V.F. Corporation Quarterly Valuation – December 2014 $VFC
VF Corporation performs well in the ModernGraham model, and is suitable for Enterprising Investors. The Defensive Investor, on the other hand, is concerned with the low current ratio in combination with the high PEmg and PB ratios, while the Enterprising Investor has no initial concerns. As a result, Enterprising Investors should feel very comfortable proceeding to the next part of the analysis, which is a determination of the company’s intrinsic value.
When it comes to that valuation, it is critical to consider the company’s earnings history. In this case, the company has grown its EPSmg (normalized earnings) from $1.23 in 2010 to an estimated $2.59 for 2014. This is a fairly strong level of demonstrated growth which is well above the market’s implied estimate of 10.07% earnings growth over the next 7-10 years. Here, the historical growth in EPSmg over the last five years is around 22% per year, so the market is expecting a very significant drop in earnings growth. The ModernGraham valuation model reduces the historical growth to a more conservative figure, assuming that some slowdown will occur, and caps the growth estimate at 15%. Therefore, the model returns an estimate of intrinsic value well above the current price, indicating the company is significantly undervalued at the present time.
Be sure to check out previous ModernGraham valuations of VF Corporation for more perspective!
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