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CFA Institute Research Challenge Southern Classic Team O CFA Institute Research Challenge Recommendation: Buy Recommendation: BUY Price Target: $174.14 Mohawk Industries, Inc. 1/23/14 Mohawk Industries Sector: Consumer Discretionary Industry: Home Furnishings Earnings/Share 2010A 2011A 2012A 2013A/E Mar. Q1 $0.30 0.34 0.58 0.73 Jun. Q2 $0.99 0.88 1.06 1.17 Sept. Q3 $0.74 0.68 1.01 1.64 Dec. Q4 $0.66 0.62 0.96 1.74E Year $2.70 2.52 3.61 6.09E Ticker: MHK (NYSE) P/E Ratio 21.10x 23.80 25.10 24.28E Price: $147.85 (as of 1/23/14) Highlights Coverage of Mohawk Industries is initiated with a buy rating: Our target price of $174.14, based on DCF and multiples valuation, warrants 18% upside from the current market price. The risk/reward tradeoff is asymmetrical to the upside, motivating our buy recommendation. For our bull case we see 35% upside compared to 11% downside in our worst-case scenario. An investment in Mohawk Industries means owning a superior business with a durable competitive advantage and a strong position in the marketplace. Mohawk is run by owner-operators who are passionately focused on its long-term success while pursuing additional growth opportunities outside of the U.S. market. Based on reasonable assumptions, we believe MHK will earn a 10%17% compounded annual return throughout our forecast period, outperforming the broader market . Acquisitions synergies: Mohawk has been quick to realize and act on industry trends to continue to stay ahead of its competition. The company has a substantial opportunity to improve its bottom line through synergies from three recent acquisitions. Specifically, we estimate synergies of $101 million or $1.39/share. Over the past few years Mohawk has been going through a transition period from a conservative use of capital to an expansion strategy. MHK is currently focused on maximizing these acquisitions and reducing its leverage. Sustainable competitive advantages: Mohawk’s competitive advantages within the floor covering space include: its #1 market position with a 22% market share of the U.S. flooring market; its unparalleled in-house manufacturing and distribution systems; its balanced and diversified revenue base throughout numerous regions of the world; patented intellectual property; and management’s focus on protecting and growing the competitive moat already surrounding the enterprise. Main risks associated with MHK: Rising raw materials prices, which could pressure Mohawk’s margins; a greater than expected downturn in Europe, which accounts for roughly 25% of Mohawk’s sales; and Average Daily Volume 900,069 a lower than expected home remodeling uptick. Conditional drivers of additional upside: Stronger than expected remodeling activity; stronger than expected recovery in its European end markets; and a stronger than expected pricing environment. 52 Week Range Beta 1.38 Shares Outstanding 72.62 M Market Capitalization 10.74 B Enterprise Value 12.94 B P/E (TTM) 32.86 Institutional Ownership 79.78% Insider Ownership 16.22% Return on Equity 7.41% Return on Invested Capital 5.90% Book Value per Share 59.55 Debt/EBITDA 2.30 Operating Margin 6.56% Net Profit Margin 4.33% Short % of Float 3.30% Short Ratio (Days) 1 98.40 – 155.48 1.40 CFA Institute Research Challenge Recommendation: Buy Mohawk Industries, Inc. 1/23/14 Business Description Mohawk Industries, originally founded in 1878 as a carpet mill company by four brothers of the Shuttleworth family, became incorporated as Shuttleworth Brothers Company in 1902. In 1992 David Kolb, MHK’s former CEO, took the company public as Mohawk Industries. Its growth has been repeatedly augmented by strategic acquisitions, with its first acquisition in 1920. Since, Mohawk has acquired over 25 companies expanding its operations across the world. MHK is currently headquartered in Calhoun, GA with 25,100 employees. Mohawk Industries began many decades ago originally as a manufacturer of carpeting for residential and commercial customers. Mohawk was largely built via strategic acquisitions during the 1980’s and 1990’s. With increased size from each acquisition came increased scale to its business operations and additional opportunities for savings via vertical integration. MHK has a strong competitive advantage in the production of carpet, rugs, ceramic tile, laminate, wood, stone and vinyl flooring due to the company’s vertically integrated and unparalleled manufacturing and distribution systems. Mohawk’s industry-leading innovation has produced products and technologies that differentiate its brands from that of its competitors by satisfying all remodeling and new construction requirements. However, the most important competitive advantage was the reaching of a critical tipping point that enabled the company to forgo third party distributors and bring its distribution system in-house. MHK’s distribution platform allows them to efficiently and effectively serve a diversified base of over 25,000 retailers. Mohawk’s largest customer, Home Depot, represents less than 5% of total sales – a level that