CA Inc. Quarterly Valuation – February 2015 $CA
CA passes the initial requirements of both the Defensive Investor and the Enterprising Investor. The only issue the Defensive Investor has with the company is the low current ratio. The Enterprising Investor is concerned with the level of debt relative to the current assets, but is willing to overlook those concerns since the company qualifies for the more conservative Defensive Investor. As a result, all value 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, CA has grown its EPSmg (normalized earnings) from $1.33 in 2011 to an estimated $2.13 for 2015. This is a very strong level of demonstrated growth, which is well above the market’s implied estimate for earnings growth of only 3.44% over the next 7-10 years. In fact, the historical growth is around 12.1% 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, but still returns an estimate of intrinsic value falling above the current price, indicating the company is undervalued at the present time.
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