RE: EVERY INVESTOR IN RR SHOULD KNOW THIS14 Dec 2022 22:29
Thank you Phyl for sharing the article. The analyst had a detailed assessment of RR unlike the finger in the air number from JPM!
Some snippets from the article for those who rubbish any positive bits and also for those who are invested and don't have time to read the article -
RR is trading at 8.2x EV/2024E EBITA. RR's peer comps are currently trading at 11x EV / 2024E operating income. So valuing RR at 10x EBITA should be fair/slightly conservative. RR should generate at least £1.2B in FCF from now through 2024, so the current net debt of £1.2B ex-leases should become 0. To simplify, I assume the value of Provisions, investments in JV and Associates, Post Retirement Surplus, and Net DTA stay the same. I get £1.35 per share valuation (see Table 5 for calculations) in 2024E, or a 24% internal rate of return (IRR).
The most recent Trading Update stated that 2022 YTD EFHs are only at 62% of 2019 levels, and only 65% for the four months through October 2022. So RR will not hit £750M FCF this year.
However, management does state that the £750M FCF includes £300M hedge book costs and £100M-£200M Trent 1000 costs. If I tax effect £300M of hedge book costs and £200M of Trent 1000 costs at the consensus effective tax rate of 28%, that's an additional £360M of normalized FCF power. So the true FCF power excluding one-time costs is £750M + £360M = ~£1.1B. With peers trading at 20x 2023E FCF and 16x 2024E FCF on average, a 15x FCF multiple seems reasonable/conservative. RR should generate at least £500M in FCF now through 2023E, so net debt ex leases should be down to £700M. So if RR meets all the conditions required for £750M FCF in 2023 and one-time costs with the hedge book and Trent 1000 pass, then RR shares should be worth £1.92 per share in 2023 as shown in Table 6 - that's a 121% return.
RR should have FCF power of £1.3B in 2024E if EFHs fully recover to 2019 levels based on management guidance. If assuming RR has no net debt by 2024E and keep Provisions, investments in JV & Associates, Post Retirement Surplus and Net DTA the same, then RR shares should be worth £2.37 (shown in Table 7) in 2024E for an IRR of 65%
I will sleep well tonight! Hope you all too!