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Veresen (TSX:VSN.PR.E.PFD) Earnings Power Value (EPV) : C$ (As of Mar17)


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What is Veresen Earnings Power Value (EPV)?

As of Mar17, Veresen's earnings power value is C$. *

* 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.


Veresen Earnings Power Value (EPV) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Veresen's Earnings Power Value (EPV) can be seen below:

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* 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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Veresen Earnings Power Value (EPV) Chart

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

For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, Veresen'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.


Veresen's Earnings Power Value (EPV) Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Veresen's Earnings Power Value (EPV) distribution charts can be found below:

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



Veresen 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.

Veresen's "Earning Power" Calculation:

Average of Last 20 Quarters Last Quarter
Revenue 377.28
DDA 48.94
Operating Margin % 27.30
SGA * 25% 10.62
Tax Rate % 25.35
Maintenance Capex 63.59
Cash and Cash Equivalents 163.00
Short-Term Debt 4.00
Long-Term Debt 1,425.00
Shares Outstanding (Diluted) 0.00

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 = 27.30%

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 = C$377.28 Mil, Average Operating Margin = 27.30%, Average Adjusted SGA = 10.62,
therefore "Normalized" EBIT = Sustainable Revenue * Average Operating Margin + Average Adjusted SGA = 377.28 * 27.30% +10.62 = C$113.6061216 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 = 25.35%, and "Normalized" EBIT = C$113.6061216 Mil,
therefore After-tax "Normalized" EBIT = "Normalized" EBIT * ( 1 - Average Tax Rate ) = 113.6061216 * ( 1 - 25.35% ) = C$84.802425529536 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) = 48.94 * 0.5 * 25.35% = C$6.2041238 Mil.
"Normalized" Earnings = After-tax "Normalized" EBIT + Excess Depreciation = 84.802425529536 + 6.2041238 = C$91.006549329536 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.
Veresen's Average Maintenance CAPEX = C$63.59 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. Veresen's current cash and cash equivalent = C$163.00 Mil.
Veresen's current interest bearing debt = Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation = 1,425.00 + 4.00 = C$1429 Mil.
Veresen's current Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) = 0.00 Mil.

Veresen's Earnings Power Value (EPV) for Mar17 is calculated as:

EPV = ( ( Norm. Earnings-Maint. CAPEX *) / WACC + CashandEquiv - Int. Bearing Debt ) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
= ( ( 91.006549329536 - 63.59)/ 9%+163.00-1429 )/0.00
=

Margin of Safety (EPV)=( Earnings Power Value (EPV)-Current Price )/Earnings Power Value (EPV)
=( -25.69 )/
= 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.


Veresen  (TSX:VSN.PR.E.PFD) 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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Veresen Business Description

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Veresen Inc is an energy infrastructure company based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It owns and operates energy infrastructure assets across North America. The Company operates in three business segments, Pipelines, Midstream, and Power. The Company's Pipelines segment owns a 1,330-kilometre pipeline system that transports purity ethane from various Alberta ethane extraction plants to Alberta's major petrochemical complexes located near Joffre and Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta; and also owns a 3,000-kilometre natural gas pipeline comprised of a mainline and various connecting lateral pipelines. This pipeline extends from northeastern B.C. to points near Chicago, Illinois. It's Midstream Business segment is comprised of two natural gas processing plants with combined functional capacity of 516 mmcf/d, as well as approximately 40,000 horsepower of compression and 370 km of gas gathering lines and is located in the Cutbank Ridge region of Alberta and British Columbia. The Hythe plant processes both sour and sweet natural gas, while the Steeprock plant is a sour gas processing facility. While, its Power Business segment operates, a Gas-Fired Generation facility consisting of an 86-MW cogeneration facility located in Windsor, Ontario; 17-MW cogeneration facility located in London, Ontario; 49-MW cogeneration facility located in Ripon, California; 44-MW cogeneration facility located in Pomona, California; and 70-MW combined cycle power cogeneration facility located in Brush, Colorado; an district energy system that produces and distributes steam and chilled water fueled primarily by natural gas, located in London, Ontario; and a district energy system that produces and distributes steam, hot water and electricity fueled primarily by biomass and waste fuel, located in Charlottetown, P.E.I.; a Run-of-River Hydro facility that produces a 33-MW run-of-river hydroelectric power located on the Black River near Watertown, New York; an 11-MW run-of-river power facility located 30 km north of Vancouver, B.C.; two 5-MW waste-heat power generation facilities located at Spectra pipeline's 150 Mile House and Savona, B.C. compressor stations; and a 33-MW wind project under construction in the County of Huron, Ontario; and also operates two wind power facilities, 9-MW and 11-MW, respectively, near Grand Valley, Ontario.

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