Ashland Global Holdings (ASH:NYS) Fundamental Valuation Report

Fundamental Valuation Report

Ashland Global Holdings(ASH:NYS)

Basic Materials:Chemicals

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Close Price/Date
$80.51 (USD) 20/11/2018

Weighted Valuation
$86.58 (USD)

Overall Rating
Undervalued by 7.5%

Valuation Models Analyst Consensus: $97.00 (USD)
(in order of importance) Discounted Cash Flow: $67.08 (USD)
Multiples: $94.35 (USD)
Valuation Methods This company is:
Cash Flow: Overvalued on a Cash Flow Valuation
Comparable Company: Overvalued on a Comparable Valuation
Asset: Undervalued on an Asset Valuation

Company Overview (ASH:NYS USD)

Price 80.51
Range 78.98 – 80.82
52 week 66.18 – 86.11
Open 79.16
Vol / Avg. 688965/811611
Mkt cap 5.03B
P/E 48.50
Div/yield 0.95/0.01
EPS 1.79
Shares 62.49M
Beta 1.28

Company Description

Ashland Global Holdings Inc manufactures and sells a variety of specialty chemicals. The company organizes itself into three segments based on product type. The Specialty Ingredients segment, which generates the most revenue of any segment, sells cellulose ethers, vinyl pyrrolidones, and biofunctionals. Segment customers include pharmaceutical companies and manufacturers of personal care products, food and beverages, paint, coatings, and construction materials. The Valvoline segment sells automotive lubricants and chemicals and operates a chain of repair shops and quick lube oil change stores under the Valvoline brand. The Performance Materials segment sells plastic resins to automotive suppliers and electronics producers. The majority of revenue comes from North America.

Valuation Details

 We have up to 6 valuation points for each company. Details are at the bottom of the report.

Discounted Cash Flow and Sensitivity Analysis for ASH:NYS

Using a discounted cash flow model we generated an intrinsic value of $67.08 (USD) for ASH:NYS

Sensitivity Analysis

(showing how changes in the input variables impact the DCF calculation)

ASH:NYS Current Values Valuation If Dropped * Valuation If Raised *
Calculated Value: $67.08 1% 5% 1% 5%
WACC (or Ke) 8.52 $96.83 $46.46
Terminal Growth Rate 3.00 $48.03 $94.54
Tax Rate 0.08 $76.29 $57.86
Cash Flow 865,715,000 $56.56 $77.59
Capital Expenditures -236,000,000 $64.55 $69.60
Long Term Debt 4,087,000,000 $70.35 $63.81

* Changes are absolute: ex WACC from 8% to 7%

Comparables Model

Using similar companies and price based ratios we generated a valuation of $55.42 (USD) for ASH:NYS. We also generated a valuation of $89.18 (USD) using other metrics and comparables.
The comparable companies were Balchem (BCPC:NAS), Eastman Chemical (EMN:NYS), Minerals Technologies (MTX:NYS), Univar (UNVR:NYS) and Versum Materials (VSM:NYS).

Company ASH:NYS End Date Value
Earnings/Share $1.79 (USD)
Book Value/Share $54.40 (USD)
Sales/Share $57.75 (USD)
Cash Flow/Share $3.26 (USD)
EBITDA/Share $8.78 (USD)
Price Based on Comps Adjustment Factor (%)
$30.51 (USD) 0.0
$147.98 (USD) -58.1
$115.85 (USD) -39.6
$9.36 (USD) -25.2
$102.23 (USD) 24.5
ASH:NYS Ratios Used Average Values BCPC:NAS EMN:NYS MTX:NYS UNVR:NYS VSM:NYS
113.82 PE Ratio 17.04 31.22 7.36 9.67 18.51 18.46
1.36 PB Ratio 7.71 4.55 1.85 1.50 2.98 27.66
1.28 PS Ratio 2.01 4.77 1.11 1.11 0.41 2.63
22.69 PCF Ratio 14.99 27.12 7.79 9.27 14.40 16.38
12.36 EV to EBITDA 11.64 21.38 7.69 8.58 10.07 10.49

Multiples

Using a multiples approach we generated a valuation of  $94.35 (USD) for ASH:NYS

Company ASH:NYS End Date Value
Earnings/Share $1.79 (USD)
Book Value/Share $54.40 (USD)
Sales/Share $57.75 (USD)
Cash Flow/Share $3.26 (USD)
EBITDA/Share $8.78 (USD)
Price Based on Comps Adjustment Factor
$93.53 (USD) 0
$120.55 (USD) 0
$81.75 (USD) 0
$48.13 (USD) 0
$127.79 (USD) 0
Ratios Ratio Average
PE Ratio 52.25
PB Ratio 2.22
PS Ratio 1.42
PCF Ratio 14.76
EV to EBITDA 14.55

Adjusted Book Value versus Historical Price to Book

The average the Price to Book ratio for  ASH:NYS for the last 10 years was  2.08

We ran the Adjusted Book Value for  ASH:NYS and generated a book value of  $54.94 (USD)
By multiplying these we get an adjusted valuation of  $114.20 (USD)

Analyst Data

In the Stockcalc database there are 5 analysts that provide a valuation for ASH:NYS. The 5 analysts have a concensus valuation for ASH:NYS for 2019 of $97.00 (USD).

ASH:NYS Ashland Global Holdings

Analyst Recommendation
Buy Hold Sell Rating
(of 5)
Guidance As Of
6 0 0 5.0000 Buy 2018-11-19

Current Price: 80.51 USD

Analyst Consensus
USD Millions 2019 2020 2021
Mean EPS 4.25 4.99 5.75
# EPS Analysts 5 5 1
Mean Revenue 3,855.60 3,993.50 4,113.70
# Revenue Analysts 4 4 1
Mean Target Price 97.00
Mean Cash Flow 7.96 9.05 10.85
Mean EBITDA 742.20 804.20 840.50
Mean Net Income 273.00 320.50 353.30
Mean Debt Outstanding 2,019.50 1,748.00
Mean Tax Rate 16.80 17.75
Mean Growth Rate
Mean Capital Expenditure 207.50 217.50 230.00

Explanation of Valuation Models

We have up to 6 valuation points for each company in the database.

The Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) valuation is a cash flow model where cash flow projections are discounted back to the present to calculate value per share. DCF is a common valuation technique especially for companies undergoing irregular cash flows such as resource companies (mining, forestry, oil and gas) going though price cycles or smaller companies about to generate cash flow (junior exploration companies, junior pharma, technology firms…).

The Price Comparables valuation is the result of valuing the company we are looking at on the basis of ratios from selected comparable companies: Price to Earnings, Price to Book, Price to Sales, Price to Cash Flow, Enterprise Value (EV) to EBITDA. Each of these ratios for the selected comparable companies are averaged and multiplied by the values for the company we are interested in to calculate a value per share for our selected company.

We have included the Other Comparables as a way to value companies that cannot be valued using Earnings based ratios. This technique is very useful for companies still experiencing negative cash flows such as mining exploration firms. We use Cash/Share, Book Value/Share, MarketCap, 1 Year Return, NetPPE as the ratios here. Each of these ratios for the selected comparable companies are averaged and multiplied by the values for the company we are interested in to calculate a value per share for our selected company.

Multiples are similar to Price comparables where we look at current or historic ratios for the company in question to assess what it should be worth today based on those historic ratios. We use the same 5 ratios as in the price comparables and value the company with its historic averages.

With Adjusted Book Value (ABV) we calculate the book value per share for the company based on its balance sheet and multiply that book value per share by its historical price to book ratio to calculate a value per share.

If we have Analyst coverage for the company we use the consensus target price here.

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