A Look At The Intrinsic Value Of Bojangles’ Inc (NASDAQ:BOJA)
How far off is Bojangles’ Inc (NASDAQ:BOJA) from its intrinsic value? Using the most recent financial data, I am going to take a look at whether the stock is fairly priced by projecting its future cash flows and then discounting them to today’s value. This is done using the discounted cash flows (DCF) model. Don’t get put off by the jargon, the math behind it is actually quite straightforward. If you want to learn more about discounted cash flow, the basis for my calcs can be read in detail in the Simply Wall St analysis model. If you are reading this and its not November 2018 then I highly recommend you check out the latest calculation for Bojangles’ by following the link below.
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What’s the value?
We are going to use a two-stage DCF model, which, as the name states, takes into account two stages of growth. The first stage is generally a higher growth period which levels off heading towards the terminal value, captured in the second ‘steady growth’ period. To start off with we need to estimate the next five years of cash flows. For this I used the consensus of the analysts covering the stock, as you can see below. I then discount the sum of these cash flows to arrive at a present value estimate.
5-year cash flow forecast
2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
Levered FCF ($, Millions) | $36.61 | $37.80 | $40.84 | $44.13 | $47.69 |
Source | Analyst x3 | Analyst x2 | Est @ 8.06% | Est @ 8.06% | Est @ 8.06% |
Present Value Discounted @ 10.08% | $33.25 | $31.19 | $30.61 | $30.05 | $29.50 |
Present Value of 5-year Cash Flow (PVCF)= US$155m
We now need to calculate the Terminal Value, which accounts for all the future cash flows after the five years. For a number of reasons a very conservative growth rate is used that cannot exceed that of the GDP. In this case I have used the 10-year government bond rate (2.9%). In the same way as with the 5-year ‘growth’ period, we discount this to today’s value at a cost of equity of 10.1%.
Terminal Value (TV) = FCF2022 × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = US$48m × (1 + 2.9%) ÷ (10.1% – 2.9%) = US$688m
Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV) = TV / (1 + r)5 = US$688m ÷ ( 1 + 10.1%)5 = US$426m
The total value, or equity value, is then the sum of the present value of the cash flows, which in this case is US$580m. The last step is to then 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) then we use the equivalent number. This results in an intrinsic value of $15.74. Compared to the current share price of $15.8, the stock is fair value, maybe slightly overvalued and not available at a discount at this time.
The 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 Bojangles’ 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 10.1%, which is based on a levered beta of 1.012. 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:
Valuation is only one side of the coin in terms of building your investment thesis, and it shouldn’t be the only metric you look at when researching a company. For BOJA, there are three key factors you should further examine:
Financial Health: Does BOJA 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 BOJA’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 BOJA? 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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