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Pyxus International Inc. (PYX)
NYSE - Consumer Non-cyclicals
Investment Recommendation
• We recommend investors sell PYX.
• PYX earns our Unattractive rating. See Investment Rating Details below.
• An Unattractive rating means this stock has more downside risk than upside potential.
• PYX ranks in the 28th percentile of the 2750+ stocks we cover.
• Ranks 107th out of 133 Consumer Non-cyclicals Sector stocks.
Price 01/31/2019:
Economic Book Value per share 52-Week Range
Closing Price as of 01/31/2019: $16.23 Dividend Yield: - Period End Date: 09/30/2018
4 - Unattractive
$16.23 ($75.82) $11.30 - $52.43
Investment Rating Details
Risk/Reward Rating
5 - Very Unattractive 4 - Unattractive
3 - Neutral
2 - Attractive
1 - Very Attractive
Quality of Earnings
Valuation Price-to-EBV Ratio
> 3.5 or -1 < 0 2.4 < 3.5 or < -1 1.6 < 2.4 1.1 < 1.6
0 < 1.1
Accounting vs Economic Earnings
Accounting Adjustments Summary
Stock Price Performance
Last 30 Days Last 60 Days Last 90 Days Last Year
Formulas for Key Metrics
36.8%
13.6% (29.4%) 23.4%
Key Market Statistics
Enterprise Value (MM) EV/EBITDA
P/E (TTM)
$1,756 13.33 5.14
Economic vs Reported EPS
Misleading Trend False Positive Neutral EE Positive EE Rising EE
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
Bottom Quintile 4th Quintile 3rd Quintile 2nd Quintile Top Quintile
FCF Yield
<-5% -5%<-1% -1%<3% 3%<10% >10%
Growth Appreciation Period (yrs)
> 50 20 < 50 10 < 20 3 < 10 0 < 3
• Economic Earnings = (ROIC - WACC) * Average Invested Capital • ROIC = NOPAT / Average Invested Capital
• Free Cash Flow = NOPAT - change in Invested Capital
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PYX's accounting earnings overstate its economic earnings, which equal (ROIC - WACC) * Average Invested Capital.
For PYX, we made a total of $1,563 million in income statement and balance sheet adjustments to convert accounting earnings to economic earnings in FY18.
We made $1,630 million in adjustments in our DCF valuation of the stock.
Wemake,ingeneral,10typesofincomestatementadjustments to derive NOPAT, 12 types of balance sheet adjustments to derive Average Invested Capital, & 10 types of valuation adjustments in our reverse DCF valuation models.
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ROBO-ANALYST RESEARCH
ROBO-ANALYST RESEARCH
02/01/2019
Economic Earnings are 4 - Unattractive
Economic Earnings are almost always meaningfully different than reported earnings. We believe Economic Earnings provide a truer measure of profitability and shareholder value creation than reported earnings because they have been adjusted to remove over twenty accounting distortions.[color=red][/color]
The majority of data required to reverse accounting distortions is available only in the Footnotes and MD&A, which we analyze rigorously. Our core competency is gathering and analyzing all relevant financial data from filings so that we can deliver earnings analysis that best represents the true profitability of businesses.
Economic Earnings per share (EEPS) for PYX for the trailing twelve months earn our Unattractive rating.
Appendix 1 in the report available to members of our website provides a detailed reconciliation between economic and accounting earnings.
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
ROIC is 5 - Very Unattractive
ROIC measures a company's return on all cash invested in the business. It is the truest measure of profitability. Stock valuations are more highly correlated to ROIC than any other metric. ROIC is calculated as NOPAT divided by Average Invested Capital.
Weighted-Average Cost of Capital (WACC) is the average of debt and equity capital costs that all publicly traded companies with debt and equity stakeholders incur as a cost of operating.
Companies must earn an ROIC greater than WACC to generate positive economic earnings and create value for shareholders.
PYX's ROIC for the trailing twelve months earns our Very Unattractive rating.
Appendix 1 in the report available to members of our website provides details on all the accounting adjustments we make to provide the best ROIC in the business as demonstrated by Ernst & Young.
Free Cash Flow Yield (FCF Yield)
Free Cash Flow Yield is 4 - Unattractive
Free Cash Flow reflects the amount of cash free for distribution to all stakeholders (including debt & equity). FCF Yield divides free cash flow by enterprise value.
Using Free Cash Flow Yield to pick stocks is not a new strategy. However, our strategy yields superior results because we use a better measure of Free Cash Flow. In the same way our Economic EPS are better measures of profitability than reported EPS, our measure of Free Cash Flow is better than traditional accounting-based Free Cash Flow.
PYX's FCF Yield for the trailing twelve months earns our Unattractive rating.
