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KTEL (KonaTel) Earnings Power Value (EPV) : $-0.07 (As of Sep24)


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What is KonaTel Earnings Power Value (EPV)?

As of Sep24, KonaTel's earnings power value is $-0.07. *

* 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.


KonaTel Earnings Power Value (EPV) Historical Data

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

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Competitive Comparison of KonaTel's Earnings Power Value (EPV)

For the Telecom Services subindustry, KonaTel'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.


KonaTel's Earnings Power Value (EPV) Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, KonaTel's Earnings Power Value (EPV) distribution charts can be found below:

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



KonaTel 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.

KonaTel's "Earning Power" Calculation:

Average of Last 20 Quarters Last Quarter
Revenue 15.10
DDA 0.37
Operating Margin % -11.36
SGA * 25% 1.23
Tax Rate % 0.68
Maintenance Capex 0.00
Cash and Cash Equivalents 2.69
Short-Term Debt 0.13
Long-Term Debt 0.25
Shares Outstanding (Diluted) 43.49

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 = -11.36%

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 = $15.10 Mil, Average Operating Margin = -11.36%, Average Adjusted SGA = 1.23,
therefore "Normalized" EBIT = Sustainable Revenue * Average Operating Margin + Average Adjusted SGA = 15.10 * -11.36% +1.23 = $-0.489387205 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 = 0.68%, and "Normalized" EBIT = $-0.489387205 Mil,
therefore After-tax "Normalized" EBIT = "Normalized" EBIT * ( 1 - Average Tax Rate ) = -0.489387205 * ( 1 - 0.68% ) = $-0.4860495842619 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) = 0.37 * 0.5 * 0.68% = $0.00127193 Mil.
"Normalized" Earnings = After-tax "Normalized" EBIT + Excess Depreciation = -0.4860495842619 + 0.00127193 = $-0.4847776542619 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.
KonaTel'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. KonaTel's current cash and cash equivalent = $2.69 Mil.
KonaTel's current interest bearing debt = Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation = 0.25 + 0.13 = $0.374 Mil.
KonaTel's current Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) = 43.49 Mil.

KonaTel's Earnings Power Value (EPV) for Sep24 is calculated as:

EPV = ( ( Norm. Earnings-Maint. CAPEX *) / WACC + CashandEquiv - Int. Bearing Debt ) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
= ( ( -0.4847776542619 - 0.00)/ 9%+2.69-0.374 )/43.49
=-0.07

Margin of Safety (EPV)=( Earnings Power Value (EPV)-Current Price )/Earnings Power Value (EPV)
=( -0.070653046513539-0.31908 )/-0.070653046513539
= 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.


KonaTel  (OTCPK:KTEL) 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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KonaTel Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
500 N. Central Expressway, Suite 202, Plano, TX, USA, 75074
KonaTel Inc is a reseller of U.S. wireless network service. The company operates in two segments: Hosted Services and Mobile Services. The Hosted Services segment includes a suite of hosted CPaaS services, including SIP/VoIP services, SMS/MMS, BOT integration, NLP, ML, mobile numbers, toll-free numbers, DID landline numbers, SMS to Email, Database Dip, SD-WAN, wireless data services, voice termination, and numerous API driven services. The Mobile Services include retail and wholesale cellular voice/text/data services and mobile data (IoT). The company generates maximum revenue from the Mobile Services segment.
Executives
Jason N. Welch officer: President of IM Telecom (Sub.) 135 LIBERTYVILLE ROAD, SUSSEX NJ 07461
Todd Murcer officer: EVP Finance and Secretary 9248 RAEFORD DRIVE, DALLAS TX 75243
Charles David Griffin officer: COO, President 2702 BLACK CANYON WAY, CASTLE ROCK CO 80109
David S Mcewen director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman, President and CEO 500 N. CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 202, PLANO TX 75074
Matthew Hugh Atkinson 10 percent owner, officer: Secretary P. O. BOX 947, CROSSLAKE MN 56442
Robert Matthew Beaty director 7960 S. FILLMORE CT., CENTENNIAL CO 80122
Kenneth Paul Lapier officer: Vice President, Secretary 8205 MUNICH DRIVE, ROWLETT TX 75089
Joshua Ploude 10 percent owner 728 CYPRESS AVE., HERMOSA BEACH CA 90254
Jeffrey Pearl director 35 WEST MAIN #6013, FRISCO CO 80443
Mark S Savage director, 10 percent owner, officer: President, CEO, Treasurer, CFO 13911 RIDGEDALE DRIVE, SUITE 375, MINNETONKA MN 55305
Terry Wain Addington director 376 S. SANDERLIN MOUNTAIN DR., 11774 BIG CANOE, JASPER GA 30143
Dennis Miller director 18930 JASMINE ROAD, MANKATO MN 56001
Brian R. Riffle officer: CFO 241 BENTWOOD AVENUE, JOHNSTOWN PA 15904
Daniel E. Ryweck director 712 VISTA BLVD #305, WACONIA MN 55387
Brunson Chandler & Jones Pllc 10 percent owner 175 SOUTH MAIN ST., SUITE 1500, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84111

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