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    BHARTIARTL.NS · NSI · Communication Services

    Bharti Airtel Limited

    Also onConsensus Drift

    Implied value per share

    INR 1839.91

    Market price

    INR 1893.30

    Implied upside

    -2.8%

    5-year forecast · Perpetuity growth terminal value · Mid-year discounting · Base case

    NoteRisk-free rate is an assumption: INR assumption - no free live source available for this market.

    Value Per Share

    Perpetuity growth
    INR 1839.91-2.8%
    Exit multiple
    INR 3136.67+65.7%
    Market price
    INR 1893.30

    Same forecast, different terminal treatment. Percentages vs price.

    Forecast Cashflows

    Reporting currency (INR). Outflows negative.

    0bn565bn1129bnFY27FY28FY29FY30FY31
    Nominal FCFFDiscounted to todayINR
    LineFY27FY28FY29FY30FY31CAGR
    RevenueINR 2423.7bnINR 2784.4bnINR 3198.8bnINR 3674.8bnINR 4221.7bn+14.9%
    EBITINR 667.8bnINR 767.2bnINR 881.4bnINR 1012.5bnINR 1163.2bn+14.9%
    NOPATINR 499.5bnINR 573.9bnINR 659.3bnINR 757.4bnINR 870.1bn+14.9%
    Add depreciation & amortisationINR 629.4bnINR 723.1bnINR 830.7bnINR 954.3bnINR 1096.3bn+14.9%
    Less capital expenditureINR -550.5bnINR -632.5bnINR -726.6bnINR -834.7bnINR -958.9bn+14.9%
    Less increase in working capitalINR 69.9bnINR 80.3bnINR 92.3bnINR 106.0bnINR 121.8bn-14.9%
    Free cashflow to firmINR 648.3bnINR 744.8bnINR 855.6bnINR 983.0bnINR 1129.3bn+14.9%
    Discount factor0.95780.87860.80600.73940.6783-
    Present valueINR 620.9bnINR 654.4bnINR 689.7bnINR 726.8bnINR 766.0bn+5.4%
    Present Value Of The ForecastINR 3457.9bn

    Discount Rate

    Source shown per component. All overridable above.

    Risk-free rate6.80%INR assumption - no free live source available for this market (assumption)
    Equity risk premium8.00%Market assumption
    Beta0.327Reported -0.004, pulled toward 1.0 (Blume)
    Cost of equity9.42%Risk-free + beta x equity risk premium
    Cost of debt8.72%Interest expense / average total debt
    Market capitalisationINR 11811.7bn85.8% of capital
    Total debtINR 1954.1bn14.2% of capital, book value as a proxy
    Tax rate25.2%Effective, capped at statutory
    WACC9.01%E/V x Re + D/V x Rd x (1 - t)

    Terminal Value

    Perpetuity growth is intrinsic. The exit multiple defaults to the company's current EV/EBITDA, so it answers a different question - what the shares are worth if today's rating holds and EBITDA grows as forecast.

    Perpetuity growth at 2.50%

    Value per shareINR 1839.91

    72% of EV

    Forecast FCFF, final year
    INR 1129.3bn
    Capex at depreciation, working capital in reinvestment
    INR 1053.2bn
    Less reinvestment at g/ROIC (19.5% of NOPAT)
    INR -204.9bn
    Capitalised
    INR 848.4bn
    ROIC (reported)
    12.9%
    Terminal value, undiscounted
    INR 13362.0bn
    Terminal value, discounted
    INR 9063.8bn
    Enterprise value
    INR 12521.7bn
    Less net debt
    INR 1452.1bn
    Equity value
    INR 11069.5bn

    Exit at 11.0x EBITDA

    Value per shareINR 3136.67

    83% of EV

    Terminal value, undiscounted
    INR 24863.5bn
    Terminal value, discounted
    INR 16865.6bn
    Enterprise value
    INR 20323.5bn
    Less net debt
    INR 1452.1bn
    Equity value
    INR 18871.3bn

    Spread between methods: 52%.

    Sensitivity

    Value per share (INR) by discount rate and long-run growth.

    Long-run growth
    Discount rate1.50%2.00%2.50%3.00%3.50%
    7.01%2462.892581.772725.902904.733133.12
    8.01%2052.582121.842202.802298.972415.40
    9.01%1751.401792.821839.901894.041957.17
    10.01%1520.891545.691573.201604.011638.86
    11.01%1338.751353.191368.821385.871404.63

    Outlined: this model. Green text: above today's price of 1893.30. Shading: distance from this model's own value.

    Priced In

    What each input would have to be to justify the current price, one at a time.

    InputModelImpliedGap
    Revenue growth, every year14.9%15.5%+0.6pp
    EBIT margin27.6%28.4%+0.9pp
    Discount rate9.0%8.8%-0.2pp
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