Domino's Pizza Enterprises Limited

DMP Details

Domino's Pizza Enterprises Limited (ASX: DMP) is the largest pizza chain in Australia concerning network store numbers and network sales and is the world’s largest franchisee for the Domino's Pizza brand.

Result Performance for the Half-year Ended 2 January 2022 – (H1FY22)

• The revenue stood at $1,206.6 million, up 10.2% YoY, primarily led by a rise in Same-Store Sales (SSS) growth of 2.75% and continued new store openings of 129 for the period.
• The company and its franchisees added 285 stores (156 acquired in Taiwan, 129 organic), and are on track for a ~500 store expansion this financial year.
• Asia: Added 10th market in H1FY22 (Taiwan +156 stores) added +87 organic stores, and sales increased 16.4% YoY despite the lifting of the State of Emergency in Japan.
• Europe: Regional sales (up 11.9%, to $796.7 million), driven by delivery sales through improved execution.
• ANZ: Network sales grew (up 6.4% to $689.6 million).

Source: Company Reports, Analysis by Kalkine Group

Outlook

The company indicated a solid start to H2FY22, with Network Sales +6.0% higher (+1.7% on a same-store sales basis). The company projects SSS for FY22 would be slightly below the 3–5-year outlook. Further, it plans to roll out initiatives in FY22, including the latest customer-facing ordering app and a team member facing program to provide career-building skills. Also, it plans to increase the delivery team by offering real jobs with long-term opportunities, including franchising.

Key Risks

The company is exposed to liquidity and market risks such as foreign currency, interest rate and commodity price, and credit risk. The company's activities expose the company mainly to the Euro and Japanese Yen currencies and the interest rate risk that arises from its borrowings. The group enters derivative financial instruments to manage its exposure to interest rate and foreign exchange rate risks.

Valuation Methodology: EV/Sales Based Relative Valuation (Illustrative)

Technical Overview

Daily Price Chart

Source: REFINITIV, Note: Purple color line reflects Relative Strength Index (14-Period)

Stock Recommendation

The stock has been valued using EV/Sales multiple based relative valuation (on an illustrative basis), and the target price so arrived reflects a rise of low double-digit (in % terms). A slight premium has been applied to peer average EV/Sales multiple (NTM) (Peer Average), considering its store expansion plans, growth investments, digital offerings, and decent liquidity position.

Considering the factors above, we give a “Buy” recommendation on the stock at the closing market price of $67.77 per share, down 2.32% as of 13^th May 2022.

Markets are trading in a highly volatile zone currently due to certain macro-economic issues and geopolitical tensions prevailing. Therefore, it is prudent to follow a cautious approach while investing.

Domino's Pizza Enterprises Limited (DMP) is a part of Kalkine’s Global Big Money Product

Note 1: The reference data in this report has been partly sourced from REFINITIV.

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