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    U14.SI · SES · Real Estate

    UOL Group Limited

    Also onConsensus Drift

    Implied value per share

    SGD 8.03

    Market price

    SGD 8.45

    Implied upside

    -5.0%

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

    AdjustedCapital expenditure runs at 6.0% of revenue against depreciation of 4.4%. 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.

    Value Per Share

    Perpetuity growth
    SGD 8.03-5.0%
    Exit multiple
    SGD 8.33-1.4%
    Market price
    SGD 8.45

    Same forecast, different terminal treatment. Percentages vs price.

    Forecast Cashflows

    Reporting currency (SGD). Outflows negative.

    0m318m636mFY26FY27FY28FY29FY30
    Nominal FCFFDiscounted to todaySGD
    LineFY26FY27FY28FY29FY30CAGR
    RevenueSGD 3.2bnSGD 3.3bnSGD 3.3bnSGD 3.3bnSGD 3.3bn+0.3%
    EBITSGD 782.1mSGD 784.8mSGD 787.4mSGD 790.0mSGD 792.7m+0.3%
    NOPATSGD 668.9mSGD 671.1mSGD 673.4mSGD 675.6mSGD 677.9m+0.3%
    Add depreciation & amortisationSGD 142.7mSGD 143.2mSGD 143.7mSGD 144.2mSGD 144.6m+0.3%
    Less capital expenditureSGD -195.4mSGD -196.0mSGD -196.7mSGD -197.3mSGD -198.0m+0.3%
    Less increase in working capitalSGD 10.9mSGD 10.9mSGD 10.9mSGD 11.0mSGD 11.0m-0.3%
    Free cashflow to firmSGD 627.1mSGD 629.2mSGD 631.3mSGD 633.4mSGD 635.6m+0.3%
    Discount factor0.96730.90510.84690.79240.7414-
    Present valueSGD 606.6mSGD 569.5mSGD 534.6mSGD 501.9mSGD 471.2m-6.1%
    Present Value Of The ForecastSGD 2.7bn

    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
    Beta0.739Reported 0.611, pulled toward 1.0 (Blume)
    Cost of equity9.01%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 7.2bn60.6% of capital
    Total debtSGD 4.7bn39.4% of capital, book value as a proxy
    Tax rate14.5%Effective, capped at statutory
    WACC6.87%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 8.03

    74% of EV

    Forecast FCFF, final year
    SGD 635.6m
    Capex at depreciation, working capital in reinvestment
    SGD 678.6m
    Less reinvestment at g/ROIC (36.4% of NOPAT)
    SGD -246.8m
    Capitalised
    SGD 431.8m
    ROIC (WACC floor)
    6.9%
    Terminal value, undiscounted
    SGD 10.1bn
    Terminal value, discounted
    SGD 7.5bn
    Enterprise value
    SGD 10.2bn
    Less net debt
    SGD 3.4bn
    Equity value
    SGD 6.8bn

    Exit at 11.2x EBITDA

    Value per shareSGD 8.33

    74% of EV

    Terminal value, undiscounted
    SGD 10.5bn
    Terminal value, discounted
    SGD 7.8bn
    Enterprise value
    SGD 10.4bn
    Less net debt
    SGD 3.4bn
    Equity value
    SGD 7.0bn

    Spread between methods: 4%.

    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%
    4.87%12.7912.8612.9312.9913.06
    5.87%9.9510.0010.0610.1110.16
    6.87%7.947.988.038.078.11
    7.87%6.446.476.516.556.58
    8.87%5.285.315.345.375.40

    Outlined: this model. Green text: above today's price of 8.45. 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 year0.3%0.9%+0.6pp
    EBIT margin24.1%24.9%+0.8pp
    Discount rate6.9%6.6%-0.2pp
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