Viacom, Inc. (VIA.B)

Discount cash flow analysis

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This is an interactive analyst report for Viacom, Inc., based on a discounted cash flow valuation approach.

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What will the revenues be in the future?

Growth beyond year three is driven by the terminal growth rate.

Price history

Sensitivity matrix

   
-1% 		Discount Rate %
0%
1%
  -1% $21.57 $21.19 $20.83
Terminal Growth% 0 $21.60 $21.22 $20.86
  +1% $21.63 $21.26 $20.89

How does a change in discount rate or terminal growth affect valuation?

This table shows the sensitivity of the valuation to two key variables - the discount rate and the terminal growth rate

Valuations and comments

  • Valuecruncher created a new valuation of $19.05 (overvalued by 42.04%) - 19 hours ago
  • Valuecruncher created a new valuation of $19.05 (overvalued by 42.04%) - 1 day ago
  • SethWellbourne created a new valuation of $7.01 (overvalued by 59.39%) - 1 year ago
  • jesse82 created a new valuation of $17.51 (undervalued by 14.52%) - 1 year ago
  • TheCrunchBlog created a new valuation of $21.22 (undervalued by 59.91%) - 1 year ago
  • GordonGekko created a new valuation of $17.81 (undervalued by 34.21%) - 1 year ago

Comments

Running The Numbers - Viacom ($VIA)

This valuation is part of this blog post:

http://blog.valuecruncher.com/2008/11/running-the-numbers-viacom-via-impacted-by-redstone-family-debt-negotiations/

Assumptions

Revenue: Reuters aggregates 17 analysts covering $VIA and these produce mean estimates of 2008 and 2009 revenues of US$14.8 billion and US$15.4 billion respectively. For our analysis we have used US$14.5 billion in 2008, US$14.75 billion in 2009 and US$15.0 billion in 2010.

Profitability: We have used a flat EBITDA margin of 22.5% to 2010. Reuters has $VIA’s EBITD margin at 53.7% last year (which looks an anomaly) and averaging 27.8% over the last five-years.

Capital Expenditure: We have assumed capital expenditures of US$300.0 million in 2008 then US$250.0 million per annum moving forward.

Discount Rate: 11.0%.

Terminal Growth Rate: 1%.

By TheCrunchBlog, about 1 year ago

The boring details

All amounts in millions Figures
Enterprise Value: 27,492
Net Debt (Long-term borrowings less cash): 7,325
Equity Value: 8,141
Number of Shares Outstanding: 613,000,000
Calculated value per share: $21.22

Enterprise Value is the present value of the post-tax cash flows for a business into the future.

Calcuation of EV

Where:

  • C1, C2, C3 - the cash flow in period 1, 2, 3, ...
  • r - the discount rate

To capture the cash flows into the future a terminal value is calculated via a perpetuity calculation -
based on the final years forecast post-tax free cash flow.

Perpetuity

Where:

  • Cn - the cash flow in the final forecast period.
  • LTG - the long-term growth rate
  • r - the discount rate
  • g - the terminal growth rate

The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is used to determine the equity component in the discount rate.

CAPM model

Where:

  • rt - the risk free rate
  • t - the tax rate
  • B - the beta of the company
  • MRP - the Market Risk Premium

Valuecruncher uses an estimate of Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) to determine the discount rate in the calculation.