DJCO
Daily Journal Corporation
$661.90
Platform & Compounding FCF
80%
Two-stage FCF DCF
Mild
·
Conviction
Overvalued
Trading 7.9% above fair value
You pay
$661.90
Bear
$536.61
Fair
$613.64
Bull
$693.09
Bear
$536.61
-18.9%
7% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair
$613.64
-7.3%
12% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull
$693.09
+4.7%
15% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Adjust Assumptions
11.9%
11.0%
3.0%
Key Value Driver
FCF growth rate (12% base case)
Terminal Value % of EV
40%
Implied Market Multiple
29.6x
Market is pricing in (growth)
14.2%
vs 11.9% base
Summary
Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 12% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 11%, the base-case intrinsic value is $613.64 per share.
Key Risks
- P/E alone misleads — earnings depressed by growth investment
- Cyclical or commodity businesses may be misclassified as platforms
- Terminal value dominance suggests sensitivity to long-run assumptions