Does This Valuation Of O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORLY) Imply Investors Are Overpaying?

Today, O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORLY) as an investment opportunity, by obtaining expected future cash flows and discounting them to today’s value. The discounted cash flow (DCF) model is the tool we apply to do this. Don’t let the jargon fool you. The math behind it is actually pretty simple.

It is worth pointing out that the DCF is not perfect for all situations, as companies may be assessed in different ways. If you want to learn a little more about intrinsic values, Simply the Wall St analysis model.

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We use what is called a two-step model. This simply means that he has two different periods in the company’s cash flow growth rate. Generally, the first stage is the high growth stage and the second stage is the low growth stage. First, you need to estimate your cash flow over the next 10 years. We use analyst estimates when available, but if these are not available, we extrapolate previous free cash flow (FCF) from previous estimates or reported values. Over this period, we expect companies with shrinking free cash flow to contract at a slower rate, and those with growing free cash flow to see slower growth. This is to reflect that growth tends to slow in the early years rather than in later years.

In general, we assume that a dollar today is worth more than a dollar in the future, so the sum of these future cash flows is discounted to today’s value.

10-Year Free Cash Flow (FCF) Forecast

	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032
Leverage FCF ($, million)	US$2 billion	$2.27 billion	$2.27 billion	$2.45 billion	$2.57 billion	$2.66 billion	$2.74 billion	$2.81 billion	$2.88 billion	$2.95 billion
growth rate source	Analyst x 4	Analyst x 4	Analyst x 1	Analyst x 1	Analyst x 1	@ 3.52%	@ 3.06%	@ 2.74%	@ 2.51%	@ 2.35%
Present Value ($, Million) Discount @ 8.2%	$1.8 million	US$1.9 million	$1.8 million	$1.8 million	$1.7 million	$1.7 million	$1.6 million	$1.5 million	$1.4 million	$1.3 million

(“Est” = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
10-Year Present Value of Cash Flows (PVCF) = $17 billion

Now we need to calculate the terminal value that accounts for all future cash flows after this decade. We use the Gordon-Growth formula to calculate the terminal value at a future annual growth rate equal to the 5-year average 2.0% of the 10-year Treasury yield. Discount the final cash flows to today’s value at a cost of equity of 8.2%.

Terminal value (TV)= FCF₂₀₃₂ × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = USD 2.9 billion × (1 + 2.0%) ÷ (8.2%– 2.0%) = USD 48 billion

Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= television / (1 + r)^Ten= US$48 billion ÷ ( 1 + 8.2%)^Ten= $22 billion

The total value is the sum of the cash flows over the next 10 years plus the discounted terminal value, which is the total asset value. In this case, US$39 billion. The final step is to divide the stock value by the number of outstanding shares. Compared to the current stock price of $805, the company looks pretty expensive at the time of this writing. However, evaluation is an imprecise tool, like a telescope. Move a few degrees and you’ll end up in another galaxy. Remember this.

important premise

We point out that the most important inputs to discounted cash flows are the discount rate and, of course, the actual cash flows. Part of investing is also self-evaluating the company’s future performance. So try the calculations yourself and check your assumptions. The DCF also does not give a complete picture of a company’s potential performance, as it does not take into account the cyclicality of the industry or the company’s future capital requirements. Given that we see O’Reilly Automotive as a potential shareholder, the cost of capital is used as the discount rate rather than the cost of capital (or weighted average cost of capital, WACC) that accounts for the liability. For this calculation we used 8.2% based on a leverage beta of 1.033. Beta is a measure of a stock’s volatility relative to the market as a whole. Our betas are derived from industry average betas of globally comparable companies and are capped between 0.8 and 2.0. This is a reasonable range for a stable business.

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Importantly, ideally, DCF calculations are not the only analysis that scrutinizes a company. A DCF model cannot give foolproof estimates. Rather, it should be viewed as a guide to “What assumptions need to be true for this stock to be undervalued/overvalued?” If companies grow at different rates, or if their cost of capital or risk-free rates change abruptly, their outputs can look very different. Can you understand why the company is trading at a premium to intrinsic value?O’Reilly Automotive has summarized his three key factors to explore.

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