On the four Ms, Colliers Intl Gr-Subord Vot earns 23 for management and 69 for moat. The management score rests on a return on invested capital of 4.4% and a gross margin of 30.8% — figures that describe capital earning less than it costs to employ. Debt sits at 1.76x equity. The solid moat and weak management are not the same judgement, and the gap between them is where the argument about this business sits.
Three independent anchors set the price worth paying. Growth is modelled at 15.0% a year, the rate measured from the filings. The exit multiple assumed is 30.0x. That produces an intrinsic value of $64.50, a 10-CAP price of $63.46 and a payback time price of $100.17, with the value zone set at the highest of the three, $100.17. Today's price of $91.47 sits inside that zone.
The price sits inside the value zone, but the business scores 69 for moat and 23 for management. Cheap and good are different tests, and only one of them is passed here.
| Price | $91.47 |
| Market cap | $4.6B |
| P/E ratio | 42.5x |
| Return on invested capital | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | 30.8% |
| Debt to equity | 1.76x |
| Free cash flow yield | 4.3% |
| Growth rate used | 15.0% |
| Growth rate measured | 15.0% |
| Exit multiple assumed | 30.0x |
| Company | Moat | Buy price |
| Firstservice Corp (FSV) | 88 | $127.70 |
| CoStar Group (CSGP) | 52 | $13.95 |
| Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) | 81 | $333.15 |
| CBRE Group Inc. (CBRE) | 55 | $47.68 |
Every number above is built on assumptions that can be changed. In Moatly you can move the growth rate, the exit multiple and the margin of safety and watch every figure recalculate, so you are testing your own view of Colliers Intl Gr-Subord Vot rather than accepting ours.