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    S63.SI · SES · Industrials

    Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd

    Also onConsensus Drift

    Implied value per share

    SGD 5.82

    Market price

    SGD 10.43

    Implied upside

    -44.2%

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

    AdjustedCapital expenditure runs at 6.6% of revenue against depreciation of 5.0%. A perpetuity has to be a steady state, so the terminal year uses maintenance capex at depreciation and then charges the reinvestment terminal growth requires (g/ROIC of NOPAT). The bridge is shown under Terminal Value.
    NoteRisk-free rate is an assumption: USD assumption - no free live source available for this market.

    Current EV/EBITDA of 38.8x sits outside a defensible 3-20x band, so the exit multiple is capped at 20.0x. A multiple that far out usually means EBITDA is the wrong denominator for this business.

    Value Per Share

    Perpetuity growth
    SGD 5.82-44.2%
    Exit multiple
    SGD 11.53+10.6%
    Market price
    SGD 10.43

    Same forecast, different terminal treatment. Percentages vs price.

    Forecast Cashflows

    Reporting currency (SGD). Outflows negative.

    0m482m963mFY26FY27FY28FY29FY30
    Nominal FCFFDiscounted to todaySGD
    LineFY26FY27FY28FY29FY30CAGR
    RevenueSGD 13.7bnSGD 15.2bnSGD 16.9bnSGD 18.7bnSGD 20.8bn+11.0%
    EBITSGD 928.1mSGD 1.0bnSGD 1.1bnSGD 1.3bnSGD 1.4bn+11.0%
    NOPATSGD 790.5mSGD 877.2mSGD 973.5mSGD 1.1bnSGD 1.2bn+11.0%
    Add depreciation & amortisationSGD 690.1mSGD 765.8mSGD 849.8mSGD 943.0mSGD 1.0bn+11.0%
    Less capital expenditureSGD -901.7mSGD -1.0bnSGD -1.1bnSGD -1.2bnSGD -1.4bn+11.0%
    Less increase in working capitalSGD 56.2mSGD 62.4mSGD 69.2mSGD 76.8mSGD 85.3m-11.0%
    Free cashflow to firmSGD 635.1mSGD 704.8mSGD 782.1mSGD 867.9mSGD 963.1m+11.0%
    Discount factor0.96870.90890.85280.80020.7509-
    Present valueSGD 615.2mSGD 640.6mSGD 667.0mSGD 694.5mSGD 723.2m+4.1%
    Present Value Of The ForecastSGD 3.3bn

    Discount Rate

    Source shown per component. All overridable above.

    Risk-free rate4.20%USD assumption - no free live source available for this market (assumption)
    Equity risk premium6.50%Market assumption
    Beta0.434Reported 0.155, pulled toward 1.0 (Blume)
    Cost of equity7.02%Risk-free + beta x equity risk premium
    Cost of debt4.20%Floored at the risk-free rate (implied cost of debt was lower)
    Market capitalisationSGD 32.5bn87.1% of capital
    Total debtSGD 4.8bn12.9% of capital, book value as a proxy
    Tax rate14.8%Effective, capped at statutory
    WACC6.57%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 shareSGD 5.82

    85% of EV

    Forecast FCFF, final year
    SGD 963.1m
    Capex at depreciation, working capital in reinvestment
    SGD 1.5bn
    Less reinvestment at g/ROIC (32.9% of NOPAT)
    SGD -495.1m
    Capitalised
    SGD 1.0bn
    ROIC (reported)
    7.6%
    Terminal value, undiscounted
    SGD 25.4bn
    Terminal value, discounted
    SGD 19.1bn
    Enterprise value
    SGD 22.4bn
    Less net debt
    SGD 4.3bn
    Equity value
    SGD 18.1bn

    Exit at 20.0x EBITDA

    Value per shareSGD 11.53

    92% of EV

    Terminal value, undiscounted
    SGD 49.1bn
    Terminal value, discounted
    SGD 36.8bn
    Enterprise value
    SGD 40.2bn
    Less net debt
    SGD 4.3bn
    Equity value
    SGD 35.9bn

    Spread between methods: 66%.

    Sensitivity

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

    Long-run growth
    Discount rate1.50%2.00%2.50%3.00%3.50%
    4.57%10.2211.2812.8415.3820.25
    5.57%7.297.688.198.889.90
    6.57%5.525.665.826.026.28
    7.57%4.344.364.394.414.44
    8.57%3.603.623.643.663.68

    Outlined: this model. Green text: above today's price of 10.43. 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 year11.0%22.9%+11.9pp
    EBIT margin6.8%11.8%+5.0pp
    Discount rate6.6%5.0%-1.6pp
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