Are Investors Undervaluing Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:FND) By 42{a57a8b399caa4911091be19c47013a92763fdea5dcb0fe03ef6810df8f2f239d}?

Does the August share price for Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:FND) reflect what it’s really worth? Today, we will estimate the stock’s intrinsic value by taking the forecast future cash flows of the company and discounting them back to today’s value. Our analysis will employ the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model. Believe it or not, it’s not too difficult to follow, as you’ll see from our example!

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.

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Crunching The Numbers

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 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, and so the sum of these future cash flows is then discounted to today’s value:

10-year free cash flow (FCF) estimate

(“Est” = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = US$4.4b

We now need to calculate the Terminal Value, which accounts for all the future cash flows after this ten year period. 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 1.9{a57a8b399caa4911091be19c47013a92763fdea5dcb0fe03ef6810df8f2f239d}. We discount the terminal cash flows to today’s value at a cost of equity of 6.6{a57a8b399caa4911091be19c47013a92763fdea5dcb0fe03ef6810df8f2f239d}.

Terminal Value (TV)= FCF₂₀₃₂ × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = US$1.0b× (1 + 1.9{a57a8b399caa4911091be19c47013a92763fdea5dcb0fe03ef6810df8f2f239d}) ÷ (6.6{a57a8b399caa4911091be19c47013a92763fdea5dcb0fe03ef6810df8f2f239d}– 1.9{a57a8b399caa4911091be19c47013a92763fdea5dcb0fe03ef6810df8f2f239d}) = US$22b

Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)¹⁰= US$22b÷ ( 1 + 6.6{a57a8b399caa4911091be19c47013a92763fdea5dcb0fe03ef6810df8f2f239d})¹⁰= US$12b

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$16b. To get the intrinsic value per share, we divide this by the total number of shares outstanding. Compared to the current share price of US$88.9, the company appears quite undervalued at a 42{a57a8b399caa4911091be19c47013a92763fdea5dcb0fe03ef6810df8f2f239d} discount to where the stock price trades currently. Remember though, that this is just an approximate valuation, and like any complex formula – garbage in, garbage out.

The Assumptions

Now the most important inputs to a discounted cash flow are the discount rate, and of course, the actual cash flows. If you don’t agree with these result, have a go at the calculation yourself and play with the 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 Floor & Decor 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 6.6{a57a8b399caa4911091be19c47013a92763fdea5dcb0fe03ef6810df8f2f239d}, which is based on a levered beta of 1.089. 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, the DCF calculation is only one of many factors that you need to assess 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. Why is the intrinsic value higher than the current share price? For Floor & Decor Holdings, we’ve put together three further items you should consider:

1. Risks: For example, we’ve discovered 2 warning signs for Floor & Decor Holdings (1 is concerning!) that you should be aware of before investing here.
2. Management:Have insiders been ramping up their shares to take advantage of the market’s sentiment for FND’s future outlook? Check out our management and board analysis with insights on CEO compensation and governance factors.
3. Other Solid Businesses: Low debt, high returns on equity and good past performance are fundamental to a strong business. Why not explore our interactive list of stocks with solid business fundamentals to see if there are other companies you may not have considered!

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