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Concrete Leveling Systems (Concrete Leveling Systems) Earnings Power Value (EPV) : $-0.01 (As of Jan24)


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What is Concrete Leveling Systems Earnings Power Value (EPV)?

As of Jan24, Concrete Leveling Systems's earnings power value is $-0.01. *

* GuruFocus does not store EPV value into our database if Average Maintenance CAPEX is 0.

Margin of Safety is N/A.

The basic concept of EPV is that one should value a stock based on the current free cash flow of a company and not on future projections which may, or may not, come true. It is arguably a better way to analyze stocks than Discounted Cash Flow analysis that relies on highly speculative growth assumptions many years into the future. Assumption: Current profitability is sustainable.


Concrete Leveling Systems Earnings Power Value (EPV) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Concrete Leveling Systems's Earnings Power Value (EPV) can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Concrete Leveling Systems Earnings Power Value (EPV) Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Concrete Leveling Systems's Earnings Power Value (EPV)

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, Concrete Leveling Systems's Earnings Power Value (EPV), along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Power Value (EPV) data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Concrete Leveling Systems's Earnings Power Value (EPV) Distribution in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery Industry

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry and Industrials sector, Concrete Leveling Systems's Earnings Power Value (EPV) distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Concrete Leveling Systems's Earnings Power Value (EPV) falls into.



Concrete Leveling Systems Earnings Power Value (EPV) Calculation

Earnings Power Value also known as just Earnings Power is a valuation technique popularised by Bruce Greenwald, an authority on value investing at Columbia University. It is arguably a better way to analyze stocks than Discounted Cash Flow analysis that relies on highly speculative growth assumptions many years into the future.

The basic concept of EPV is that one should value a stock based on the current free cash flow of a company and not on future projections which may, or may not, come true. This valuation tool excludes the potential growth that a company may have so that needs to be looked at separately. Since future growth is excluded from the analysis, only the maintenance capital expenditures are subtracted from after-tax EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) and growth capex is ignored.

Concrete Leveling Systems's "Earning Power" Calculation:

Average of Last 20 Quarters Last Quarter
Revenue 0.00
DDA 0.00
Operating Margin % -77.50
SGA * 25% 0.01
Tax Rate % 0.00
Maintenance Capex 0.00
Cash and Cash Equivalents 0.00
Short-Term Debt 0.19
Long-Term Debt 0.00
Shares Outstanding (Diluted) 14.03

1. Start with "Earnings" not including accounting adjustments (one-time charges not excluded unless policy has changed). "Earnings" are "Operating Income.

2. Look at average margins over a business/Industry cycle: Average Operating Margin = -77.50%

To normalize margins and eliminate the effects on profitability of valuing the firm at different points in the business cycle, it is usually best to take a long-term average of operating margins. Ideally this would be as long as 10 years and include at least one economic downturn. However, since most of companies do not have as long as 10-year history, here GuruFocus uses the latest 5 years data to do the calculation. To smooth out unusual years but reflect recent developments, we take an average of the 5 year margin.

3. Multiply average margins by sustainable revenues and then adjust for maintenance SGA. This yields "normalized" EBIT:

To be conservative, GuruFocus uses an average of the 5 year revenues as the sustainable revenue.
EPV analysis recognises that part of SG&A expenditure is made to maintain and replace the existing assets, while part is made to grow sales. Since EPV is only interested in what it costs a going concern to maintain its existing asset base, it adds back a percentage of SG&A (between 15% and 50% - this is a matter of judgment and industry knowledge) to make up for the fact that some of this expenditure went to fund growth and shouldn't be accounted for. To start off, we assume 25% for the sake of prudence.
Sustainable Revenue = $0.00 Mil, Average Operating Margin = -77.50%, Average Adjusted SGA = 0.01,
therefore "Normalized" EBIT = Sustainable Revenue * Average Operating Margin + Average Adjusted SGA = 0.00 * -77.50% +0.01 = $0.00988 Mil.

4. Multiply by one minus Average Tax Rate (NOPAT):

Same as average operating margin calculation, GuruFocus takes an average of the 5 years tax rates.
Average Tax Rate = 0.00%, and "Normalized" EBIT = $0.00988 Mil,
therefore After-tax "Normalized" EBIT = "Normalized" EBIT * ( 1 - Average Tax Rate ) = 0.00988 * ( 1 - 0.00% ) = $0.00988 Mil.

