Is Terna – Rete Elettrica Nazionale Società per Azioni (BIT:TRN) Worth €5.35 Based On Intrinsic Value?

Ricardo Crouch

Mon, Feb 18, 2019, 5:24 AM

Today I will be providing a simple run through of a valuation method used to estimate the attractiveness of Terna – Rete Elettrica Nazionale Società per Azioni (BIT:TRN) as an investment opportunity by estimating the company’s future cash flows and discounting them to their present value. I will be using the discounted cash flows (DCF) model. Don’t get put off by the jargon, the math behind it is actually quite straightforward. Anyone interested in learning a bit more about intrinsic value should have a read of the Simply Wall St analysis model. If you are reading this and its not February 2019 then I highly recommend you check out the latest calculation for Terna – Rete Elettrica Nazionale Società per Azioni by following the link below.

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The model

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. 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. The sum of these cash flows is then discounted to today’s value.

5-year cash flow forecast

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Levered FCF (€, Millions)	€196.20	€175.39	€230.86	€347.67	€567.00
Source	Analyst x10	Analyst x9	Analyst x7	Analyst x3	Analyst x1
Present Value Discounted @ 8.59%	€180.68	€148.75	€180.31	€250.07	€375.58

Present Value of 5-year Cash Flow (PVCF)= €1.1b

After calculating the present value of future cash flows in the intial 5-year period we need to calculate the Terminal Value, which accounts for all the future cash flows beyond the first stage. 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 8.6%.

Terminal Value (TV) = FCF₂₀₂₃ × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = €567m × (1 + 2.9%) ÷ (8.6% – 2.9%) = €10b

Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV) = TV / (1 + r)⁵ = €10b ÷ ( 1 + 8.6%)⁵ = €6.8b

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 €8.0b. To get the intrinsic value per share, we divide this by the total number of shares outstanding, or the equivalent number if this is a depositary receipt or ADR. This results in an intrinsic value of €3.97. Relative to the current share price of €5.35, the stock is quite expensive at the time of writing.

BIT:TRN Intrinsic Value Export February 18th 19

Important assumptions

The calculation above is very dependent on two assumptions. The first is the discount rate and the other is the cash flows. If you don’t agree with my result, have a go at the calculation yourself and play with the assumptions. Because we are looking at Terna – Rete Elettrica Nazionale Società per Azioni 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 8.6%, which is based on a levered beta of 0.800. 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:

Although the valuation of a company is important, it 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 TRN, I’ve put together three important aspects you should look at:

Financial Health: Does TRN 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 TRN’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 TRN? 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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