Metropolis Healthcare Limited DCF Valuation
METROPOLIS · Healthcare · Current price ₹549.9
Metropolis Healthcare Limited cash-flow valuation
Our discounted cash flow (2-stage) values Metropolis Healthcare Limited at ₹135 per share. Intrinsic value from 2-stage discounted cash flows (primary for asset-light / normal businesses); FCFE path. It carries 70% of the weight in our published estimate of ₹235. A discounted cash flow is only as good as the cash-flow path it assumes, so the assumptions behind it are listed in full below.
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How we got this fair value
Every number below is part of the same estimate for Metropolis Healthcare Limited. Nothing here is a target price or a forecast of where the share price will go.
The inputs are thin or the models disagree sharply. This is our least reliable kind of estimate, so read the range rather than the single number.
Estimate range ₹135 – ₹335
Why this method for this business
Metropolis Healthcare is an asset-light, high-margin healthcare service provider with a durable moat. A DCF model captures its earnings power and growth potential, while a relative P/E model reflects its sector positioning and market sentiment.
The models behind the number
These methods disagree materially, so the estimate is their plain midpoint rather than a weighted blend. The disagreement is itself the finding.
Intrinsic value from 2-stage discounted cash flows (primary for asset-light / normal businesses); FCFE path
- ev_ebitda is not suitable for a service provider with low debt and high cash flow
What was missing
- Lack of analyst dispersion data
- Limited forward EPS estimates
- No detailed capital allocation data
What drives it
27 inputs, grouped by how strong each claim is
- FCF_0 (normalized)
- 209 ₹cr
- Net debt
- 232 ₹cr
- Sector-median P/E
- 26.44×
- Peers used
- 6
- EPS (TTM)
- 9.73 ₹/share
- Own-history median P/E
- 50.01×
fcf_norm (median ≤5y positive)
gross debt (cash n/a)
peer-median
peer-median
computed
reconstructed (one feature, dampened — not a cap)
- Discount rate (r)
- 13.28%
- Beta
- 0.85
COE (building-block)
bottom-up industry
- Stage-1 start growth
- 5.36%
- Fade shape
- linear
- Terminal growth (g)
- 5.36%
- Stage-1 years
- 10 y
pat_cagr_5y
lifecycle Growth
macro terminal × quality premium
lifecycle Growth horizon
- Lifecycle stage
- Growth
- Quality premium
- 1.071×
- Term: quality
- +3.2%
- Term: growth
- -5.8%
- Term: capital_allocation
- -3.0%
- Term: financial_strength
- +9.3%
- Term: history
- +25.0%
- Term: sector_rerating
- +0.0%
- Term: rate_regime
- +1.2%
- Term: risk
- +0.0%
forecast engine (L20)
moat Narrow + capital allocation
quality 68/100 (high, stable returns) → premium (ROCE deteriorating → premium halved)
weak ~6% CAGR (ROCE 34% > hurdle) → discount
capital allocation: falling ROCE / weak cash generation → discount
financial strength: low leverage (D/E 0.1) → mild premium
history: market paid +89% vs sector, dampened ×0.3 (one feature, not the anchor)
sector re-rating: no sector-norm history → not used
rates: risk-free 6.9% below ~7.1% normal → higher multiple
risk: no analyst-dispersion signal available → neutral (lowers confidence, not PE)
- Path
- FCFE
- Terminal-value fraction
- 0.484
- Premium vs sector
- +30.4%
- Fair-multiple confidence
- 77%
- Fair P/E
- 34.48×
computed (D/E vs 0.8)
PV_TV / (PV_1+PV_TV)
fundamentals + macro (not capped at own history)
data completeness + term agreement
sector median × ∏(1+term) — Dynamic Fair Multiple
Who computed this
A language model (qwen3:8b) selects the valuation method and the judgement inputs for Metropolis Healthcare Limited: which models suit the business, the moat, the growth and margin assumptions. It does not produce the number. The fair value itself is computed in Python by a deterministic engine (version 2026.08.1) from those inputs, so the same inputs always give the same result and every figure above can be traced to a source.
Estimated 14 Sept 2026. Re-run as new financials and news arrive.
How we value stocks
We estimate what a business is worth from its own economics: cash flows, returns on capital, and a multiple justified by its quality, rather than from where the share price has been. A fair value estimate is a view, not a verdict, and it is only as good as the inputs listed above.
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