has remained largely unchanged for a long period of time. Flooring is one of the few home improvement channels that the large home center chains have been unable to consolidate. Flooring companies are different than most retailers in that consumers purchase the product by viewing samples, and instead of taking it home from the store, the majority of flooring is delivered at a later date. Retailers typically do not keep most flooring products in stock because it is uneconomical to do so. Carpet in particular takes up a lot of space and the majority of potential selections turn very slowly. As a result of flooring’s atypical supply chain, the manufacturer is in the prime position while the retail side of the marketplace remains fragmented. Thanks to Mohawk, start-ups and small flooring shops can compete with large corporations such as Home Depot and Lowe’s by offering an equally wide selection of products all while still competing successfully on price. So while Home Depot and Lowe’s typically represent a large percentage of most of its vendors’ sales, these large retail chains remain only a small part of Mohawk’s business. In fact, Mohawk is far more important to all of its retailers businesses, including Home Depot and Lowe’s, than any single retailer is to Mohawk’s business. Soft surfaces, such as carpet and rugs, constitute roughly 53% of U.S. flooring sales and 58% of volume, but have been slowly losing share to hard surfaces like laminate, tile and wood. Mohawk has been fast to realize these trends, so in 2000 the company established a hard surface sales team to sell other manufacturer’s products through its distribution channel to its 25,000+ retail customers, exposing them to the non-carpet side of the business and diversifying its portfolio away from carpets. Wanting to vertically integrate into this area, in 2002, Mohawk spent $1.8 billion to acquire Dal-Tile, the dominant tile company in North America. In 2005 Mohawk spent $2.6 billion to buy Unilin, a leading laminate supplier in Europe and North America. Then, in 2007 MHK purchased the manufacturing assets of Columbia Wood, a U.S. hardwood-flooring manufacturer. Today, Mohawk controls just over 22% of the U.S. flooring market. The second largest player, Shaw Industries, controls approximately 21% of the market. Shaw Industries is a unit of Berkshire Hathaway and these two companies effectively operate a flooring duopoly, as the next largest competitor, Armstrong World Industries, is only one-fourth the size of Mohawk and controls under 6% of the market. Due to the economics of flooring distribution, we don’t see the industry structure changing dramatically over time. This makes Mohawk, as an industry leader, a particularly appealing long-term investment. Over the past decade, Mohawk has altered its business from primarily an American carpet manufacturer into the world’s largest flooring company. MHK has operations in Australia, Canada, Europe, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia and the United States, along with operations through joint ventures in Brazil, China and India. MHK’s brands are among the most recognized in the industry and include American Olean, Bigelow, Dal-Tile, Durkan, Karastan, Lees, Mohawk, Unilin, Quick-Step and recently acquired Marazzi and Pergo, among others. Mohawk’s three operating segments and their respective percentage of 2012 total sales are Carpet (50%), Ceramic (28%) and Laminate & Wood (23%). In 2012 Mohawk Industries had annual net sales of $5.78 billion of which approximately 83% was generated by sales in North America and 13% by sales outside North America. Mohawk’s 2012 operating margin was 6.56%. The Carpet segment, formerly known as the Mohawk segment, is one of the premier carpet and hard surface brands in North America. It designs, manufactures, sources, distributes, and markets its floor covering product lines, which include carpets, ceramic tile, laminate, rugs, carpet pads, hardwood and resilient for residential and commercial applications in both remodeling and new construction. Mohawk has positioned its premier residential carpet and rug brand names across all price ranges to allow for a diversified customer base. Horizon, Karastan, Mohawk and WundaWeve are all positioned to primarily sell in the medium-to-high retail price channels in the residential broadloom market. MHK’s Karastan is also a leader in the high-end market, while the Aladdin and Mohawk Home brand names compete primarily in the value retail channel. The company also markets its hard surface product lines, including Congoleum, Mohawk Ceramic, Mohawk Hardwood and Mohawk Laminate across all price ranges. Carpet had 2012 annual revenues of $2.9 billion and an operating margin of 5.4%. Mohawk’s Ceramics segment, formerly known as the Dal-Tile segment, is the largest manufacturer of ceramic tile and distributor of natural stone in North America and supplies a vast array of commercial and residential products under the American Olean, Dal-Tile and Marazzi brands. Dal-Tile, established in 1947 and acquired in 2002, gives Mohawk a dominant position in the