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AppFolio, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud business management solutions for the real estate industry. The company offers AppFolio Property Manager, a platform to leverage process automation, easy to use interface, and the optimization of common workflows for property management companies, as well as completes and records critical transactions in the system and give its customers access to the data they need to run their business; AppFolio Property Manager Plus, which offers customizable workflows that allow customers to digitize their existing processes, performance insights, intelligent revenue management, and integrations through selected partners and dedicated strategic account managers; and AppFolio Investment Management, a solution that is designed to enable real estate investment management organizations to manage investor relationships through enhancing transparency and streamlining certain business processes. It also provides value added services that are designed to enhance, automate, and streamline processes and workflows for property management businesses, such as electronic payment, tenant screening, and insurance services. AppFolio, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California.
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Discounted Cash Flow Valuation of Appfolio Inc
Growth
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g\r | +10% | +11% | +12% | +13% | +14% |
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0% | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
+1% | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
+2% | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
+3% | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
+4% | 17 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
Years | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | TV |
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FCF | $92M | $97.65M | $103.5M | $109.6M | $115.9M | $122.5M | $129.2M | $136.2M | $143.3M | $150.7M | $158.2M | $1.582B |
DCF | $84.91M | $78.28M | $72.07M | $66.28M | $60.88M | $55.86M | $51.19M | $46.85M | $42.83M | $39.1M | $391M | |
Value | $989.3M |
In the chart Earnings are multiplied by this value.
High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.
Years | 12-2015 | 12-2016 | 12-2017 | 12-2018 | 12-2019 | 12-2020 | 12-2021 | 12-2022 | 12-2023 | TTM |
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Net Margin | -21% | -7.8% | 6.8% | 11% | 14% | 51% | 0.29% | -14% | 0.44% | 11% |
ROA | -17% | -8.9% | 8.9% | 12% | 2.5% | 51% | 0.42% | -18% | 2% | 16% |
ROE | -22% | -12% | 11% | 22% | 27% | 55% | 0.35% | -26% | 0.91% | 23% |
The average Net Margin over the past 5 years is +10.34%.
The trend of Net Margin over the past 5 years is -5.34%.
The average ROA over the past 5 years is +8.25%.
The trend of ROA over the past 5 years is -4.52%.
The average ROE over the past 5 years is +13.37%.
The trend of ROE over the past 5 years is -9.1%.
Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.
Years | 12-2015 | 12-2016 | 12-2017 | 12-2018 | 12-2019 | 12-2020 | 12-2021 | 12-2022 | 12-2023 | TTM |
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Debt FCF | - | - | 0.00 | 1.46 | 1.62 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - |
Debt Equity | - | - | 0.00 | 0.54 | 0.38 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - |
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Graham Stability | - | - | - | - | 100% | 100% | 1.4% | -100% | 8.9% | -100% |
The Debt/FCF trailing twelve month is -.
The trend of Debt/FCF over the past 5 years is -0.73.
Graham’s Stability measure stands at -1.04.
Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.
Years | 12-2016 | 12-2018 | 12-2020 | 12-2022 | Trend |
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Revenue | 29% | 27% | 26% | 31% | -3.1% |
Net Income | - | -33% | -74% | - | -36% |
Stockholders Equity | 23% | 26% | 1.3% | 12% | 0.12% |
FCF | 32% | 8.4% | 21% | 170% | -15% |
The Revenue CAGR over the past 5 years is +26.69%.
The trend of Revenue growth rate over the past 5 years is -3.06%.
The Earnings CAGR over the past 5 years is -32.97%.
The trend of Earnings growth rate over the past 5 years is -35.97%.
The Equity CAGR over the past 5 years is +26.48%.
The trend of Equity growth rate over the past 5 years is +0.12%.
The FCF CAGR over the past 5 years is +8.44%.
The trend of FCF growth rate over the past 5 years is -14.87%.