Water Supply
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, designs, constructs, manages, and operates water production and water treatment plants primarily in the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, and the United States. The company operates through four segments: Retail, Bulk, Services, and Manufacturing. It uses reverse osmosis technology to produce potable water from seawater. The company produces and supplies water to end-users, including residential, commercial, and government customers, as well as government-owned distributors. It also provides design, engineering, construction, procurement, and management services for desalination projects and water treatment plants, as well as management and engineering services relating to municipal water distribution and treatment. In addition, the company manufactures and services a range of water-related products, including reverse osmosis desalination equipment, membrane separation equipment, filtration equipment, piping systems, vessels, and custom fabricated components; and provides design, engineering, consulting, management, inspection, training, and equipment maintenance services for commercial, municipal, and industrial water production, supply, and treatment, as well as desalination and wastewater treatment. The company was incorporated in 1973 and is headquartered in Grand Cayman, the Cayman Islands.
Discounted Cash Flow Valuation of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.
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 | $5.596M | $5.999M | $6.415M | $6.845M | $7.287M | $7.739M | $8.201M | $8.671M | $9.147M | $9.626M | $10.11M | $101.1M |
DCF | $5.216M | $4.851M | $4.5M | $4.166M | $3.848M | $3.546M | $3.26M | $2.99M | $2.736M | $2.498M | $24.98M | |
Value | $62.6M |
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 | 13% | 4.8% | 9.2% | 17% | 18% | 5.1% | 1.3% | 6.2% | 16% | 17% |
ROA | 5.2% | 1.4% | 2.9% | 6.9% | 7.2% | 5.3% | 2.1% | 5% | 17% | 18% |
ROE | 5.1% | 1.8% | 3.7% | 6.9% | 6.8% | 2.2% | 0.52% | 3.5% | 15% | 16% |
The average Net Margin over the past 5 years is +10.64%.
The trend of Net Margin over the past 5 years is -1.2%.
The average ROA over the past 5 years is +7.3%.
The trend of ROA over the past 5 years is +1.23%.
The average ROE over the past 5 years is +5.89%.
The trend of ROE over the past 5 years is +0.88%.
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 | 0.99 | 0.22 | - | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.06 |
Debt Equity | 0.09 | 0.01 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Graham Stability | - | - | 100% | 100% | 100% | 38% | 9.6% | 100% | 100% | 9.6% |
The Debt/FCF trailing twelve month is 0.06.
The trend of Debt/FCF over the past 5 years is 0.02.
Graham’s Stability measure stands at 0.10.
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 | 18% | 22% | 35% | 92% | 8.4% |
Net Income | 40% | 21% | 100% | 410% | 49% |
Stockholders Equity | 3.2% | 3.2% | 4.3% | 14% | 0.36% |
FCF | -1% | - | -38% | -74% | -0.24% |
The Revenue CAGR over the past 5 years is +22.35%.
The trend of Revenue growth rate over the past 5 years is +8.41%.
The Earnings CAGR over the past 5 years is +21.25%.
The trend of Earnings growth rate over the past 5 years is +48.8%.
The Equity CAGR over the past 5 years is +3.22%.
The trend of Equity growth rate over the past 5 years is +0.36%.
The FCF CAGR over the past 5 years is -.
The trend of FCF growth rate over the past 5 years is -0.24%.