North American tile business with a 40% market share. Tile is similar to carpeting as it is often purchased from showroom samples and delivered and installed at a later date. The ceramic tile industry is meaningfully more fragmented than that of the carpet industry, with more than 100 tile manufacturers competing for sales of ceramic tile to customers in the U.S. Although the tile industry is highly fragmented, MHK is one of the largest manufacturers, distributors and marketers of ceramic tile in the world, selling tile through its existing distribution network to the same 25,000+ retailers who sell its carpeting products. However, it also sells tile through Dal-Tile’s separate distribution systems, which includes 250 warehouses and showrooms across the United States and Canada. Dal-Tile has an annual manufacturing capacity of roughly 500 million square feet, the largest ceramic tile manufacturing capacity of any U.S. based manufacturer. Dal-Tile is the only significant manufacturer in the United States with its own North American distribution facilities. Mohawk and Dal-Tile’s vertically integrated distribution systems give the 2 CFA Institute Research Challenge Recommendation: Buy Mohawk Industries, Inc. 1/23/14 company a very distinct competitive advantage that no other company can match, making it tough to steal market share away from Dal-Tile. MHK’s Ceramic segment realized $1.6 billion in annual revenues during 2012 with an operating margin of 7.5%. Mohawk’s Laminate & Wood segment, formerly known as the Unilin segment, designs, manufactures, licenses, distributes and markets laminate and hardwood flooring. Unilin, one of the most innovative companies in the industry, gives Mohawk a manufacturing presence in the laminate flooring category. Laminate & Wood’s products consist of chipboards, medium-density fiberboard (MDF), high-density fiberboard (HDF), and insulation panels and boards. Laminate & Wood’s Quick-Step and Columbia brands are among the world’s most recognized names in laminate and hardwood flooring with the Quick-Step brand currently being carried by approximately 95% of the top 50 retailers. The majority of other laminate flooring companies around the world pay royalties to Unilin to utilize its patented installati on system, UNICLIC, which allows laminate flooring to be quickly and easily assembled by snapping it into place. Unilin also gives Mohawk exposure to Europe where two-thirds of Unilin’s business takes place. In January 2013, Laminate & Wood welcomed the Pergo brand name into their laminate collections for $150 million in cash. Pergo is a manufacturer of premium laminate flooring and enhances Mohawk’s geographic position while providing a platform to further leverage Unilin’s patented technologies. Laminate & Wood had 2012 net sales of $1.35 billion and an operating margin of 9.4%. 2012 External Sales by Segment 2012 EBIT Contribution by Segment Mohawk (Carpet) Mohawk (Carpet) 23% 50% 33% Dal-Tile (Ceramic) 28% 32% Unilin (Laminate & Wood) 42% Dal-Tile (Ceramic) Unilin (Laminate & Wood) Management Analysis Mohawk’s CEO, Jeff Lorberbaum, along with the other key executives, owns 16.22% of the equity in the company. When management has a big stake in the future of the business it helps confirm our analysis that the company is moving in the right direction, especially since MHK’s management is very smart, ethical and focused on protecting and growing the competitive moat surrounding the enterprise. With a leadership team that is experienced in the nuances of the flooring industry, Mohawk has seen continued growth in all its segments. Mr. Lorberbaum’s thirty-five years of industry experience and thirteen years of service to Mohawk have produced nearly 70% growth in net sales. Mohawk’s management has extensive experience in the floor covering industry and has experienced both the ups and downs through a full economic cycle. This positions Mohawk well as its management team is able to learn from past conditions and help grow Mohawk’s business through all future economic conditions. MHK’s management team has proven to be quick in realizing industry trends and has actively acted through organic and inorganic growth and accretive use of free cash flow. Mohawk’s current policy is to retain all net earnings for the development of its business and does not anticipate deploying any cash to shareholders through dividends in the foreseeable future. Two out of the four Chief Officers joined the company after an acquisition, which brings a balanced approach to both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of acquiring additional companies. The executive team members’ previous experience in the flooring and tile industry allow them to remain grounded to the products they sell, while simultaneously approaching macro-economic challenges and opportunities strategically. This sustained growth stems from management’s strategic expansion into untapped global markets. Management’s decision to acquire Pergo, Marazzi, and Spano over the past year has allowed Mohawk to broaden its reach into Europe. There are a few reasons