MRO.L · LSE · Industrials
Melrose Industries PLC
Also onConsensus Drift
Implied value per share
GBp 214.39
Market price
GBp 478.20
Implied upside
-55.2%
5-year forecast · Perpetuity growth terminal value · Mid-year discounting · Base case
Value Per Share
Same forecast, different terminal treatment. Percentages vs price.
Forecast Cashflows
Reporting currency (GBP). Outflows negative.
| Line | FY26 | FY27 | FY28 | FY29 | FY30 | CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | GBP 3.8bn | GBP 4.1bn | GBP 4.4bn | GBP 4.7bn | GBP 5.0bn | +6.7% |
| EBIT | GBP 87.7m | GBP 93.6m | GBP 99.9m | GBP 106.6m | GBP 113.7m | +6.7% |
| NOPAT | GBP 69.4m | GBP 74.0m | GBP 79.0m | GBP 84.3m | GBP 89.9m | +6.7% |
| Add depreciation & amortisation | GBP 459.8m | GBP 490.6m | GBP 523.5m | GBP 558.6m | GBP 596.1m | +6.7% |
| Less capital expenditure | GBP -114.2m | GBP -121.9m | GBP -130.1m | GBP -138.8m | GBP -148.1m | +6.7% |
| Less increase in working capital | GBP -240.7m | GBP -256.8m | GBP -274.0m | GBP -292.4m | GBP -312.0m | +6.7% |
| Free cashflow to firm | GBP 174.3m | GBP 185.9m | GBP 198.4m | GBP 211.7m | GBP 225.9m | +6.7% |
| Discount factor | 0.9599 | 0.8845 | 0.8150 | 0.7510 | 0.6920 | - |
| Present value | GBP 167.3m | GBP 164.5m | GBP 161.7m | GBP 159.0m | GBP 156.3m | -1.7% |
| Present Value Of The Forecast | GBP 808.8m | |||||
Discount Rate
Source shown per component. All overridable above.
| Risk-free rate | 4.50% | GBP assumption - no free live source available for this market (assumption) |
| Equity risk premium | 5.50% | Market assumption |
| Beta | 0.901 | Reported 0.852, pulled toward 1.0 (Blume) |
| Cost of equity | 9.45% | Risk-free + beta x equity risk premium |
| Cost of debt | 7.10% | Interest expense / average total debt |
| Market capitalisation | GBP 6.0bn | 75.8% of capital |
| Total debt | GBP 1.9bn | 24.2% of capital, book value as a proxy |
| Tax rate | 20.9% | Effective, capped at statutory |
| WACC | 8.52% | 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%
82% of EV
- Forecast FCFF, final year
- GBP 225.9m
- Capex at depreciation, working capital in reinvestment
- GBP 440.3m
- Less reinvestment at g/ROIC (29.3% of NOPAT)
- GBP -129.1m
- Capitalised
- GBP 311.2m
- ROIC (WACC floor)
- 8.5%
- Terminal value, undiscounted
- GBP 5.3bn
- Terminal value, discounted
- GBP 3.7bn
- Enterprise value
- GBP 4.5bn
- Less net debt
- GBP 1.7bn
- Equity value
- GBP 2.7bn
Exit at 7.8x EBITDA
83% of EV
- Terminal value, undiscounted
- GBP 5.5bn
- Terminal value, discounted
- GBP 3.8bn
- Enterprise value
- GBP 4.6bn
- Less net debt
- GBP 1.7bn
- Equity value
- GBP 2.9bn
Spread between methods: 5%.
Sensitivity
Value per share (GBP) by discount rate and long-run growth.
| Long-run growth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discount rate | 1.50% | 2.00% | 2.50% | 3.00% | 3.50% |
| 6.52% | 3.34 | 3.36 | 3.38 | 3.40 | 3.42 |
| 7.52% | 2.65 | 2.66 | 2.68 | 2.70 | 2.71 |
| 8.52% | 2.12 | 2.13 | 2.14 | 2.16 | 2.17 |
| 9.52% | 1.70 | 1.71 | 1.72 | 1.74 | 1.75 |
| 10.52% | 1.37 | 1.38 | 1.39 | 1.40 | 1.41 |
Outlined: this model. Green text: above today's price of 4.78. 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.
| Input | Model | Implied | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, every year | 6.7% | 50.2% | +43.5pp |
| EBIT margin | 2.3% | 9.5% | +7.2pp |
| Discount rate | 8.5% | 5.4% | -3.1pp |
Live formulas, not pasted numbers - edit a driver and the workbook reprices.
Yahoo Finance and RBA data. General information, not advice. Methodology.