Monday, March 21, 2011

Hewlett-Packard Company: $HPQ cash flow valuation

Current Price: ~ $42/share
Projected Yield: ~ 0.77%



I believe Hewlett-Packard Company ($HPQ) is fairly valued at $42/share on a cash flow valuation basis.    


Hewlett-Packard manufactures and sells information technology products, and services to businesses and consumers worldwide. With the recent EDS acquisition, we estimate services will constitute about one third of sales, slightly similar to personal computers (30%) but higher than printers (20%) and enterprise storage and servers (13%). The remainder of company sales come from software, financing, and other corporate investments.

I estimated the firm's WACC today at 11.13% using the Capital Asset Pricing Model and the company's recent SEC filings.



Recent free cash flows and noted growth rates:
Year
FCF $Millions
2001
1034
2002
3734
2003
4062
2004
2962
2005
6033
2006
8817
2007
6575
2008
11601
2009
9684
2010
7789

Average Annual Growth FCF: approx. 45%
CAGR FCF: approx. 25%
Consensus Forecast Industry 5-Year Growth: approx. 14% per year
Consensus Forecast Company 5-Year Growth: approx. 10% per year

Assuming the company achieves a 5-year growth rate in FCF of 10% per year, and assuming that after the next five years, the company achieves no growth in FCF or 0% growth per year forever:
Discounted Cash Flow Valuation
Year
FCF $Millions
0
7789
1
8568
2
9425
3
10367
4
11404
5
12544
Terminal Value
124029

The firm's future cash flows, discounted at a WACC of 11.13%, give a present value for the entire firm (Debt + Equity) of $110,968 million. If the firm's fair value of debt is estimated at $20,500 million, then the fair value of the firm's equity could be $90,468 million.  $90,468 million / 2160 million outstanding shares is approximately $42 per share and a 20% margin of safety is $34/share.

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Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.

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