【where can i sell my wheat pennies】Calculating The Fair Value Of Asanko Gold Inc. (TSE:AKG)
In this where can i sell my wheat penniesarticle we are going to estimate the intrinsic value of Asanko Gold Inc. (
TSE:AKG
) by projecting its future cash flows and then discounting them to today's value. I will use the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model. Don't get put off by the jargon, the math behind it is actually quite straightforward.
Companies can be valued in a lot of ways, so we would point out that a DCF is not perfect for every situation. Anyone interested in learning a bit more about intrinsic value should have a read of the
Simply Wall St analysis model
.
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Is Asanko Gold fairly valued?
We use what is known as a 2-stage model, which simply means we have two different periods of growth rates for the company's cash flows. Generally the first stage is higher growth, and the second stage is a lower growth phase. 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.
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) estimate
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
Levered FCF ($, Millions)
US$49.0m
US$25.7m
US$26.7m
US$20.6m
US$17.4m
US$15.6m
US$14.5m
US$13.9m
US$13.5m
US$13.3m
Growth Rate Estimate Source
Analyst x3
Analyst x3
Analyst x3
Est @ -22.72%
Est @ -15.48%
Est @ -10.4%
Est @ -6.85%
Est @ -4.36%
Est @ -2.62%
Est @ -1.4%
Present Value ($, Millions) Discounted @ 6.0%
US$46.2
US$22.9
US$22.4
US$16.3
US$13.0
US$11.0
US$9.7
US$8.7
US$8.0
US$7.5
("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF)
= US$165m
We now need to calculate the Terminal Value, which accounts for all the future cash flows after this ten year period. 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 10-year government bond rate (1.4%) 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 6.0%.
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Terminal Value (TV)
= FCF
2029
× (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = US$13m× (1 + 1.4%) ÷ 6.0%– 1.4%) = US$299m
Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)
= TV / (1 + r)
10
= US$299m÷ ( 1 + 6.0%)
10
= US$168m
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$333m. To get the intrinsic value per share, we divide this by the total number of shares outstanding. Compared to the current share price of CA$1.6, the company appears a touch undervalued at a 24% 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.
TSX:AKG Intrinsic value May 1st 2020
Important 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 Asanko Gold 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 6.0%, which is based on a levered beta of 0.831. 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, DCF calculation shouldn’t be the only metric you look at when researching a company. The DCF model is not a perfect stock valuation tool. Rather it should be seen as a guide to "what assumptions need to be true for this stock to be under/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 to differ from the intrinsic value? For Asanko Gold, We've put together three pertinent aspects you should look at:
Risks
: Take risks, for example - Asanko Gold has
3 warning signs
(and 1 which is significant)
we think you should know about.
Future Earnings
: How does AKG'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
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