Appendix 1 in the reports available members of our website provides the income statement and balance sheet adjustments required for an accurate measure of FCF.
Economic vs Reported Earnings
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ROBO-ANALYST RESEARCH
02/01/2019
Price-to-EBV Ratio is 5 - Very Unattractive
Price-to-Economic Book Value (EBV) measures the difference between the market's expectations for future profits and the no-growth value of the stock.
EBV measures the no-growth value of the company based on the company's current Net Operating Profit After Tax (NOPAT).
When prices are higher than EBV, the market predicts the NOPAT of the company will increase and expectations for profit growth are reflected in the stock. If the stock price equals EBV, the market predicts NOPAT will remain the same and there are no expectations for profit growth reflected in the stock. When
stock prices are lower than EBV, the market predicts NOPAT will decrease and expectations for permanent profit decline are reflected in the stock.
In general, we like to buy stocks with low expectations for profit growth and sell/short stocks with high expectations for profit growth.
PYX's current Price-to-EBV per share earns our Very Unattractive rating.
Appendix 2 in the reports available to member of our website details all the valuation adjustments required for an accurate measure of economiv book value.
Growth Appreciation Period
The Growth Appreciation Period is 2 - Attractive
The market-implied duration of profit growth or GAP measures the number of years the company must maintain an edge over its competitors by earning ROIC greater than the weighted-average cost of capital on new investments.
We believe PYX embeds an Attractive level of market expectations because there is a fairly conservative level of expected financial performance implied by its market price compared to the company's historical performance.
At PYX's current stock price of $16.23, the market is expecting revenue to grow at 5.3% for the next 9 years. Over this period, PYX is also expected to generate an average Economic Earnings Margin of (1.4%).
These results are derived using our dynamic discounted cash flow model.
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Performance Hurdles
5 Yr
Historical Performance
3Yr
Last FY
Market Expectations
Default
based on current price
Stock Price
$29.20
$17.56
$26.05
$16.23
Revenue CAGR
(5.9%)
(1.6%)
1.1%
5.3%
ROIC - WACC
(3.7%)
(3.7%)
(4.0%)
(1.4%)
Growth Appreciation Period
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9 years
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Price-to-EBV Ratio
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Appendix: Explanation of New Constructs' Stock Ratings
Ratings
In-depth risk/reward analysis underpins our stock rating. Our stock rating methodology grades every stock according to what we believe are the 5 most important criteria for assessing the quality of a stock. Each grade reflects the balance of potential risk and reward of buying that stock. Our analysis results in the 5 ratings described below. Very Attractive and Attractive correspond to a "Buy" rating, Very Unattractive and Unattractive correspond to a "Sell" rating, while Neutral corresponds to a "Hold" rating.
Risk/Reward Rating
Economic vs Reported EPS
Quality of Earnings
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
5 -Very Unattractive
Misleading Trend
Bottom Quintile
False Positive
4th Quintile
3% < 10% > 10%
Ratings
Economic earnings and return on capital metrics are significantly more accurate when as-reported financial statements have been adjusted to reverse accounting distortions and Red Flags. The majority of the data required to reverse accounting distortions is available only in the Notes to the Financial Statements, which we analyze rigorously. Our core competency is gathering and analyzing all relevant financial data (from the Financial Statements and Notes) so that we can deliver earnings analysis that best represents the true profitability of businesses. See the figure below for a list of the Red Flag adjustments we make to a company's reported GAAP profits in order to reverse accounting distortions and arrive at a better measure of a firm's profits.
< -5%
-5% < -1%
Valuation
FCF Yield
Price-to-EBV Ratio
> 3.5 or -1 < 0
Growth Appreciation Period
> 50
4 - Unattractive
2.4 < 3.5 or < -1
20 < 50
3 - Neutral
Neutral EE
3rd Quintile
-1% < 3%
1.6 < 2.4
10 < 20
2 - Attractive
Positive EE
2nd Quintile
1.1 < 1.6
3 < 10
1 - Very Attractive
Rising EE
Top Quintile
0 < 1.1
0<3
Accounting Issues and Red Flags that Distort GAAP
• [color=red]Employee Stock Options
• Pension Over/Under Funding • Excess Cash
• Restructuring Charges
• Pooling Goodwill
• Minority Interests
• Discontinued Operations
• Preferred Stock
• Mid-Year Acquisitions
• Off-Balance-Sheet Financing • LIFO Reserve
• Unrealized Gains/Losses
• Goodwill Amortization
• Unconsolidated Subsidiaries
• Capitalized Expenses
• Deferred Compensation
• Net Deferred tax Assets and Liabilities[color=red][/color][/color]
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