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RT @DimitryNakhla: A sober valuation analysis on $CRM ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿฝโ€โ™‚๏ธ

โ€ขNTM P/E Ratio: 23.30x
โ€ข3-Year Mean: 38.89x

โ€ขNTM FCF Yield: 5.18%
โ€ข3-Year Mean: 3.68%

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

Going forward, investors can expect to receive ~67% MORE in earnings per share & ~40% MORE in FCF per share๐Ÿง ***

Before we get into valuation, letโ€™s take a look at why $CRM is a good business

BALANCE SHEETโœ…
โ€ขCash & Equivalents: $14.19B
โ€ขLong-Term Debt: $8.43B

$CRM has an excellent balance sheet, an A+ S&P Credit Rating & 352x FFO Interest Coverage Ratio

RETURN ON CAPITAL๐Ÿ†—
โ€ข2020: 1.2%
โ€ข2021: 0.9%
โ€ข2022: 0.8%
โ€ข2023: 2.5%
โ€ข2024: 8.2%

RETURN ON EQUITY๐Ÿ†—
โ€ข2020: 0.5%
โ€ข2021: 10.8%
โ€ข2022: 2.9%
โ€ข2023: 0.4%
โ€ข2024: 7.0%

$CRM return metrics are ok, although more recently trending in the right direction

REVENUESโœ…
โ€ข2014: $4.07B
โ€ข2024: $34.86B
โ€ขCAGR: 23.95%

FREE CASH FLOWโœ…
โ€ข2014: $576.36M
โ€ข2024: $9.49B
โ€ขCAGR: 32.34%

NORMALIZED EPSโœ…
โ€ข2014: $0.35
โ€ข2024: $8.22
โ€ขCAGR: 37.11%

SHARE BUYBACKSโŒ
โ€ข2014 Shares Outstanding: 597.61M
โ€ขLTM Shares Outstanding: 984.00M

By increasing its shares outstanding ~64%, $CRM diluted its EPS by ~39% (assuming 0 growth)

MARGINSโœ…
โ€ขLTM Gross Margins: 75.5%
โ€ขLTM Operating Margins: 17.2%
โ€ขLTM Net Income Margins: 11.9%

***NOW TO VALUATION ๐Ÿง 

As stated above, investors can expect to receive ~67% MORE in EPS & ~40% MORE FCF per share

Using Benjamin Grahamโ€™s 2G rule of thumb, $CRM has to grow earnings at an 11.65% CAGR over the next several years to justify its valuation

Today, analysts anticipate 2025 - 2027 EPS growth over the next few years to be slightly more than the (11.65%) required growth rate:

2025E: $9.91 (20.5% YoY) *FY Jan
2026E: $11.05 (11.5% YoY)
2027E: $12.65 (14.5% YoY)

$CRM has an excellent track record of meeting analyst estimates ~2 years out, so letโ€™s assume $CRM ends 2027 with $12.65 in EPS & see its CAGR potential assuming different multiples

25x P/E: $316.25๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~12.5% CAGR

24x P/E: $303.60๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~10.8% CAGR

23x P/E: $290.95๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~9.1% CAGR

As you can see, weโ€™d have to assume >24x earnings for $CRM to have double digit CAGR potential (a multiple justified by its growth rate & moat)

Today at $234.44๐Ÿ’ต $CRM appears to be worthwhile consideration for investment especially when you assess the trajectory of the companyโ€™s FCF & Net Income margins (steadily trending higher with further room to expand)

To ensure some margin of safety, if thereโ€™s further weakness, it could be wise to piece into the position, for example:

Initiating ~50% of the position at ~$234๐Ÿ’ต & adding a second tranche at ~$200๐Ÿ’ต or at ~20x NTM earnings

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๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐‚๐‹๐Ž๐’๐”๐‘๐„โ€ผ๏ธ: ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž. ๐๐š๐›๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅยฎ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ญ.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ.

๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐จ๐›๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ.
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