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10 June 2008 | 218 views
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A scenario approach to valuing Google - Base Case

This valuation is part of this blog post:

http://blog.valuecruncher.com/2008/06/a-scenario-approach-to-valuing-google-goog/

Google grew revenues from US$3.2 billion in 2004 to US$16.6 billion in 2007 – a huge 73% compound annual growth rate. Our assumptions of revenues for the next three years are US$22.5 billion in 2008 growing to US$34.5 billion in 2010 – a 27% compound annual growth rate. Year-on-year revenue increases have slowed from 92.5% in 2005 to 56.5% in 2007. We are projecting revenue growth to continue to slow – 35.6% in 2008, 26.7% in 2009 and 21.0% in 2010.

We have projected EBITDA margins at a flat 40%.

We have used a terminal growth rate of 6.5%. We calculated this terminal growth rate based on year three growth (2009 to 2010) of 21% dropping to 18.5% in 2011 and then to a 5% stable growth rate over the next ten years.

We have used a WACC (discount rate) of 10.5%. The WACC (discount rate) has a material impact on a discounted cash flow valuation (as does the terminal growth rate). We think this WACC of 10.5% is reasonable but recognise that the actual number could be as low as 10% or as high as 12-12.5%.

We used a terminal capital expenditure number of US$4.25 billion.

Our analysis incorporates the cash on the Google balance sheet – Valuecruncher calculates a net debt number.

Our analysis gives a valuation of US$481.94 which is 11.1% below the current share price of US$542.30. Our valuation is based on the current share price - it isn’t a target price for the future.

By TheCrunchBlog, 6 months ago


Valuation Details

Member: TheCrunchBlog
On: 26 Jun 2008
Views: 218
Comments: 1

Company Details

Updated: 4 hours ago
Ticker: GOOG
Market: NASD