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Are Australian Ethical (ASX:AEF) shares fairly valued?

Shares in Australian Ethical Investment Limited (ASX: AEF) finished the day 12.82% lower today despite no news. Are they good value?

Shares in Australian Ethical Investment Limited (ASX: AEF) finished the day 12.82% lower today despite no news coming out of the company.

Considering AEF’s shares have returned a huge 120% over the past year, it could be likely that some investors have been taking some profits after its stellar run.

AEF share price

Source: Rask Media AEF 1-year share price chart

FY21 results recap

For a full breakdown of Australian Ethical’s results, click here to read my colleague, Jaz Harrison’s article: Australian Ethical (ASX: AEF) share price rises on FY21 returns.

Here’s a quick refresher.

Funds under management (FUM) grew 50% to just over $6 billion during FY21. It recorded $1.03 billion in fund inflows and a market movement of $0.99 billion.

Operating revenue came in at $58.7 million, up 18% on the previous year.

Underlying profit after tax was up 19% to $11.1 million and a fully franked final dividend of 5 cents was declared.

Valuation

With shares on a Price/Earnings (P/E) multiple of over 90, Australian Ethical’s valuation might be worth taking a look at. Here’s just one way I try to get a rough sense of value.

It’s currently making $58 million in operating revenue off $6 billion FUM, a margin of around .96%.

The goal is to grow FUM over the medium term to between $18 billion to $30 billion. I’ll take a midpoint of $25 billion.

At the same .96% margin, it could end up with around $227 million in operating revenue with $25 billion FUM.

At its current net income margin of 20%, net income would end up around $45 million.

I’ll apply a conservative P/E of 30 to arrive at an implied market capitalisation of $1.3 billion (currently just over $1 billion).

Considerations

There are a lot of assumptions built into rough mental models such as this, so take it with a grain of salt. The biggest assumption is that management can successfully execute and grow its FUM.

However, if it does, net income margins could expand and/or the market could assign a higher P/E ratio to its shares, meaning there could be further upside potential from my own estimation.

I think the future growth story might not be entirely priced into its current valuation.

To get a clearer picture of Australian Ethical’s valuation, a discounted cash flow analysis could be helpful.

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