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RMR (The RMR Group) Earnings Power Value (EPV) : $74.14 (As of Sep24)


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What is The RMR Group Earnings Power Value (EPV)?

As of Sep24, The RMR Group's earnings power value is $74.14. *

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

Margin of Safety is 70.21

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.


The RMR Group Earnings Power Value (EPV) Historical Data

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

The RMR Group Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Earnings Power Value (EPV)
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 70.23 60.49 58.49 96.89 74.14

The RMR Group Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 96.89 44.05 43.68 83.67 74.14

Competitive Comparison of The RMR Group's Earnings Power Value (EPV)

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, The RMR Group'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.


The RMR Group's Earnings Power Value (EPV) Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, The RMR Group's Earnings Power Value (EPV) distribution charts can be found below:

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



The RMR Group 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.

The RMR Group's "Earning Power" Calculation:

Average of Last 20 Quarters Last Quarter
Revenue 777.8
DDA 1.7
Operating Margin % 10.87
SGA * 25% 44.8
Tax Rate % 15.17
Maintenance Capex 1.8
Cash and Cash Equivalents 141.6
Short-Term Debt 5.9
Long-Term Debt 108.4
Shares Outstanding (Diluted) 16.6

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 = 10.87%

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 = $777.8 Mil, Average Operating Margin = 10.87%, Average Adjusted SGA = 44.8,
therefore "Normalized" EBIT = Sustainable Revenue * Average Operating Margin + Average Adjusted SGA = 777.8 * 10.87% +44.8 = $129.3629511 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 = 15.17%, and "Normalized" EBIT = $129.3629511 Mil,
therefore After-tax "Normalized" EBIT = "Normalized" EBIT * ( 1 - Average Tax Rate ) = 129.3629511 * ( 1 - 15.17% ) = $109.74311912142 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) = 1.7 * 0.5 * 15.17% = $0.1326917085 Mil.
"Normalized" Earnings = After-tax "Normalized" EBIT + Excess Depreciation = 109.74311912142 + 0.1326917085 = $109.87581082992 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.
The RMR Group's Average Maintenance CAPEX = $1.8 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. The RMR Group's current cash and cash equivalent = $141.6 Mil.
The RMR Group's current interest bearing debt = Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation = 108.4 + 5.9 = $114.311 Mil.
The RMR Group's current Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) = 16.6 Mil.

The RMR Group's Earnings Power Value (EPV) for Sep24 is calculated as:

EPV = ( ( Norm. Earnings-Maint. CAPEX *) / WACC + CashandEquiv - Int. Bearing Debt ) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
= ( ( 109.87581082992 - 1.8)/ 9%+141.6-114.311 )/16.6
=74.14

Margin of Safety (EPV)=( Earnings Power Value (EPV)-Current Price )/Earnings Power Value (EPV)
=( 74.141294549718-22.09 )/74.141294549718
= 70.21%

* 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.


The RMR Group  (NAS:RMR) 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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The RMR Group Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
255 Washington Street, Suite 300, Two Newton Place, Newton, MA, USA, 02458-1634
The RMR Group Inc is a holding company that conducts its business through its subsidiary, which is an alternative asset management company that invests in real estate and manages real estate-related businesses. Its business consists of providing management services to publicly owned real estate investment trusts, or REITs, and real estate-related operating companies. It also provides management services to real estate securities mutual funds and commercial real estate finance companies. The company's operating segment is RMR LLC and All Other Operations. The RMR Group derives its revenue from providing business and property management services as well as advisory and other services.
Executives
Christopher J. Bilotto officer: Exec. VP of The RMR Group LLC C/O THE RMR GROUP LLC, 255 WASHINGTON STREET, SUITE 300, NEWTON MA 02458
Jennifer F. Mintzer officer: Exec. VP of The RMR Group LLC C/O DIVERSIFIED HEALTHCARE TRUST, TWO NEWTON PL., 255 WASHINGTON STREET, NEWTON MA 02458
Jonathan Veitch director TWO NEWTON PLACE, 255 WASHINGTON STREET, SUITE 300, NEWTON MA 02458
Jonathan Pertchik officer: Exec. VP of The RMR Group LLC C/O TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA INC., 24601 CENTER RIDGE ROAD, WESTLAKE OH 44145
Andrew J Rebholz officer: Exec. VP of The RMR Group LLC C/O TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA LLC, 400 CENTRE STREET, NEWTON MA 02458
Rosen Plevneliev director THE RMR GROUP INC., TWO NEWTON PLACE, 255 WASHINGTON STREET, SUITE 300, NEWTON MA 02458
Frederick N Zeytoonjian director C/O REIT MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH LLC, TWO NEWTON PL., 255 WASH. ST., STE. 300, NEWTON MA 02458
Watkins Walter C. Jr. director C/O THE RMR GROUP INC., TWO NEWTON PLACE, 255 WASHINGTON STREET, NEWTON MA 02458-1634
Ann Logan director C/O PHH CORPORATION, 3000 LEADENHALL RD, MOUNT LAUREL NJ 08054
John G. Murray officer: Exec. VP of The RMR Group LLC C/O THE RMR GROUP LLC, TWO NEWTON PL., 255 WASH. ST., STE. 300, NEWTON MA 02458
Thomas M O'brien officer: Exec. VP of The RMR Group LLC 308 DORLA COURT, SUITE 206, ZEPHYR COVE NV 89448
David M Blackman officer: Exec. VP of The RMR Group LLC C/O THE RMR GROUP LLC, TWO NEWTON PL., 255 WASH. ST., STE. 300, NEWTON MA 02458
Mackey Bruce J Jr officer: Exec. VP of The RMR Group LLC C/O FIVE STAR QUALITY CARE, INC., 400 CENTRE STREET, NEWTON MA 02458
Matthew P. Jordan officer: CFO and Treasurer C/O THE RMR GROUP INC., TWO NEWTON PLACE, 255 WASHINGTON STREET, SUITE 300, NEWTON MA 02458-1634
Senior Housing Properties Trust 10 percent owner C/O THE RMR GROUP, TWO NEWTON PL., 255 WASH. ST., STE. 300, NEWTON MA 02458