Alliance Resource Partners does not satisfy the initial requirements of the Enterprising Investor or the more conservative Defensive Investor. The Defensive Investor is concerned with the small size and low current ratio. The Enterprising Investor is concerned with the level of debt relative to the current assets. As a result, all value investors should explore other opportunities or proceed cautiously with a speculative attitude 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, it has grown its EPSmg (normalized earnings) from $2.87 in 2011 to an estimated $3.68 for 2015. This level of demonstrated growth outpaces the market’s implied estimate for an annual earnings decline of 0.84% over the next 7-10 years.
In recent years, the company’s actual growth in EPSmg has averaged around 5.7% annually. The ModernGraham valuation model reduces the actual growth to a more conservative figure when making an estimate, but still returns an estimate of intrinsic value within a margin of safety relative to the current price, indicating that Alliance Resource Partners is undervalued at the present time.
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