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

•NTM P/E Ratio: 34.64x
•10-Year Mean: 49.42x

•NTM FCF Yield: 2.83%
•10-Year Mean: 1.95%

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

Going forward, investors can receive ~42% MORE in earnings per share & ~45% MORE FCF per share 🧠***

Before we get into valuation, let’s take a look at why $IDXX is a high-quality business

BALANCE SHEET✅
•Cash & Short-Term Inv: $308.64M
•Long-Term Debt: $524.76M

$IDXX has a strong balance sheet, reflected by its 25x FFO Interest Coverage

RETURN ON CAPITAL✅
•2019: 44.0%
•2020: 42.1%
•2021: 53.9%
•2022: 43.1%
•2023: 42.9%
•LTM: 44.6%

RETURN ON EQUITY✅
•2019: 507.5%
•2020: 143.6%
•2021: 112.6%
•2022: 104.6%
•2023: 80.7%
•LTM: 59.4%

$IDXX has excellent return metrics, highlighting the financial efficiency of the business

REVENUES✅
•2013: $1.38B
•2023: $3.66B
•CAGR: 10.24%

FREE CASH FLOW✅
•2012: $168.38M
•2022: $792.60M
•CAGR: 16.75%

NORMALIZED EPS✅
•2013: $1.79
•2023: $10.06
•CAGR: 18.84%

SHARE BUYBACKS✅
•2013 Shares Outstanding: 107.97M
•LTM Shares Outstanding: 83.59M

By reducing its shares outstanding ~22.5%, $IDXX increased its EPS by ~29.0% (assuming 0 growth)

MARGINS✅
•LTM Gross Margins: 60.7%
•LTM Operating Margins: 28.9%
•LTM Net Income Margins: 22.5%

***NOW TO VALUATION 🧠

As stated above, investors can expect to receive about ~42% MORE in EPS & ~45% MORE FCF per share

Using Benjamin Graham’s 2G rule of thumb, $IDXX has to grow earnings at a 17.32% CAGR over the next several years to justify its valuation

Today, analysts anticipate 2024 - 2025 EPS growth over the next few years to be less than the (17.32%) required growth rate:

2024E: $10.69 (6.2% YoY) *FY Dec

2025E: $12.19 (14.1% YoY)
2026E: $13.88 (13.8% YoY)

$IDXX has a great track record of meeting analyst estimates ~2 years out, so let’s assume $IDXX ends 2026 with $13.88 in EPS & see its CAGR potential assuming different multiples

38x P/E: $527.44💵 … ~12.7% CAGR

36x P/E: $499.68💵 … ~9.9% CAGR

34x P/E: $471.92💵 … ~7.1% CAGR

32x P/E: $444.16💵 … ~4.1% CAGR

As you can see, even we’d have to assume a >36 P/E just for $IDXX to compound at an attractive rate, an assumption that leaves us with little margin of safety & still the risk of more multiple compression offsetting the benefits of earnings growth

However, you can see $IDXX historically bottoms near these levels and has traded for 30x twice in the past 10-years (both instances in 2015 when the company did not have the scale it has today

Today, at $407💵 $IDXX is starting to peaks my interest (perhaps worth a nibble)

I consider $IDXX a strong buy at closer to $365💵 (~10% lower from today’s price) which gets $IDXX near 31x earnings, a level of very strong fundamental support and a level that’s justified by its growth rate & quality

At $365💵, given today’s estimates, I can reasonably assume ~11% CAGR at a 33x multiple

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