why management decided to do this. With stalled growth in the U.S., Mohawk can use these acquisitions to limit the amount of risk they are exposed to in the United States housing market. In uncertain economic waters, these new components can help extend Mohawk’s growth prospects. Similarly, in the current down market, Mohawk is possibly buying these companies at a discount and at a low point of the cycle. As the market improves, the full value of these companies will be realized and help drive top line growth. Mohawk’s management has proven that their global expansion strategy is not only realistic, but can pay dividends quickly. Management’s hesitation to jump into certain foreign markets, most notably China because of market opacity, proves that searching for future growth catalysts must not always come from emerging markets. Mohawk’s management has recently stated that while they will continue to seek out potential growth opportunities, they believe most of the continued strong growth on its top and bottom line will come not from future acquisitions, but by furthering the synergies created from their recent acquisitions. Once again, management’s focus continues to be on creating and realizing growth in the opportunities that are both realistic and manageable. These opportunities will allow Mohawk to continue to maintain a large portion of the market for carpet and tile across the world, especially as their global footprint grows. With these acquisitions synergies, Mohawk is becoming somewhat paradoxical; they are increasing in size, but becoming leaner and smaller. This management strategy is creating a very strong company, one that can produce, sell a low cost product across the globe and outperform its competitors. We are very confident in Mohawk’s management to continue pursuing accretive acquisitions to help enhance and grow its operations all while remaining an industry leader. 3 CFA Institute Research Challenge Recommendation: Buy Mohawk Industries, Inc. 1/23/14 Acquisition Analysis Over the course of 2013, Mohawk engaged in three strategic acquisitions to diversify its revenue stream and continue the execution of its global expansion strategy. Mohawk acquired Pergo, a European and U.S. laminate manufacturer with an extensive patent portfolio; Marazzi, a ceramic manufacturer with a presence in Europe, Russia and the United States; and Spano, a Belgian chipboard manufacturer. These acquisitions enhance MHK’s core business by diversifying its revenue base and adding to its top-line, but we believe the acquisitions will ultimately be accretive to Mohawk’s bottom line as well. After these three acquisitions, Mohawk’s sales mix is geared more towards Europe and less towards the U.S. than that of its competitors. We believe that this is due to the company’s already dominant market position in the U.S. and believe it is wise to gain more exposure to Europe as the European economy begins to recover. Not only is Mohawk poised for growth from the recovering U.S. housing market, the company is now strategically positioned to take full advantage of a recovering European economy. Mohawk completed the acquisition of Pergo early in the first quarter of 2013. Pergo is a leader in premium laminate flooring in the U.S. and Europe and had 2012 sales, excluding dropped products, of $300 million and an operating margin of 4.5%. Pergo has strong brand recognition within the industry, as they were the first to introduce laminate flooring in the U.S. Pergo complements Mohawk’s specialty distribution with its DIY channel and will allow for synergistic opportunities within Laminate & Wood. Pergo’s synergies will be primarily driven by cost reductions and efficiencies from the closing of both Pergo’s plants in Sweden, increased leveraging of its plant in Belgium, administrative consolidation and product innovation. Pergo’s patent portfolio will also enhance Unilin’s already extensive patent portfolio. Mohawk’s purchase price of $150 million represents 6x Pergo’s 2012 EBITDA. Mohawk completed the acquisition of Spano Group in May 2013. Spano is a leading Belgian chip and melamine board manufacturer and had 2012 sales, excluding discontinued raw material sales, of $230 million and an operating margin of 7.5%. Spano’s products are primarily used in furniture and building products. Mohawk acquired Spano Group for $164 million representing approximately 6x Spano Group’s 2012 EBITDA. Spano’s product categories and distribution capabilities complement Unilin and will create additional operational opportunities. The majority of improvements from Spano Group will be due to better asset utilization by optimizing manufacturing assets and raw materials, increasing utilization and improving production efficiencies, leveraging technology, and combining Mohawk’s legacy sales with Spano’s operations from a pricing, raw materials purchasing, and manufacturing efficiency standpoint. We expect operating efficiencies from the acquisitions of Pergo and Spano to improve Laminate & Wood’s operating margin 235 bps to 10.5% in 2013 and another 200 bps to 12.6% in 2014, representing