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TECH (Bio-Techne) Earnings Power Value (EPV) : $16.64 (As of Mar25)


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What is Bio-Techne Earnings Power Value (EPV)?

As of Mar25, Bio-Techne's earnings power value is $16.64. *

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

Margin of Safety is -199.64

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.


Bio-Techne Earnings Power Value (EPV) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bio-Techne'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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Bio-Techne Earnings Power Value (EPV) Chart

Bio-Techne Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Earnings Power Value (EPV)
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.86 10.08 13.16 14.11 15.66

Bio-Techne Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 14.50 15.66 16.32 16.84 16.64

Competitive Comparison of Bio-Techne's Earnings Power Value (EPV)

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Bio-Techne'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.


Bio-Techne's Earnings Power Value (EPV) Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Bio-Techne's Earnings Power Value (EPV) distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Bio-Techne 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.

Bio-Techne's "Earning Power" Calculation:

Average of Last 20 Quarters Last Quarter
Revenue 1,082
DDA 102
Operating Margin % 22.72
SGA * 25% 90
Tax Rate % 13.47
Maintenance Capex 34
Cash and Cash Equivalents 141
Short-Term Debt 14
Long-Term Debt 409
Shares Outstanding (Diluted) 159

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 = 22.72%

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 = $1,082 Mil, Average Operating Margin = 22.72%, Average Adjusted SGA = 90,
therefore "Normalized" EBIT = Sustainable Revenue * Average Operating Margin + Average Adjusted SGA = 1,082 * 22.72% +90 = $336.25075968 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 = 13.47%, and "Normalized" EBIT = $336.25075968 Mil,
therefore After-tax "Normalized" EBIT = "Normalized" EBIT * ( 1 - Average Tax Rate ) = 336.25075968 * ( 1 - 13.47% ) = $290.9628261125 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) = 102 * 0.5 * 13.47% = $6.889784238 Mil.
"Normalized" Earnings = After-tax "Normalized" EBIT + Excess Depreciation = 290.9628261125 + 6.889784238 = $297.8526103505 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.
Bio-Techne's Average Maintenance CAPEX = $34 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. Bio-Techne's current cash and cash equivalent = $141 Mil.
Bio-Techne's current interest bearing debt = Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation = 409 + 14 = $423.499 Mil.
Bio-Techne's current Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) = 159 Mil.

Bio-Techne's Earnings Power Value (EPV) for Mar25 is calculated as:

EPV = ( ( Norm. Earnings-Maint. CAPEX *) / WACC + CashandEquiv - Int. Bearing Debt ) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
= ( ( 297.8526103505 - 34)/ 9%+141-423.499 )/159
=16.64

Margin of Safety (EPV)=( Earnings Power Value (EPV)-Current Price )/Earnings Power Value (EPV)
=( 16.643283193417-49.87 )/16.643283193417
= -199.64%

* 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.


Bio-Techne  (NAS:TECH) 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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Bio-Techne Business Description

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614 McKinley Place N.E., Minneapolis, MN, USA, 55413
Based in Minnesota, Bio-Techne is a life sciences manufacturer supplying consumables and instruments for the pharma, biotech, academic, and diagnostic markets. It reports in two segments: protein sciences (75% of revenue) and diagnostics and genomics (25%). The protein sciences segment sells reagents and analytical instruments used in life sciences research, including antibodies used in protein analysis. The diagnostics and genomics segment sells diagnostic reagents, molecular diagnostics, and spatial biology products. The United States accounts for about 55% of revenue. The firm also has operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (20% of sales), the UK (5%), and Asia-Pacific (15%), with the rest of the world accounting for the remaining 5%.
Executives
Kim Kelderman officer: Pres. Diagnostics & Genom 614 MCKINLEY PLACE NE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55413
Robert V Baumgartner director 5775 WAYZATA BOULEVARD, SUITE 400, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55416
John L Higgins director 11119 NORTH TORREY PINES ROAD, SUITE 200, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Roeland Nusse director 473 TENNESSEE, PALO ALTO CA 94306
William Geist officer: PRESIDENT, PROTEIN SCIENCES 900 MIDDLESEX TURNPIKE, C/O QUANTERIX CORPORATION, BILLERICA MA 01821
Charles R. Kummeth director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 425 MARTINGALE ROAD, SUITE 1000, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173-2213
Shane Bohnen officer: SVP - General Counsel 614 MCKINLEY PLACE NE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55413
Brenda S. Furlow officer: SVP - General Counsel 614 MCKINLEY PLACE NE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55413
Norman David Eansor officer: SVP Biotech 8100 SOUTHPARK WAY, A-8, LITTLETON CO 80120
James Hippel officer: Chief Financial Officer 614 MCKINLEY PLACE NE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55413
Joseph D Keegan director C/O MOLECULAR DEVICES CORP, 1311 ORLEANS DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Julie L Bushman director 185 SOUTH 84TH STREET, SUITE 200, MILWAUKEE WI 53214
Rupert Vessey director C/O CELGENE CORPORATION, 86 MORRIS AVENUE, SUMMIT NJ 07901
Alpna Seth director 614 MCKINLEY PLACE NE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55413
Randolph C Steer director 614 MCKINLEY PLACE NE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55413