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TerraVest Capital Inc
TVK-T
PARTIAL BUY
Aug 14, 2023
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Has been dormant for many years, but has been one of the best Canadian compounders. They're not in a high-growth industries, but TVK can make highly accretive acquisitions. Earnings power is high. Have a strong balance sheet and capital to deploy. Are very good at synergizing, but doubts they can be as accretive when buying larger companies. Is a solid hold.
TVK is a unique serial acquirer of energy assets that possesses a solid track record of growing nicely over the years. In the last five years, TVK managed to grow its topline and EBITDA by approximately 23% and 27%, respectively. Since going public in 2013, TVK has managed to compound capital at 42% per year, even more impressively than CSU during that period.
TVK is trading at 15.0x EV/EBITDA, a premium valuation relative to its own historical averages of around 8.4x. The company is not as cheap as it used to be, but that being said, we think TVK is still a solid compounder and it is not too late to own the name. However investors need to set realistic expectations as the prospective returns in the near term may not be as attractive as in the past.
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Our PAST TOP PICK with TVK has triggered its stop at $112. To remain disciplined, we recommend covering the position at this time. This will result in a combined net return of 41%, when combined with our previous guidance.
TVK’s growth was driven mainly through its acquisition strateg and it is now trading at 8.3x times' EV/EBITDA. In the 3Q, TVK’s revenue grew 4% to $150.4M, compared to last year of $145M and cash available for distribution also grew slightly by 9% to $13.2M compared to last year of $ 12.2 M. Growth was slower compared to previous quarters of more than 20%, but the deceleration in growth was expected after two booming years of explosive demand for oil and gas processing equipment and services. Overall, an okay quarter. It has no analysts and thus no estimates, but we are comfortable with the outlook.
The balance sheet is strong, with net debt of $250M and net debt/EBITDA is around 2.3x. TVK generated healthy cash flow which was mostly reinvested back into the business through acquisitions (TVK pays dividends but the payout ratio was only 17%). We like TVK, the company is trading at a reasonable valuation with a track record of growing EBITDA consistently while opportunistically buying back shares too, we expect TVK continues to demonstrate execution going forward, would be comfortable to average into the position over time.
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