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Colony Bankcorp (Colony Bankcorp) Earnings Power Value (EPV) : $13.15 (As of Mar24)


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What is Colony Bankcorp Earnings Power Value (EPV)?

As of Mar24, Colony Bankcorp's earnings power value is $13.15. *

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

Margin of Safety is 16.9

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.


Colony Bankcorp Earnings Power Value (EPV) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Colony Bankcorp'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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Colony Bankcorp Earnings Power Value (EPV) Chart

Colony Bankcorp Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Power Value (EPV)
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 26.81 33.20 61.69 12.51 9.39

Colony Bankcorp Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 11.57 11.40 8.25 9.39 -

Competitive Comparison of Colony Bankcorp's Earnings Power Value (EPV)

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Colony Bankcorp'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.


Colony Bankcorp's Earnings Power Value (EPV) Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Colony Bankcorp's Earnings Power Value (EPV) distribution charts can be found below:

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



Colony Bankcorp 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.

Colony Bankcorp's "Earning Power" Calculation:

Average of Last 20 Quarters Last Quarter
Revenue 97.9
DDA 7.4
Operating Margin % 0.00
SGA * 25% 11.4
Tax Rate % 18.35
Maintenance Capex 3.3
Cash and Cash Equivalents 477.6
Short-Term Debt 0.0
Long-Term Debt 218.0
Shares Outstanding (Diluted) 17.6

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 = 0.00%

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 = $97.9 Mil, Average Operating Margin = 0.00%, Average Adjusted SGA = 11.4,
therefore "Normalized" EBIT = Sustainable Revenue * Average Operating Margin + Average Adjusted SGA = 97.9 * 0.00% +11.4 = $ 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 = 18.35%, and "Normalized" EBIT = $ Mil,
therefore After-tax "Normalized" EBIT = "Normalized" EBIT * ( 1 - Average Tax Rate ) = * ( 1 - 18.35% ) = $0 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) = 7.4 * 0.5 * 18.35% = $0.6793158555 Mil.
"Normalized" Earnings = After-tax "Normalized" EBIT + Excess Depreciation = 0 + 0.6793158555 = $0.6793158555 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.
Colony Bankcorp's Average Maintenance CAPEX = $3.3 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. Colony Bankcorp's current cash and cash equivalent = $477.6 Mil.
Colony Bankcorp's current interest bearing debt = Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation = 218.0 + 0.0 = $217.969 Mil.
Colony Bankcorp's current Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) = 17.6 Mil.

Colony Bankcorp's Earnings Power Value (EPV) for Mar24 is calculated as:

EPV = ( ( Norm. Earnings-Maint. CAPEX *) / WACC + CashandEquiv - Int. Bearing Debt ) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
= ( ( 0.6793158555 - 3.3)/ 9%+477.6-217.969 )/17.6
=13.15

Margin of Safety (EPV)=( Earnings Power Value (EPV)-Current Price )/Earnings Power Value (EPV)
=( 13.152927015629-10.93 )/13.152927015629
= 16.9%

* 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.


Colony Bankcorp  (NAS:CBAN) 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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Colony Bankcorp (Colony Bankcorp) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
115 South Grant Street, Fitzgerald, GA, USA, 31750
Colony Bankcorp Inc is a bank holding company. The bank provides a broad range of banking services to its retail and commercial customers. Its product line includes loans to small and medium-sized businesses, residential and commercial construction and land development loans, commercial real estate loans, agri-business and production loans, residential mortgage loans, consumer loans, and a variety of demand, savings, and time deposit products. The company's segments include banking, mortgage banking, and small business specialty lending division. It generates maximum revenue from the banking segment.
Executives
Harold Wyatt director 115 S GRANT STREET, P. O. BOX 989, FITZGERALD GA 31750
Matthew D. Reed director 115 S. GRANT ST., P.O. BOX 989, FITZGERALD GA 31750
Lee Bagwell officer: Executive VP 1000 LEE AVENUE, DOUGLAS GA 31533
Bateman Leonard H Jr officer: EVP & Chief Credit Officer 101 CALUMET CENTER ROAD, LAGRANGE GA 30241
Audrey Hollingsworth director 115 S GRANT STREET, P O BOX 989, FITZGERALD GA 31750
Scott Lowell Downing director 238 NEWCOMER TRAIL, FITZGERALD GA 31750
Kimberly C. Dockery officer: Exec. Chief Admin Officer P.O. BOX 920, LEESBURG GA 31763
T Heath Fountain director, officer: President and CEO C/O COLONY BANKCORP, INC., 115 S. GRANT ST. P.O. BOX 989, FITZGERALD GA 31750
Copeland R Dallis Jr officer: President 115 S GRANT STREET, P O BOX 989, FITZGERALD GA 31750
Hoyle M. Edward Jr. officer: Chief Banking Officer, EVP 115 SOUTH GRANT STREET, FITZGERALD GA 31750
David Andrew Borrmann officer: EVP P.O. BOX 17465, GREENVILLE SC 29606
Meagan M. Mowry director 115 S GRANT ST., P.O. BOX 989, FITZGERALD GA 31750
Brian D Schmitt director, other: Executive Vice Chairman 115 S GRANT STREET, FITZGERALD GA 31750
M Frederick Dwozan director 718 MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE, EASTMAN GA 31023-6736
Loomis Edward Percy Jr director 115 S GRANT STREET, FITZGERALD GA 31750