International Business Machines Annual Valuation – 2014 $IBM
After reviewing the data, it is clear that conservative value investors may wish to seek other opportunities. The Defensive Investor is concerned with the low current ratio in combination with the high PB ratio, while the Enterprising Investor has concerns with the high level of debt relative to the net current assets. As a result, both investor types would find the company to be too risky to proceed. That said, any investors willing to speculate about the future of the company may go ahead with the next step of the analysis, which is a determination of the company’s intrinsic value.
When calculating an estimate of intrinsic value, it is important to consider the historical earnings results, along with the market’s implied estimate for future growth. Here, the company has grown its EPSmg (normalized earnings) from $9.66 in 2010 to an estimated $14.74 for 2014. This level of demonstrated growth is very strong, and significantly higher than the market’s implied estimate of only 1.3%. Based on the demonstrated growth, and lessened by a margin of safety, the ModernGraham valuation model estimates a more conservative growth over the next 7-10 years to be around 7.9%. The company would have to see a significant slowdown in growth in order to be worth the current price. As a result, International Business Machines appears to be significantly undervalued at the present time.
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