roughly $56 million and $54 million in synergies in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Mohawk acquired Marazzi early in the second quarter of 2013 for approximately $1.5 billion through a combination of cash and equity, which represents 8x Marazzi’s 2012 EBITDA. Marazzi is a leading manufacturer of ceramic tile in Russia, Western Europe and the U.S. Marazzi is a leader when it comes to innovation with worldwide brand recognition and product lines including glazed ceramic, glazed porcelain, technical tile and color body porcelain. Ceramic’s acquisition of Marazzi was a growth-oriented merger as opposed to a consolidation-oriented merger, and will help diversify Mohawk’s revenue stream away from carpets. Marazzi has the number one position in the Russian ceramic market, which is similar in size to the U.S. market. Ceramic tile remains the world’s most widely utilized flooring product with an estimated worldwide consumption of 110+ billion sq. ft. and annual growth of 5%-6%. From a North American production standpoint, Marazzi and Dal-Tile have, by far, the most capacity in the North American market. Marazzi will help expand Mohawk’s position as a worldwide leader in ceramic tile while providing additional growth opportunities. This acquisition will allow Mohawk to optimize its assets, products, and sales strategies in the U.S. and allow Mohawk to enter the Western European market at a low point where the company will be able to capitalize on an recovering European economy. Mohawk will also be able to add more capacity as the company expands the Sunnyvale (Texas) plant. This plant will allow them to go into much larger sizes, such as 24 x 48 planks, where Mohawk previously was unable to do so. More specifically, we expect Marazzi, which had approximately $1.16 billion of sales and a 10.5% operating margin in 2012, to improve Ceramic’s operating margin 170 bps to 10.7% in 2013 and another 100 bps to 11.7% in 2014, representing roughly $62 million and $47 million in synergies in 2013 and 2014, respectively. These synergies will be driven by European cost reductions, replacing third party products with in-house products, and an improved product mix through more sales in higher growth areas such as Eastern and Western Europe. Overall we expect Mohawk’s three recent acquisitions of Pergo, Marazzi and Spano, which were completed in January, April and May of 2013, to all result in meaningful synergies to Mohawk’s business. Over the next 12-18 months, we estimate these synergies will represent roughly $101 million or $1.39/share. Sales Mix by Geography 2012 Sales Mix by End Market Western Europe Russia 20% 24% Commercial 5% 70% 5% Rest of World North America 76% 4 Residential CFA Institute Research Challenge Recommendation: Buy Mohawk Industries, Inc. 1/23/14 Industry Overview & Competitive Positioning The worldwide flooring industry has seen incredible growth over the past few decades. Demand growth has been especially robust in western industrialized nations as their populations have grown steadily and their standards of living have increased rapidly. As wallets have grown and credit markets have grown even faster, people have shelled out both for bigger living spaces and nicer flooring arrangements. As we continue to look at Mohawk Industries we will of course want to pay close attention to the U.S. flooring industry in particular as it accounts for 70% of post-acquisition revenue. The U.S. home-remodeling industry as a whole was hit hard by the 2008 recession and the flooring industry was certainly no exception to that. Remodeling-project spending decreased by 35% from its 2006 high as the housing market began the recession by declining over the 2007-2009 period. This was due to the fact that remodeling spending is approximately 80% correlated to housing prices, which also fell about 35% over that time period. The home-remodeling industry benefits highly from increasing home prices as projects become smaller as a proportion of total home cost, and consumers feel the wealth effect from the positive net equity in their homes. Conversely though, when home prices decrease and net home equity plunges as it did in 2008, flooring companies are pressured as consumers worry more about keeping their homes than improving them. To provide just one example of this effect, carpet demand stood at nearly 1.8 billion square yards in 2006 but by 2009 this had fallen to just below 1.1 billion square yards, a 40% decrease. Part of this has to do with shifting trends in consumer tastes, which we will get into later, but most of it was certainly due to the housing collapse. Over the next three years, demand showed little improvement as 2010-2012 carpet sales were range-bound between 1.0-1.1 billion square yards. Thankfully for MHK and the rest of the industry, 2013 is the year that things are finally picking up for flooring companies as housing prices have increased 11% year-over-year from 2012 after three years of flat to no growth. Net home equity is also just starting to increase as it was also flat around $3.5 trillion from Q1 2010 