Intrinsic Calculation For Diversified Royalty Corp. (TSE:DIV) Shows Investors Are Overpaying
Does the December share price for Diversified Royalty Corp. (TSE:DIV) reflect it’s really worth? Today, I will calculate the stock’s intrinsic value by estimating the company’s future cash flows and discounting them to their present value. This is done using the discounted cash flows (DCF) model. It may sound complicated, but actually it is quite simple! Anyone interested in learning a bit more about intrinsic value should have a read of the Simply Wall St analysis model. Please also note that this article was written in December 2018 so be sure check out the updated calculation by following the link below.
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Is DIV fairly valued?
I use what is known as a 2-stage model, which simply means we have two different periods of varying growth rates for the company’s cash flows. Generally the first stage is higher growth, and the second stage is a more stable growth phase. In the first stage we need to estimate the cash flows to the business over the next five years. For this I used the consensus of the analysts covering the stock, as you can see below. I then discount this to its value today and sum up the total to get the present value of these cash flows.
5-year cash flow forecast
2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
Levered FCF (CA$, Millions) | CA$24.20 | CA$24.90 | CA$25.50 | CA$26.20 | CA$30.39 |
Source | Analyst x1 | Analyst x1 | Analyst x1 | Analyst x1 | Est @ 16%, capped from 26.95% |
Present Value Discounted @ 13.42% | CA$21.34 | CA$19.36 | CA$17.48 | CA$15.83 | CA$16.19 |
Present Value of 5-year Cash Flow (PVCF)= CA$90m
The second stage is also known as Terminal Value, this is the business’s cash flow after the first stage. The Gordon Growth formula is used to calculate Terminal Value at an annual growth rate equal to the 10-year government bond rate of 2.3%. We discount this to today’s value at a cost of equity of 13.4%.
Terminal Value (TV) = FCF2022 × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = CA$30m × (1 + 2.3%) ÷ (13.4% – 2.3%) = CA$281m
Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV) = TV / (1 + r)5 = CA$281m ÷ ( 1 + 13.4%)5 = CA$150m
The total value is the sum of cash flows for the next five years and the discounted terminal value, which results in the Total Equity Value, which in this case is CA$240m. In the final step we divide the equity value by the number of shares outstanding. If the stock is an depositary receipt (represents a specified number of shares in a foreign corporation) or ADR then we use the equivalent number. This results in an intrinsic value of CA$2.23. Compared to the current share price of CA$2.82, the stock is fair value, maybe slightly overvalued and not available at a discount at this time.
Important 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 my inputs, I recommend redoing the calculations yourself and playing with them. Because we are looking at Diversified Royalty as potential shareholders, the cost of equity is used as the discount rate, rather than the cost of capital (or weighed average cost of capital, WACC) which accounts for debt. In this calculation I’ve used 13.4%, which is based on a levered beta of 1.447. This is derived from the Bottom-Up Beta method based on 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, DCF calculation shouldn’t be the only metric you look at when researching a company. What is the reason for the share price to differ from the intrinsic value? For DIV, I’ve compiled three essential aspects you should further research:
Financial Health: Does DIV have a healthy balance sheet? Take a look at our free balance sheet analysis with six simple checks on key factors like leverage and risk.
Future Earnings: How does DIV’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: Are there other high quality stocks you could be holding instead of DIV? 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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