
Find out why Terreno Realty's 15.2% return over the last year is lagging behind its peers.
A Discounted Cash Flow model takes Terreno Realty’s expected adjusted funds from operations, treats them as a proxy for free cash flow to equity, and discounts those future cash flows back to today’s value using a required return. This gives an estimate of what the whole business might be worth in today’s dollars.
For Terreno Realty, the latest twelve month free cash flow figure is about $284.7 million. Using analyst inputs for the next several years and then extending those estimates further out, Simply Wall St projects free cash flow reaching $345.0 million in 2030. The full model used here is a 2 stage Free Cash Flow to Equity approach based on adjusted funds from operations, with later year numbers extrapolated beyond the analyst forecast horizon.
When all those projected cash flows are discounted back, the DCF model suggests an intrinsic value of roughly $59.54 per share. Compared with the recent share price of about $62.15, this suggests that Terreno Realty is approximately 4.4% above this estimate, which sits well within a normal margin of error for this kind of model.
Result: ABOUT RIGHT
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For profitable companies, the P/E ratio is a useful shorthand for how much investors are paying for each dollar of earnings. It links a company’s share price directly to its bottom line and helps you compare businesses that already generate consistent profits.
What counts as a “normal” or “fair” P/E depends on how the market views a company’s growth outlook and risk. Higher expected earnings growth or lower perceived risk can support a higher P/E, while slower expected growth or higher risk typically point to a lower multiple.
Terreno Realty currently trades on a P/E of 16.46x. This is very close to the Industrial REITs industry average P/E of 16.47x and sits below a peer group average of 33.52x. Simply Wall St’s Fair Ratio for Terreno Realty is 16.64x. This is a proprietary estimate of the P/E that might be reasonable given factors such as earnings growth, industry, profit margins, market cap and risk profile.
The Fair Ratio is more tailored than a simple comparison with peers or the overall industry because it considers Terreno Realty’s own characteristics rather than assuming all companies should share the same multiple. With the current P/E at 16.46x and the Fair Ratio at 16.64x, the gap is small, which points to pricing that is broadly in line with these fundamentals.
Result: ABOUT RIGHT
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Earlier it was mentioned that there is an even better way to understand valuation, so this is where Narratives come in, giving you a clear story behind the numbers by linking your assumptions about Terreno Realty’s future revenue, earnings and margins to a forecast, then to a fair value that you can compare with the current price to help you decide how the stock looks.
A Narrative on Simply Wall St is an accessible tool on the Community page that lets you set out your view on Terreno Realty, translate that view into a structured financial forecast, and see an estimated fair value that updates automatically when new information such as earnings reports or news is added.
Narratives are used by many investors on the platform to see how different viewpoints line up with the current market price. This allows you to quickly compare fair value to today’s share price and decide whether the gap between the two is significant enough for you to consider your own investment stance.
For example, one Terreno Realty Narrative might assume a higher long term earnings level and arrive at a much higher fair value, while another assumes more modest earnings and produces a lower fair value, showing how the same stock can support very different conclusions.
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