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Eaton Vance (Eaton Vance) Earnings Power Value (EPV) : $25.51 (As of Jan21)


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What is Eaton Vance Earnings Power Value (EPV)?

As of Jan21, Eaton Vance's earnings power value is $25.51. *

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

Margin of Safety is -186.39

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.


Eaton Vance Earnings Power Value (EPV) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Eaton Vance'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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Eaton Vance Earnings Power Value (EPV) Chart

Eaton Vance Annual Data
Trend Oct11 Oct12 Oct13 Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20
Earnings Power Value (EPV)
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 26.65 27.58 23.78 17.88 16.64

Eaton Vance Quarterly Data
Apr16 Jul16 Oct16 Jan17 Apr17 Jul17 Oct17 Jan18 Apr18 Jul18 Oct18 Jan19 Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21
Earnings Power Value (EPV) Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 19.71 24.77 24.53 16.64 -

Competitive Comparison of Eaton Vance's Earnings Power Value (EPV)

For the Asset Management subindustry, Eaton Vance'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.


Eaton Vance's Earnings Power Value (EPV) Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Eaton Vance's Earnings Power Value (EPV) distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Eaton Vance's Earnings Power Value (EPV) falls into.



Eaton Vance 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.

Eaton Vance's "Earning Power" Calculation:

Average of Last 20 Quarters Last Quarter
Revenue 1,628
DDA 21
Operating Margin % 28.89
SGA * 25% 43
Tax Rate % 30.40
Maintenance Capex 18
Cash and Cash Equivalents 626
Short-Term Debt 0
Long-Term Debt 1,315
Shares Outstanding (Diluted) 122

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 = 28.89%

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 = $1,628 Mil, Average Operating Margin = 28.89%, Average Adjusted SGA = 43,
therefore "Normalized" EBIT = Sustainable Revenue * Average Operating Margin + Average Adjusted SGA = 1,628 * 28.89% +43 = $513.2590056 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 = 30.40%, and "Normalized" EBIT = $513.2590056 Mil,
therefore After-tax "Normalized" EBIT = "Normalized" EBIT * ( 1 - Average Tax Rate ) = 513.2590056 * ( 1 - 30.40% ) = $357.23596678268 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) = 21 * 0.5 * 30.40% = $3.2216634285 Mil.
"Normalized" Earnings = After-tax "Normalized" EBIT + Excess Depreciation = 357.23596678268 + 3.2216634285 = $360.45763021118 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.
Eaton Vance's Average Maintenance CAPEX = $18 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. Eaton Vance's current cash and cash equivalent = $626 Mil.
Eaton Vance's current interest bearing debt = Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation = 1,315 + 0 = $1315.13 Mil.
Eaton Vance's current Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) = 122 Mil.

Eaton Vance's Earnings Power Value (EPV) for Jan21 is calculated as:

EPV = ( ( Norm. Earnings-Maint. CAPEX *) / WACC + CashandEquiv - Int. Bearing Debt ) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
= ( ( 360.45763021118 - 18)/ 9%+626-1315.13 )/122
=25.51

Margin of Safety (EPV)=( Earnings Power Value (EPV)-Current Price )/Earnings Power Value (EPV)
=( 25.514445581297-73.07 )/25.514445581297
= -186.39%

* 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.


Eaton Vance  (NYSE:EV) 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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Eaton Vance (Eaton Vance) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Two International Place, Boston, MA, USA, 02110
Eaton Vance provides asset-management and investment advisory services to institutional and individual investors. The firm specializes in tax-managed equity and fixed-income investments and is the third-largest issuer of closed-end funds. Investment advisory services are primarily provided to high-net-worth clients, institutional separate accounts, and retail managed accounts, with most products distributed through financial intermediaries in the advisory channel. The company had $583.1 billion in assets under management at the end of December 2020, composed of equity (27% of AUM), fixed-income (13%), floating-rate bank loan (5%), alternative asset (1%), and money market funds, as well as assets managed under its implementation services (35%) and exposure management (19%) platforms.
Executives
Faust Thomas E Jr director, officer: CEO 255 STATE STREET, BOSTON MA 02109
Daniel C. Cataldo officer: Chief Administrative Officer 2 INTERNATIONAL PLACE, SUITE 1400 BOSTON MA 02110
Spillane Richard A Jr. director EATON VANCE CORP. TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE BOSTON MA 02110
Frederick S Marius officer: Chief Legal Officer 255 STATE STREET BOSTON MA 02109
Brian D. Langstraat director TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE BOSTON MA 02110
Laurie G Hylton officer: Chief Financial Officer 255 STATE STREET, BOSTON MA 02109
Julie E Rozen officer: Chief Accounting Officer 2 INTERNATIONAL PLACE SUITE 1400 BOSTON MA 02110
Matthew J Witkos other: Pres & CEO EV Distributors Inc 255 STATE STREET, BOSTON MA 02109
Higdon Leo I Jr director 1700 LINCOLN STREET, 28TH FLOOR, DENVER CO 80203
Smith Winthrop H Jr director 255 STATE STREET BOSTON MA 02109
Dorothy E Puhy director DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, 44 BINNEY STREET, RM. D1632, BOSTON MA 02115
Paula A Johnson director 22 CHERRY HILL DRIVE, DANVERS MA 01923
Ann E Berman director 255 STATE STREET, BOSTON MA 02109
Edward J. Perkin officer: Chief Equity Inv. Officer 2 INTERNATIONAL PLACE, EATON VANCE, BOSTON MA 02110
Jeffrey P Beale officer: Chief Administrative Officer 255 STATE STREET, BOSTON MA 02109