Yahoo Finance Calculating The Fair Value Of Hong Fok Corporation Limited (SGX:H30)
Today we will run through one way of estimating the intrinsic value of Hong Fok Corporation Limited (SGX:H30) by estimating the company's future cash flows and discounting them to their present value. This will be done using 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.
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.
Check out our latest analysis for Hong Fok
Crunching The Numbers
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. In the first stage we need to estimate the cash flows to the business over the next ten years. 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.
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
2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | |
Levered FCF (SGD, Millions) | S$79.3m | S$86.5m | S$92.5m | S$97.6m | S$101.8m | S$105.5m | S$108.8m | S$111.7m | S$114.5m | S$117.1m |
Growth Rate Estimate Source | Est @ 12.28% | Est @ 9.15% | Est @ 6.96% | Est @ 5.43% | Est @ 4.36% | Est @ 3.61% | Est @ 3.09% | Est @ 2.72% | Est @ 2.46% | Est @ 2.28% |
Present Value (SGD, Millions) Discounted @ 11% | S$71.4 | S$70.2 | S$67.7 | S$64.3 | S$60.5 | S$56.4 | S$52.4 | S$48.5 | S$44.8 | S$41.3 |
("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = S$577m
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 11%.
Terminal Value (TV)= FCF2032 × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = S$117m× (1 + 1.9%) ÷ (11%– 1.9%) = S$1.3b
Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)10= S$1.3b÷ ( 1 + 11%)10= S$460m
The total value, or equity value, is then the sum of the present value of the future cash flows, which in this case is S$1.0b. In the final step we divide the equity value by the number of shares outstanding. Relative to the current share price of S$1.0, the company appears about fair value at a 19% discount to where the stock price trades currently. Valuations are imprecise instruments though, rather like a telescope - move a few degrees and end up in a different galaxy. Do keep this in mind.
Important Assumptions
We would point out that 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 Hong Fok 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 11%, which is based on a levered beta of 1.520. 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 Hong Fok
Strength
Net debt to equity ratio below 40%.
Weakness
Interest payments on debt are not well covered.
Dividend is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the Real Estate market.
Opportunity
Current share price is below our estimate of fair value.
Lack of analyst coverage makes it difficult to determine H30's earnings prospects.
Threat
Debt is not well covered by operating cash flow.
Moving On:
Although the valuation of a company is important, it is only one of many factors that you need to assess 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 Hong Fok, there are three essential items you should further examine:
Risks: Every company has them, and we've spotted 2 warning signs for Hong Fok (of which 1 is a bit concerning!) you should know about.
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PS. The Simply Wall St app conducts a discounted cash flow valuation for every stock on the SGX every day. If you want to find the calculation for other stocks just search here.
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