⁠Dimitry Nakhla | Babylon Capital®
A sober valuation analysis on $PYPL 🧘🏽‍♂️

•NTM P/E Ratio: 15.11x
•3-Year Mean: 20.45

•NTM FCF Yield: 8.89%
•3-Year Mean: 7.12%

As you can see, $PYPL appears to be trading below fair value

Going forward, investors can receive ~35% MORE in earnings per share & ~25% MORE in FCF per share 🧠***

Before we get into valuation, let’s take a look at why $PYPL is a good business

BALANCE SHEET✅
•Cash & Short-Term Inv: $13.62B
•Long-Term Debt: $9.73V

$PYPL has an excellent balance sheet, an A- S&P Credit Rating, & 20.78x FFO Interest Coverage

RETURN ON CAPITAL✅
•2019: 12.4%
•2020: 11.5%
•2021: 13.6%
•2022: 12.7%
•2023: 14.8%
•LTM: 15.8%

RETURN ON EQUITY✅
•2019: 15.2%
•2020: 22.7%
•2021: 20.0%
•2022: 11.5%
•2023: 20.5%
•LTM: 22.0%

$PYPL has strong return metrics, highlighting the financial efficiency of the business

REVENUES✅
•2018: $15.45B
•2023: $29.77B
•CAGR: 14.01%

FREE CASH FLOW❌*
•2018: $4.66B
•2023: $4.22B
•Decrease: (9.44%)

*2024 FCF Estimate is $5.98B 📈

*Also, FCF in 2017 was $1.86B, so FCF rose ~150% in 2018 start date (“normalizing” the decline above)

NORMALIZED EPS✅
•2018: $2.42
•2023: $5.10
•CAGR: 16.07%

SHARE BUYBACKS✅
•2015 Shares Outstanding: 1.23B
•LTM Shares Outstanding: 1.08B

By reducing its shares outstanding by 12.2%, $PYPL increased its EPS by 13.9% (assuming 0 growth)

MARGINS✅
•LTM Gross Margins: 39.6%
•LTM Operating Margins: 17.1%
•LTM Net Income Margins: 14.3%

***NOW TO VALUATION 🧠

As stated above, investors can expect to receive ~35% MORE in EPS & ~25% MORE in FCF per share

Using Benjamin Graham’s 2G rule of thumb, $PYPL has to grow earnings at a 7.56% CAGR over the next several years to justify its valuation

Today, analysts anticipate 2024 - 2026 EPS growth over the next few years to be greater than the (7.56%) required growth rate:

2024E: $4.40 (-13.8% YoY) *FY Dec
2025E: $4.82 (9.7% YoY)
2026E: $5.39 (11.8% YoY)

$PYPL has an ok track record of meeting analyst estimates ~2 years out, but let’s assume $PYPL ends 2026 with $5.39 in EPS & see its CAGR potential assuming different multiples

18x P/E: $97.02💵 … ~15.7% CAGR

17x P/E: $91.63💵 … ~12.8% CAGR

16x P/E: $86.24💵 … ~10.0% CAGR

As you can see, $PYPL appears to have attractive return potential if we assume >16 earnings & aggressive return potential if we assume >18x earnings

The 🔑 isn't a mean reversion in $PYPL's multiple, but a modest increase (still below its historical average) - a reasonable and safe assumption

There’s still negative sentiment around $PYPL and this sentiment can be flipped in a few quarters if management continues to make progress towards its goals as we’ve seen in the most recent report

I believe they will — however, investors concerned with the “turnaround risks” associated with $PYPL can still benefit by allocating a smaller % to $PYPL

Today at $69💵 $PYPL appears to be a strong consideration for investment (albeit, with some turnaround & competitive risks)

#stocks #investing
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