5. Add back Excess Depreciation (after tax at 1/2 average tax rate). This yields "normalized" Earnings:

Excess Depreciation = Average DDA * % of Excess Depreciation (after tax at 1/2 average tax rate) = 0.00 * 0.5 * 0.00% = $0 Mil.
"Normalized" Earnings = After-tax "Normalized" EBIT + Excess Depreciation = 0.00988 + 0 = $0.00988 Mil.

6. Adjusted for Maintenance Capital Expenditure:

First, calculate the revenue change regarding to the previous year. If the revenue decreased from the previous year, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
Second, if the revenue increased from the previous year, then calculate the percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue.
Third, calculate Capital Expenditure (positive) - percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue * revenue increase.
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue * revenue increase] was negative, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue * revenue increase] was positive, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive) - percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue * revenue increase.
Fourth, GuruFocus uses an average of the 5 year maintenance capital expenditures as maintenance CAPEX.
Concrete Leveling Systems's Average Maintenance CAPEX = $0.00 Mil *.
* GuruFocus does not store EPV value into our database if Average Maintenance CAPEX is 0.

7. Investors require a return of "WACC" for the risk they are taking: WACC = 9%

8. Concrete Leveling Systems's current cash and cash equivalent = $0.00 Mil.
Concrete Leveling Systems's current interest bearing debt = Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation = 0.00 + 0.19 = $0.187 Mil.
Concrete Leveling Systems's current Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) = 14.03 Mil.

Concrete Leveling Systems's Earnings Power Value (EPV) for Jan24 is calculated as:

EPV = ( ( Norm. Earnings-Maint. CAPEX *) / WACC + CashandEquiv - Int. Bearing Debt ) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
= ( ( 0.00988 - 0.00)/ 9%+0.00-0.187 )/14.03
=-0.01

Margin of Safety (EPV)=( Earnings Power Value (EPV)-Current Price )/Earnings Power Value (EPV)
=( -0.0054335772898647-0.528 )/-0.0054335772898647
= N/A

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

* GuruFocus does not store EPV value into our database if Average Maintenance CAPEX is 0.


Concrete Leveling Systems  (OTCPK:CLEV) Earnings Power Value (EPV) Explanation

Assumption: Current profitability is sustainable.

Earnings power value (EPV) uses a very basic equation which assumes no growth, although it does rely on an assumption about the cost of capital as well as the fact that current earnings are sustainable. It also involves several adjustments to clean up the underlying Earnings figures.


Be Aware

Though using today's earnings in calculating Earnings Power Value, GuruFocus is normalizing these earnings to the business cycle. This eliminates the effects on profitability of valuing the firm at different points in the business cycle. This means that we are considering the average earnings over 5 years.


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Concrete Leveling Systems (Concrete Leveling Systems) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
5046 East Boulevard, Northwest, Canton, OH, USA, 44718
Concrete Leveling Systems Inc is a United States-based company operating in two divisions. The concrete leveling division of the business fabricates and markets a concrete leveling service unit utilized in the concrete leveling industry. The gaming and hospitality division of the business focuses on casino gaming, hospitality, entertainment, and leisure time industries, and will pursue opportunities in the tribal and commercial casino gaming industries, both in California and Nevada.
Executives
Georgiou Family Trust Dated 6/22/09 10 percent owner 2857 PARADISE RD. #3502, LAS VEGAS NV 89109-9046
Ronald J Tassinari 10 percent owner PO BOX 81920, LAS VEGAS NV 89180
Jericho Partners Llc 10 percent owner 33 MAIN ST., NEWTOWN CT 06470
Rt Two Llc 10 percent owner P.O. BOX 81890, LAS VEGAS NV 89180
Robert Tassinari 10 percent owner P.O. BOX 194, NEWKINGSTON NY 12459
Edward A Barth director, 10 percent owner, officer: President 5046 EAST BLVD NW, CANTON OH 44718
Eugene H Swearengin director, officer: Secretary
Suzanne I Barth director, 10 percent owner, officer: President