In this article we are going to estimate the intrinsic value of Valvoline Inc. (NYSE:VVV) by taking the expected future cash flows and discounting them to today's value. The Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model is the tool we will apply to do this. Before you think you won't be able to understand it, just read on! It's actually much less complex than you'd imagine.
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.
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What's The Estimated Valuation?
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. 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
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 |
Levered FCF ($, Millions) | US$157.5m | US$177.0m | US$191.3m | US$203.2m | US$213.3m | US$221.9m | US$229.5m | US$236.3m | US$242.6m | US$248.5m |
Growth Rate Estimate Source | Analyst x2 | Analyst x2 | Est @ 8.07% | Est @ 6.23% | Est @ 4.95% | Est @ 4.04% | Est @ 3.41% | Est @ 2.97% | Est @ 2.66% | Est @ 2.45% |
Present Value ($, Millions) Discounted @ 6.6% | US$148 | US$156 | US$158 | US$157 | US$155 | US$151 | US$146 | US$141 | US$136 | US$131 |
("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = US$1.5b
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 (1.9%) 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 6.6%.
Terminal Value (TV)= FCF2032 × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = US$249m× (1 + 1.9%) ÷ (6.6%– 1.9%) = US$5.4b
Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)10= US$5.4b÷ ( 1 + 6.6%)10= US$2.8b
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 US$4.3b. In the final step we divide the equity value by the number of shares outstanding. Relative to the current share price of US$26.3, 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.
NYSE:VVV Discounted Cash Flow September 25th 2022
Important Assumptions
The calculation above is very dependent on two assumptions. The first is the discount rate and the other is the 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 Valvoline 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 6.6%, which is based on a levered beta of 1.110. 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.
Next Steps:
Whilst important, the DCF calculation ideally won't be the sole piece of analysis you scrutinize for a company. The DCF model is not a perfect stock valuation tool. Preferably you'd apply different cases and assumptions and see how they would impact the company's valuation. 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 Valvoline, we've put together three fundamental aspects you should assess:
- Risks: For example, we've discovered 4 warning signs for Valvoline (2 are significant!) that you should be aware of before investing here.
- Future Earnings: How does VVV'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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在这篇文章中,我们将通过将预期的未来现金流折现到今天的价值来估计Valvoline Inc.(纽约证券交易所代码:VVV)的内在价值。贴现现金流(DCF)模型是我们将应用的工具。在你认为你将无法理解它之前,只需继续阅读!它实际上比你想象的要简单得多。
不过请记住,有很多方法可以评估一家公司的价值,贴现现金流只是其中一种方法。对于那些热衷于学习股票分析的人来说,这里的Simply Wall St.分析模型可能会让你感兴趣。
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估计的估价是多少?
我们使用的是两阶段增长模型,也就是说,我们考虑了公司发展的两个阶段。在初期,公司可能有较高的增长率,而第二阶段通常被假设为有一个稳定的增长率。首先,我们必须对未来十年的现金流进行估计。在可能的情况下,我们使用分析师的估计,但当这些估计不可用时,我们会根据上次估计或报告的价值推断先前的自由现金流(FCF)。我们假设,自由现金流萎缩的公司将减缓收缩速度,而自由现金流增长的公司在这段时间内的增长速度将放缓。我们这样做是为了反映出,增长在最初几年往往比后来几年放缓得更多。
贴现现金流就是这样一种想法,即未来一美元的价值低于现在的一美元,因此我们需要对这些未来现金流的总和进行贴现,以得出现值估计:
10年自由现金流(FCF)预测
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 |
杠杆式FCF(百万美元) | 1.575亿美元 | 1.77亿美元 | 1.913亿美元 | 2.032亿美元 | 2.133亿美元 | 2.219亿美元 | 2.295亿美元 | 2.363亿美元 | 2.426亿美元 | 2.485亿美元 |
增长率预估来源 | 分析师x2 | 分析师x2 | EST@8.07% | Est@6.23% | Est@4.95% | Est@4.04% | Est@3.41% | Est@2.97% | Est@2.66% | Est@2.45% |
现值(美元,百万)贴现@6.6% | 148美元 | 156美元 | 158美元 | 157美元 | 155美元 | 151美元 | 146美元 | 141美元 | 136美元 | 131美元 |
(“EST”=Simply Wall St.预估的FCF成长率)
10年期现金流现值(PVCF)=15亿美元
第二阶段也被称为终端价值,这是企业在第一阶段之后的现金流。出于一些原因,使用了一个非常保守的增长率,不能超过一个国家的国内生产总值增长率。在这种情况下,我们使用了10年期政府债券收益率的5年平均值(1.9%)来估计未来的增长。与10年“增长”期一样,我们使用6.6%的权益成本将未来现金流贴现至当前价值。
终端值(TV)=FCF2032×(1+g)?(r-g)=2.49亿美元×(1+1.9%)?(6.6%-1.9%)=54亿美元
终值现值(PVTV)=TV/(1+r)10=54亿美元?(1+6.6%)10=28亿美元
总价值是未来十年的现金流总和加上贴现的终端价值,得出总股本价值,在本例中为43亿美元。在最后一步,我们用股本价值除以流通股的数量。相对于目前26.3美元的股价,该公司在撰写本文时似乎接近公允价值。任何计算中的假设都会对估值产生很大影响,因此最好将其视为粗略估计,而不是精确到最后一分钱。
纽约证券交易所:VVV贴现现金流2022年9月25日
重要假设
上述计算在很大程度上取决于两个假设。第一个是贴现率,另一个是现金流。您不必同意这些输入,我建议您自己重新计算并使用它们。DCF也没有考虑一个行业可能的周期性,也没有考虑一家公司未来的资本要求,因此它没有给出一家公司潜在业绩的全貌。鉴于我们将Valvoline视为潜在股东,股权成本被用作贴现率,而不是占债务的资本成本(或加权平均资本成本,WACC)。在这个计算中,我们使用了6.6%,这是基于杠杆率为1.110的测试版。贝塔系数是衡量一只股票相对于整个市场的波动性的指标。我们的贝塔系数来自全球可比公司的行业平均贝塔系数,强制限制在0.8到2.0之间,这是一个稳定业务的合理范围。
接下来的步骤:
虽然很重要,但理想情况下,贴现现金流计算不会是你为一家公司仔细审查的唯一分析。贴现现金流模型并不是一个完美的股票估值工具。你最好应用不同的案例和假设,看看它们会如何影响公司的估值。如果一家公司以不同的速度增长,或者如果其股本成本或无风险利率大幅变化,产出可能看起来非常不同。对于Valvoline,我们总结了你应该评估的三个基本方面:
- 风险例如,我们发现Valvoline的4个警告标志(其中两项意义重大!)在这里投资之前你应该意识到这一点。
- 未来收益:VVV的增长率与其同行和更广泛的市场相比如何?通过与我们的免费分析师增长预期图表互动,更深入地挖掘分析师对未来几年的共识数字。
- 其他高质量替代产品:你喜欢一个好的全能运动员吗?浏览我们的高质量股票互动列表,了解您可能会错过的其他股票!
PS.Simply Wall St.应用每天对纽约证交所的每只股票进行现金流贴现估值。如果你想找到其他股票的计算方法,只需搜索此处。
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