Thursday, July 7, 2011

Illinois Tool Works: $ITW cash flow valuation

Current Price: ~ $59/share
Projected Yield: ~ 2.30%


Illinois Tool Works' 840 operating units span 57 countries and generated $15.87 billion in revenue in 2010. Truly a diversified industrial operator, ITW garners about 18% of its business from general industrial markets; 19% from food and beverage service/preparation; 15% from automotive manufacturing and aftermarket; 10% from commercial construction; 12% from residential construction/renovation; 10% from primary metals, consumer durables, and electronics; and 16 % from other sources.

I estimated the firm's WACC today at 12.17% using the Capital Asset Pricing Model and the company's recent SEC filings.

Recent free cash flows and growth rates:
Year
FCF $Millions
2001
1094
2002
1017
2003
1110
2004
1249
2005
1553
2006
1765
2007
2131
2008
1867
2009
1899
2010
1275
TTM
1115

Average Annual Growth FCF: ~ 3%
CAGR FCF: ~ 2%
Consensus Forecast Industry 5-Year Growth: ~ 17% per year
Consensus Forecast Company 5-Year Growth: ~ 14% per year

Scenario 1
Average FCF in last three years is $1680 million.  Starting at $1680 million FCF, assuming the company achieves a 5-year growth rate in FCF of 14% 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
1680
1
1915
2
2183
3
2489
4
2837
5
3235
Terminal Value
30299

The firm's future cash flows, discounted at a WACC of 12.17%, give a present value for the entire firm (Debt + Equity) of $25,882 million. If the firm's fair value of debt is estimated at $3535 million, then the fair value of the firm's equity could be $22,347 million.  $22,347 million / 500 million outstanding shares is approximately $45 per share and a 20% margin of safety is $36/share.


Scenario 2
Starting at $1680 million FCF, assuming the company achieves a 5-year growth rate in FCF of 14% per year, and then a growth rate in FCF of 3.75% per year forever:

Discounted Cash Flow Valuation
Year
FCF $Millions
0
1680
1
1915
2
2183
3
2489
4
2837
5
3235
Terminal Value
43792

The firm's future cash flows, discounted at a WACC of 12.17%, give a present value for the entire firm (Debt + Equity) of $33,480 million. If the firm's fair value of debt is estimated at $3535 million, then the fair value of the firm's equity could be $29,945 million.  $29,945 million / 500 million outstanding shares is approximately $60 per share and a 20% margin of safety is $48/share.

Sources
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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