

2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
Levered FCF ($, Millions) US$14.0m US$19.5m US$23.8m US$27.6m US$31.0m US$33.8m US$36.3m US$38.4m US$40.3m US$42.0m
Growth Rate Estimate Source Analyst x1 Analyst x1 Est @ 21.95% Est @ 16.15% Est @ 12.09% Est @ 9.25% Est @ 7.26% Est @ 5.87% Est @ 4.89% Est @ 4.21%
Present Value ($, Millions) Discounted @ 6.8% US$13.1 US$17.1 US$19.5 US$21.2 US$22.3 US$22.8 US$22.9 US$22.7 US$22.3 US$21.7

("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = US$206m

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 2.6%. We discount the terminal cash flows to today's value at a cost of equity of 6.8%.

Terminal Value (TV)= FCF2034 × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = US$42m× (1 + 2.6%) ÷ (6.8%– 2.6%) = US$1.0b

Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)10= US$1.0b÷ ( 1 + 6.8%)10= US$532m

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$738m. To get the intrinsic value per share, we divide this by the total number of shares outstanding. Compared to the current share price of US$11.6, the company appears quite good value at a 47% 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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NasdaqGS:LGTY Discounted Cash Flow November 8th 2024

The Assumptions

The calculation above is very dependent on two assumptions. The first is the discount rate and the other is the 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 Logility Supply Chain Solutions 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 6.8%, which is based on a levered beta of 1.017. 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 Logility Supply Chain Solutions

Strength
  • Currently debt free.
Weakness
  • Earnings declined over the past year.
  • Dividend is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the Software market.
Opportunity
  • Annual earnings are forecast to grow for the next 2 years.
  • Trading below our estimate of fair value by more than 20%.
Threat
  • Dividends are not covered by earnings and cashflows.
  • Annual earnings are forecast to grow slower than the American market.

Moving On:

Whilst important, the DCF calculation is only one of many factors that you need to assess for 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?" 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. Can we work out why the company is trading at a discount to intrinsic value? For Logility Supply Chain Solutions, there are three pertinent aspects you should further research:

  1. Risks: For instance, we've identified 2 warning signs for Logility Supply Chain Solutions (1 is significant) you should be aware of.
  2. Future Earnings: How does LGTY'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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