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Destiny Media Technologies (Destiny Media Technologies) Earnings Power Value (EPV) : $0.48 (As of Feb24)


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What is Destiny Media Technologies Earnings Power Value (EPV)?

As of Feb24, Destiny Media Technologies's earnings power value is $0.48. *

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

Margin of Safety is -130.52

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.


Destiny Media Technologies Earnings Power Value (EPV) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Destiny Media Technologies'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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Destiny Media Technologies Earnings Power Value (EPV) Chart

Destiny Media Technologies Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Earnings Power Value (EPV)
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.61 0.81 1.01 0.85 0.47

Destiny Media Technologies Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 0.72 0.61 0.47 0.56 0.48

Competitive Comparison of Destiny Media Technologies's Earnings Power Value (EPV)

For the Software - Application subindustry, Destiny Media Technologies'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.


Destiny Media Technologies's Earnings Power Value (EPV) Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Destiny Media Technologies's Earnings Power Value (EPV) distribution charts can be found below:

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



Destiny Media Technologies 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.

Destiny Media Technologies's "Earning Power" Calculation:

Average of Last 20 Quarters Last Quarter
Revenue 4.03
DDA 0.17
Operating Margin % 5.84
SGA * 25% 0.47
Tax Rate % 0.35
Maintenance Capex 0.40
Cash and Cash Equivalents 1.54
Short-Term Debt 0.00
Long-Term Debt 0.00
Shares Outstanding (Diluted) 10.11

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 = 5.84%

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 = $4.03 Mil, Average Operating Margin = 5.84%, Average Adjusted SGA = 0.47,
therefore "Normalized" EBIT = Sustainable Revenue * Average Operating Margin + Average Adjusted SGA = 4.03 * 5.84% +0.47 = $0.702077282 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 = 0.35%, and "Normalized" EBIT = $0.702077282 Mil,
therefore After-tax "Normalized" EBIT = "Normalized" EBIT * ( 1 - Average Tax Rate ) = 0.702077282 * ( 1 - 0.35% ) = $0.69964809460428 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) = 0.17 * 0.5 * 0.35% = $0.000292716 Mil.
"Normalized" Earnings = After-tax "Normalized" EBIT + Excess Depreciation = 0.69964809460428 + 0.000292716 = $0.69994081060428 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.
Destiny Media Technologies's Average Maintenance CAPEX = $0.40 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. Destiny Media Technologies's current cash and cash equivalent = $1.54 Mil.
Destiny Media Technologies's current interest bearing debt = Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation = 0.00 + 0.00 = $0 Mil.
Destiny Media Technologies's current Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) = 10.11 Mil.

Destiny Media Technologies's Earnings Power Value (EPV) for Feb24 is calculated as:

EPV = ( ( Norm. Earnings-Maint. CAPEX *) / WACC + CashandEquiv - Int. Bearing Debt ) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
= ( ( 0.69994081060428 - 0.40)/ 9%+1.54-0 )/10.11
=0.48

Margin of Safety (EPV)=( Earnings Power Value (EPV)-Current Price )/Earnings Power Value (EPV)
=( 0.48151168557829-1.11 )/0.48151168557829
= -130.52%

* 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.


Destiny Media Technologies  (OTCPK:DSNY) 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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Destiny Media Technologies (Destiny Media Technologies) Business Description

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428 - 1575 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6G 2V3
Destiny Media Technologies Inc is a provider of secure digital content distribution and promotion solutions. The company operates solely in the digital media software segment. Its predominant services are Clipstream which enables any non-technical user to upload videos that will play on all modern web browsers and Play MPE, a digital distribution service that is used commercially by the recording industry. Destiny services are based on proprietary security, watermarking and instant play streaming media technologies. It also offers audio and video streaming solutions and secure file distribution to customers around the globe.
Executives
Mark A Graber 10 percent owner 2220 NORTHSTAR STREET, NUMBER 17, ANCHORAGE AK 99503
Olya Massalitina officer: Chief Financial Officer 1911 - 271 FRANCIS WAY, NEW WESTMINSTER A1 V3L 0H2
David M. Mossberg director 1905 HAY MEADOW COURT, SOUTHLAKE TX 76092
Hyonmyong Cho director 961 PASEO DEL SUR, SANTA FE NM 87501
Fred Vandenberg officer: Chief Financial Officer 800-570 GRANVILLE STREET, VANCOUVER A1 V6C 3P1
Samuel Ritchie officer: CFO 24414 113 AVE, MAPLE RIDGE A1 V2W0H4
David Alexander Summers director C/O DESTINY MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES INC., 1110 - 885 W. GEORGIA STREET, VANCOUVER A1 V6C 3E8
Steve Vestergaard director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 650 350 CENTRE ROAD, LIONS BAY A1 V0N 2E0
Sandra Boenisch officer: CFO 51 WEST 52ND STREET, 7TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Samuel Jay Graber director 3139 CLEARFIELD DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO TX 78230
Haig S Bagerdjian director 2777 NORTH ONTARIO ST, BURBANK CA 91504
Dale Borland officer: VP and COO of Subsidiary SUITE 750, 650 WEST GEORGIA STREET, VANCOUVER A1 V6B 4N7
Edward Kolic director
Yoshitaro Kumagai director 5255 STEVENS CREEK BLVD., #284, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Lawrence Jeffrey Langs director 134 LA ESPIRAL ROAD, ORINDA CA 94563