through Q3 2012, and it wasn’t until Q4 2012 that it increased to $3.9 trillion and further increased to $5.1 trillion by Q2 of 2013. This is despite the fact that housing prices remain 10-20% below their 2006 levels. Additionally, home-remodeling spending remains 24% below 2006 levels and 13% below the 2.5% CAGR trend since 1990. In fact if residential remodel spending were as euphoric today as it was in 2006 (40% higher than the 2.5% CAGR trend) then remodel spending would have to nearly double from current levels. However, much of that demand was fueled by debt, and the values of HELOCs are 90% below its 2006 peak, despite low rates. Though this likely indicates pent-up demand and indicates we are still likely very early in the housing recovery. The delayed response that housing has shown to the economic recovery means that there is truly a historic pent-up demand for remodeling projects and flooring in particular. Through a series of smart and well-timed acquisitions, MHK has positioned itself as the largest flooring company in both the U.S. and the World, and remains uniquely positioned with its diverse product mix to take advantage of this return of demand for flooring products. To explain why, we will start with MHK’s largest segment, softsurfaces. In 2012, total U.S. carpet sales stood at 1.04 billion square yards (flat over 2010 and 2011). This level of carpet demand hasn’t been seen in the U.S. in close to 30 years, when in 1983 carpet sales were slightly higher at 1.09 billion sq. yds. To put that number in perspective, the U.S. population over that time has increased by 36% from 233 million to 317 million, and in addition the average single-family home size has increased from 1,565 sq. ft. to 2,169 sq. ft., roughly a 39% increase. Based on these numbers, carpet demand today should stand at just over 2 billion square yards, double what it is today. However, U.S. tastes have changed and consumers have shifted some of their demand away from soft-surfaces and today soft-surfaces make up about 53% of the total U.S. flooring industry versus the 60-65% they used to. Still, even when one discounts the 2 billion number by the change in consumer tastes, carpet sales should still be around 1.4-1.6 billion sq. yds., 50% higher than they are today based on increased home sizes and population growth. MHK controls 26% of the U.S. market share when it comes to carpet and carpet makes up approximately 40% of its post-acquisition total revenue. This market share is second only to Shaw Flooring, which makes up 31% of U.S. carpet sales. Carpet is the only category of flooring that MHK is not both the U.S. and worldwide leader in sales, but this is perfectly fine in the view of management in light of MHK’s acquisitions over the past 10 years. 2012 U.S. Flooring Industry ($19 Billion) 2% 6% 5% 13% 52% 12% 10% Carpets & Rugs Hardwood Ceramic Laminate Stone Other Vinyl MHK completed 12 soft-surface acquisitions over the span of 1992-2000, but has not had a single soft-surface focused acquisition since that time. Carpet sales as a percentage of total flooring are decreasing by about 1% per year as consumers are opting for more expensive products like laminate, hardwood, and ceramic tile. This is exactly where MHK has been focused since its acquisition of Dal-Tile in 2002, which gave them the leading U.S. position in the ceramic tile market and opened them up to an international manufacturing base. They later entered the Chinese ceramic market through a joint venture in 2010 via Sanfi and recently obtained the title of world leader in the ceramic tile market with its acquisition of Marazzi. With the Marazzi acquisition completed, Mohawk now controls 42% of the U.S. ceramic tile market with the next six largest competitors controlling just 17% of the market, the largest of which amounts to just 5% of total U.S. sales. This is perfect for Mohawk because even though ceramics make up the dominant position in countries like China (66% of total flooring sales), the market is just starting to heat up in America. Ceramics consisted of just 12% of all U.S. flooring sales in 2012 (18% if you include stone), and it is the fastest growing category with low double-digit year-over-year percentage growth. The Marazzi acquisition also gave them the leading ceramics position in Europe, a region that was more recently in recession, and should have a delayed recovery relative to the U.S. Following ceramics, the next fastest growing segment as a percentage of total U.S. flooring sales are the hardwood and laminate products, which are experiencing mid-level single digit percentage growth. 