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Central European Media Enterprises (Central European Media Enterprises) Earnings Power Value (EPV) : $4.46 (As of Jun20)


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What is Central European Media Enterprises Earnings Power Value (EPV)?

As of Jun20, Central European Media Enterprises's earnings power value is $4.46. *

* 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.


Central European Media Enterprises Earnings Power Value (EPV) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Central European Media Enterprises'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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Central European Media Enterprises Earnings Power Value (EPV) Chart

Central European Media Enterprises Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Earnings Power Value (EPV)
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -30.00 -25.56 -1.09 2.12 3.60

Central European Media Enterprises Quarterly Data
Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20
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 3.08 3.53 3.60 4.40 4.46

Competitive Comparison of Central European Media Enterprises's Earnings Power Value (EPV)

For the Broadcasting subindustry, Central European Media Enterprises'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.


Central European Media Enterprises's Earnings Power Value (EPV) Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Central European Media Enterprises's Earnings Power Value (EPV) distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Central European Media Enterprises's Earnings Power Value (EPV) falls into.



Central European Media Enterprises 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.

Central European Media Enterprises's "Earning Power" Calculation:

Average of Last 20 Quarters Last Quarter
Revenue 632.6
DDA 323.4
Operating Margin % 23.18
SGA * 25% 27.1
Tax Rate % 22.33
Maintenance Capex 24.3
Cash and Cash Equivalents 176.1
Short-Term Debt 10.3
Long-Term Debt 605.6
Shares Outstanding (Diluted) 266.8

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 = 23.18%

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 = $632.6 Mil, Average Operating Margin = 23.18%, Average Adjusted SGA = 27.1,
therefore "Normalized" EBIT = Sustainable Revenue * Average Operating Margin + Average Adjusted SGA = 632.6 * 23.18% +27.1 = $173.664693445 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 = 22.33%, and "Normalized" EBIT = $173.664693445 Mil,
therefore After-tax "Normalized" EBIT = "Normalized" EBIT * ( 1 - Average Tax Rate ) = 173.664693445 * ( 1 - 22.33% ) = $134.88970901607 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) = 323.4 * 0.5 * 22.33% = $36.1011784575 Mil.
"Normalized" Earnings = After-tax "Normalized" EBIT + Excess Depreciation = 134.88970901607 + 36.1011784575 = $170.99088747357 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.
Central European Media Enterprises's Average Maintenance CAPEX = $24.3 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. Central European Media Enterprises's current cash and cash equivalent = $176.1 Mil.
Central European Media Enterprises's current interest bearing debt = Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation = 605.6 + 10.3 = $615.959 Mil.
Central European Media Enterprises's current Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) = 266.8 Mil.

Central European Media Enterprises's Earnings Power Value (EPV) for Jun20 is calculated as:

EPV = ( ( Norm. Earnings-Maint. CAPEX *) / WACC + CashandEquiv - Int. Bearing Debt ) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
= ( ( 170.99088747357 - 24.3)/ 9%+176.1-615.959 )/266.8
=4.46

Margin of Safety (EPV)=( Earnings Power Value (EPV)-Current Price )/Earnings Power Value (EPV)
=( 4.461347408961-4.58 )/4.461347408961
= -2.66%

* 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.


Central European Media Enterprises  (NAS:CETV) 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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Central European Media Enterprises (Central European Media Enterprises) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
3 Bermudiana Road, O'Hara House, Hamilton, BMU, HM 08
Central European Media Enterprises Ltd is a media and entertainment company. The company manages its business based on geographical segments in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Romania, and the Slovak Republic. Geographically, it generates maximum revenue from the Czech Republic. The company generates advertising revenues from placing ads on the television channels.
Executives
Christoph Mainusch officer: co-Chief Executive Officer KRIZENECKEHO NAM. 1078/5A PRAGUE 5 2N 15200
Daniel Penn officer: EVP, General Counsel C/O CME MEDIA SERVICES LIMITED BRANCH KRIZENECKEHO NAM. 1078/5A PRAGUE 2N 15200
Nin Michael Del officer: co-Chief Executive Officer C/O CME MEDIA SERVICES LIMITED BRANCH, KRIZENECKEHO NAM. 1078/5A, PRAGUE 2N 15200
Alfred W Langer director C/O CME MEDIA SERVICES LIMITED BRANCH KRIZENECKEHO NAM. 1078/5A PRAGUE 2N 15200
John Billock director C/O CME MEDIA SERVICES LIMITED BRANCH KRIZENECKEHO NAM. 1078/5A PRAGUE 2N 15200
Kelli Turner director C/O CME MEDIA SERVICES LTD, KRIZENECKEHO NAM. 1078/5A, PRAGUE 2N 15200
David Sturgeon officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer C/O CME MEDIA SERVICES LIMITED BRANCH KRIZENECKEHO NAM. 1078/5A PRAGUE 2N 15200
Parm Sandhu director C/O MEDIA SERVICES LIMITED BRANCH KRIZENECKEHO NAM. 1078/5A PRAGUE 2N 15200
Peter H Knag director 208 S AKARD STREET DALLAS TX 75202
Turner Theodore Mckinley Iii director ONE TIME WARNER CENTER NEW YORK NY 10019
At&t Inc. director, 10 percent owner 208 S. AKARD ST ATTN : JAMES LACY DALLAS TX 75202
Bruce Maggin director C/O CME MEDIA SERVICES LIMITED, KRIZENECKEHO NAM 1078/5A, PRAGUE 2N 15200
Time Warner Inc. director, 10 percent owner ONE TIME WARNER CENTER, NEW YORK NY 10019
Tw Media Holdings Llc director, 10 percent owner ONE TIME WARNER CENTER NEW YORK NY 10019
Time Warner Media Holdings B.v. director, 10 percent owner ONE TIME WARNER CENTER NEW YORK NY 10019

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