Is Yihai Kerry Arawana Holdings Co., Ltd (SZSE:300999) Trading At A 48% Discount?

Simply Wall St · 10/14 23:04

Key Insights

  • Using the 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity, Yihai Kerry Arawana Holdings fair value estimate is CN¥64.75
  • Yihai Kerry Arawana Holdings is estimated to be 48% undervalued based on current share price of CN¥33.94
  • The CN¥28.13 analyst price target for 300999 is 57% less than our estimate of fair value

Today we'll do a simple run through of a valuation method used to estimate the attractiveness of Yihai Kerry Arawana Holdings Co., Ltd (SZSE:300999) as an investment opportunity by projecting its future cash flows and then discounting them to today's value. One way to achieve this is by employing the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model. 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.

View our latest analysis for Yihai Kerry Arawana Holdings

The Calculation

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 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, 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 (CN¥, Millions) CN¥6.33b CN¥8.83b CN¥10.8b CN¥12.6b CN¥14.1b CN¥15.4b CN¥16.6b CN¥17.6b CN¥18.5b CN¥19.3b
Growth Rate Estimate Source Analyst x1 Analyst x1 Est @ 22.13% Est @ 16.35% Est @ 12.30% Est @ 9.46% Est @ 7.48% Est @ 6.09% Est @ 5.12% Est @ 4.44%
Present Value (CN¥, Millions) Discounted @ 6.8% CN¥5.9k CN¥7.7k CN¥8.8k CN¥9.6k CN¥10.1k CN¥10.4k CN¥10.4k CN¥10.4k CN¥10.2k CN¥10.0k

("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = CN¥94b

After calculating the present value of future cash flows in the initial 10-year period, we need to calculate the Terminal Value, which accounts for all future cash flows beyond the first stage. 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 2.9%. 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) = CN¥19b× (1 + 2.9%) ÷ (6.8%– 2.9%) = CN¥499b

Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)10= CN¥499b÷ ( 1 + 6.8%)10= CN¥257b

The total value, or equity value, is then the sum of the present value of the future cash flows, which in this case is CN¥351b. The last step is to then divide the equity value by the number of shares outstanding. Compared to the current share price of CN¥33.9, the company appears quite good value at a 48% discount to where the stock price trades currently. 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.

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SZSE:300999 Discounted Cash Flow October 14th 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. Part of investing is coming up with your own evaluation of a company's future performance, so try the calculation yourself and check your own 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 Yihai Kerry Arawana 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 6.8%, which is based on a levered beta of 0.800. 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 Yihai Kerry Arawana Holdings

Strength
  • Earnings growth over the past year exceeded the industry.
  • Debt is well covered by earnings.
Weakness
  • Dividend is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the Food market.
Opportunity
  • Annual earnings are forecast to grow for the next 3 years.
  • Trading below our estimate of fair value by more than 20%.
Threat
  • Debt is not well covered by operating cash flow.
  • Paying a dividend but company has no free cash flows.
  • Annual earnings are forecast to grow slower than the Chinese market.

Moving On:

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. Instead the best use for a DCF model is to test certain assumptions and theories to see if they would lead to the company being undervalued or 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. What is the reason for the share price sitting below the intrinsic value? For Yihai Kerry Arawana Holdings, we've compiled three relevant elements you should further examine:

  1. Risks: Every company has them, and we've spotted 1 warning sign for Yihai Kerry Arawana Holdings you should know about.
  2. Future Earnings: How does 300999'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.
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