5 CFA Institute Research Challenge Recommendation: Buy Mohawk Industries, Inc. 1/23/14 MHK first opened its position in the laminate market with its 2005 acquisition of Unilin, which provided the company with the leading U.S. player by market share and also gave Mohawk its first European presence. Mohawk later expanded its laminate and international exposure in 2012 via the ARAUCO joint venture, which brought its laminate products to Brazil, another high growth market. Finally, MHK’s recent acquisition of Pergo in 2013 has provided the company with the most-respected brand among laminate producers and gives Mohawk a dominant position in the mid to high end laminate market while expanding its European presence further. Hardwood flooring was the last segment MHK entered, with no positions until its 2007 acquisition of Columbia, which also added to its manufacturing base in Asia. Together these acquisitions provide MHK with the largest hardwood and laminate base of any producer in the world, and they have also reduced the exposure to the performance of the U.S. market as 25% of sales are now in Europe and Russia. Laminate and Wood make up 25% of MHK’s sales while Ceramics comprise another 35% of sales. Together MHK has 60% of its sales tied to the fastest growing segments of the U.S. and European flooring market and yet retains a dominant position in the duopoly that is the U.S. carpet market. Even if carpet continues to steadily decline as a percentage of total flooring expenditure, MHK will be able to offset the losses wit h gains in its newest segments. Its primary competitor Shaw Flooring on the other hand does not have as much of this luxury, as it is much more reliant on carpet. In the end however, a rising tide lifts all boats and that is what is coming for the U.S. (and later the European) flooring market. Still MHK will remain the most buoyant of the bunch should the tide start to recede once more as it has expanded its international presence and has the greatest diversity of product mix. Additionally MHK has the vertical integration and distribution network that none of its smaller competitors can boast and this helps to keep costs low and boost the bottom line. The distribution network of MHK is state of the art and has only become more efficient in each acquisition phase. More often than not these acquisitions have come directly after a recession, which has allowed MHK to purchase each company at a relative discount. Indeed they began following the brief early 1990’s recession, had another acquisition in 2002 following the dot-com bubble, and lastly the company has had no less than four acquisitions since the crash of 2008. Still, even with the streamlining of distribution that has occurred following these acquisitions, distribution remains a major challenge for most flooring companies. Consumers today have more flooring options available to them than ever before thanks to the introduction of both new materials and the ever-increasing pallet of design options. Each region of the world also exhibits differing trends in its flooring preferences, with the U.S. preferring carpet and hardwood, while ceramics have a larger presence in Asia and Europe. Due to the vast array of tastes that flooring companies must cater to, and the addition of relatively low margins and high infrastructure costs, it has been virtually impossible for one or a few companies to consolidate the distribution on a worldwide basis until recently. MHK is finally realizing both American and European distribution synergies thanks to its recent acquisitions. It can finally say that as the global leader in flooring that it is also the global leader in flooring distribution systems. In North America alone MHK has over 300 distribution points, 600 trucks, and over 1500 sales reps. This helps Mohawk get their products to the various North American distribution destinations which are comprised of 31% home centers, 16% contractors, and 51% specialty stores. The company has also utilized technology upgrades to make the consumer experience better than ever. The customer can now track their order in real-time while the company’s sales force can see updated sales data and market opportunities in real time as well. Customers are also always pleased to hear that MHK is the most eco-friendly of manufacturers and is the only flooring company to make Newsweek’s top 500 green companies list each year. Overall the flooring industry remains fragmented both in the U.S. and around the world, and it is still quite depressed from the recession of 2008. However consolidation over time is a real and swiftly occurring thing with MHK soundly in the lead. Mohawk has the biggest boat in an ocean of producers, its one of the only ones who can cross over to international waters, and its the most cost-efficient and consumer friendly of its peers. As the flooring industry recovers in the near term we should expect MHK’s revenue and profits to grow with the rest of the industry, but we shouldn’t be surprised to also see the company as the best prepared if another downturn does occur. 