Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ) Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based)

: $-9.61 (As of Today)

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As of today (2023-06-06), Skillz's intrinsic value calculated from the Discounted Earnings model is $-9.61.

Note: Discounted Earnings model is only suitable for predictable companies (Business Predictability Rank higher than 1-Star). If the company's predictability rank is 1-Star or Not Rated, result may not be accurate due to the low predictability of business and the data will not be stored into our database.

Skillz's Predictability Rank is Not Rated. Thus, this page is only used for demonstration purposes and the DCF related results in the screener and portfolio will appear as zero.

Margin of Safety (Earnings Based) using Discounted Earnings model for Skillz is N/A.

The historical rank and industry rank for Skillz's Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based) or its related term are showing as below:

SKLZ's Price-to-DCF (Earnings Based) is not ranked ^*
in the Interactive Media industry.
Industry Median: 1.03
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-DCF (Earnings Based) only.

Skillz Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Skillz's Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based) 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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Skillz Annual Data

Trend

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based)

Skillz Quarterly Data
	Dec18	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23
Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based)											-	-	-	-	-

Skillz Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based) Calculation

This is the intrinsic value calculated from the Discounted Earnings model with default parameters. The calculation method is the same as Discounted Cash Flow model except earnings are used in the calculation instead of free cash flow. This is the default method of calculation with GuruFocus DCF calculator.

Usually a two-stage model is used in calculating the intrinsic value with discounted cash flow model. The first stage is called growth stage; the second is called the terminal stage. In the growth stage the company grows at a faster rate. Because it cannot grow at that rate forever, a lower rate is used for the terminal stage.

GuruFocus DCF calculator is a two-stage model. The default values are defined as:

1. Discount Rate: d = 10%
A reasonable discount rate assumption should be at least the long term average return of the stock market, which can be estimated from risk free rate plus risk premium of stock market. We used the 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate as the risk free rate and rounded up to the nearest integer, then added a risk premium of 6% to get the estimated discount rate. Some investors use their expected rate of return, which is also reasonable. A typical discount rate can be anywhere between 6% - 20%.

2. Growth Rate in the growth stage: g1 = 5%
Growth Rate in the growth stage = average earnings growth rate in the past 10 years. If it is higher than 20%, we use 20%. If it is less than 5%, we use 5% instead. => For companies with Average Earnings Growth Rate in the past 10 years less than 5%, GuruFocus defaults => Growth Rate: 5%

3. Years of Growth Stage: y1 = 10

4. Terminal Growth Rate: g2 = 4%

5. Years of Terminal Growth: y2 = 10

6. EPS without NRI: eps without nri = $-0.770.
GuruFocus DCF calculator is actually a Discounted Earnings calculator, EPS without NRI is used as the default. The reason we are doing this is we found that historically stock prices are more correlated with earnings than free cash flow.

All of the default settings can be changed and the results are calculated automatically.

Skillz's Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based) for today is calculated as:

Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based)	=	EPS without NRI	*	{[(1+g1)/(1+d)	+	(1+g1)^2/(1+d)^2	+	...	+	(1+g1)^10/(1+d)^10]
	+	(1+g1)^10/(1+d)^10	*	[(1+g2)/(1+d)	+	(1+g2)^2/(1+d)^2	+	...	+	(1+g2)^10/(1+d)^10]}

set x = (1+g1)/(1+d) = (1+0.05)/(1+0.1) = 0.95454545454545
and y = (1+g2)/(1+d) = (1+0.04)/(1+0.1) = 0.94545454545455

Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based)

EPS without NRI

{[x

x^2

...

x^10]

x^10

y^2

...

y^10]}

EPS without NRI

(1-x^10)

(1-x)

x^10

(1-y^10)

(1-y)]

-0.770

12.485

-9.61

Margin of Safety % (DCF Earnings Based)	=	(Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based)	-	Current Price)	/	Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based)
	=	(-9.61	-	0.4924)	/	-9.61
	=	N/A

Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ) Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based) Explanation

Unlike valuation methods such as Net Current Asset Value, Tangible Book Value per Share, Graham Number, Median Ratio etc, discounted Cash Flow model evaluates the companies based on their future earnings power instead of their assets.

Be Aware

What you need to know about Discounted Earnings model:

1. The Discounted Earnings model evaluates a company based on its future earnings power
2. Growth is taken into account; therefore a faster growth company is worth more if everything else is the same.
3. Since we are projecting future growth, it is assumed that the company will grow at the same rate as it did during the past 10 years. Therefore this model works better for the companies that are relatively consistent performers.
4. The Discounted Earnings model works poorly for inconsistent performers like cyclicals.
5. Your expected return from the investment is a reasonable discount rate assumption.
6. A larger margin of safety should be required for companies with less predictable businesses.

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Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ) Business Description

Industry

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SKLZ:Mexico

Address

P.O. Box 445, San francisco, CA, USA, 94104

Website

https://www.skillz.com

Skillz Inc is a mobile game development company. Its platform helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling social competition in their games.

Executives

Seth Schorr	director	PO BOX 445, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Jason Roswig	officer: President & CFO	PO BOX 445, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Henry M. Hoffman	director	PO BOX 445, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Shari Glazer	director	PO BOX 445, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Doris Fritz-bianchi	officer: Head of People	SKILLZ INC C/O CHARLOTTE EDELMAN, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Vatsal Bhardwaj	officer: Chief Product Officer	SKILLZ INC C/O CHARLOTTE EDELMAN, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Stanley Mbugua	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	SKILLZ INC, PO BOX 455, SAN FRAN CA 94104
Ian J Lee	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O SKILLZ INC., P.O. BOX 445, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-0445
Christopher S Gaffney	director	C/O GREAT HILL PARTNERS, L.P., 200 CLARENDON STREET, 29TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Jerome Leon Bruckheimer	director	PHILPOTT MEEKS, 10030 VENTURA BOULEVARD, SUITE 380, ENCINO CA 91436
Scott D Henry	officer: Chief Financial Officer	3355 LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD SOUTH, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
Kent Wakeford	director	SKILLZ INC., C/O CHARLOTTE EDELMAN, P.O. BOX 445, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-0445
Vandana Mehta-krantz	director	SKILLZ INC., C/O CHARLOTTE EDELMAN, P.O. BOX 445, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-0445
Miriam Aguirre	officer: Chief Technology Officer	SKILLZ INC., C/O CHARLOTTE EDELMAN, P.O. BOX 445, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-0445
Favian Garcia	officer: Controller	SKILLZ INC., C/O CHARLOTTE EDELMAN, P.O. BOX 445, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-0445