2012 U.S. Floorcovering Distribution Channels 2% Specialty Stores 31% 51% 16% 2012 U.S. Industry Sales ($19 Billion) Residential Replacement 27% Contractor 13% 60% Home Centers Builder Commercial Other Mohawk Industries, Inc. – SWOT Analysis Strength – Vertical Integration System MHK’s operations are vertically integrated as the company has a wide range of facilities for the manufacturing, distributing and marketing of flooring essentials. Within MHK’s Carpet segment its facilities include the extrusion of resin and post-consumer plastics into polypropylene, polyester and nylon fiber, yarn processing, backing manufacturing, tufting, weaving, dyeing, coating and finishing. MHK’s Ceramic segment is also vertically integrated from the production of raw materials for body and glaze preparation to the manufacturing and distribution of ceramic and porcelain tile. MHK’s Laminate & Wood segment is the largest vertically integrated laminate flooring manufacturer in the United States, producing both laminate flooring and interrelated high-density fiberboard. Unilin incorporates manufacturing, licensing, and marketing of laminate and hardwood flooring in Europe and the U.S. These combined operations give Mohawk an edge over its competitors, which can be seen by its strong market share position. Strength – Strong Distribution and Customer Base Mohawk has a diversified customer base with more 25,000 customers, including home centers, mass merchandisers, commercial dealers, department stores, commercial end users and independent floor covering retailers. Its strong diversified customer base allows the company to not be reliant on any single customer. In 2012 no single customer accounted for more than 5% of total sales while the top 10 customers accounted for less than 20% of MHK’s net sales. Mohawk also markets its products through private labeling programs. Its customer base is diversified among various channels including government and healthcare facilities, corporate offices, educational institutions, hospital 6 CFA Institute Research Challenge Recommendation: Buy Mohawk Industries, Inc. 1/23/14 facilities, and retail and public space. Each product category is marketed through a separate distribution channel and sales force. MHK owns and operates a wide network of regional distribution and sales services centers in Asia, Europe and the U.S. Mohawk also offers marketing and advertising support through dealer programs such as Mohawk Floorscapes, Mohawk ColorCenter and Karastan. Its strong distribution and customer base allows the company to have substantial brand recognition among carpet dealers and retailers along with strong customer recognition within the industry. Strength – Wide Range of Products and Brands MHK is the leading producer of high quality flooring products for both the residential and commercial spaces. Mohawks products include carpets, carpet cushion, ceramic tile, fiberboard, hardwood floorings, natural stone, rugs, vinyl, wood stone and other home products. The company is one of the largest carpet and rug manufacturers along with marketers and distributors of ceramic tile, hardwood flooring and natural stone in the United States, and one of the leading fabricators of laminate flooring in Europe and the U.S. MHK designs, manufactures, distributes and markets a wide range of product categories under specific brand names consisting of Aladdin, Bigelow, Durkan, Horizon, Karastan, Lees, Merit, Mohawk, Mohawk ColorCenters, Mohawk Floorscapes, Portico and SmartStrand. Further, Mohawk has positioned its premier residential carpet and rug brand names across all price ranges to allow for a diversified customer base. Horizon, Karastan, Mohawk and WundaWeve are all positioned to primarily sell in the medium-to-high retail price channels in the residential carpet market. MHK’s Karastan is also a leader in the high-end market, while the Aladdin and Mohawk Home brand names compete primarily in the value retail space. MHK also markets its hard surface product lines, including Congoleum, Mohawk Ceramic, Mohawk Hardwood and Mohawk Laminate across all price ranges. Mohawks wide brand and product portfolio helps position the company to meet increasing demand while maintaining and growing its market position. Strength – Patent and Trademark Portfolio Intellectual property is important to the company’s business as it helps maintain a competitive advantage over its peers. MHK has 30 trademarks that represent innovations and provide the company with a competitive advantage and differentiation from competing brands in the industry. Unilin owns a number of important patents in Europe and the United States, of which some are licensed to manufacturers and distributors throughout the world, providing the company with additional licensing revenue. Licensing revenue from patents was approximately €80 million in 2012. The most important of these patent families is the UNICLIC family, which includes the snap, pretension, clearance and the beveled edge patent. These patents are not set to expire until 2017, protecting Unilin’s interlocking laminate flooring technology for a few more years. This year, Mohawk invested $180 million in a proprietary polyethylene terephthalate (PET) process, Continuum. MHK’s Continuum process is expected to change the game when it comes to polyester carpet – a business that currently represents $1.5 billion, or approximately 35% of the $4.5 billion residential carpet market. Currently, most PET innovation has been driven around reducing costs, not making a product better. Mohawk’s patent-pending Continuum process is the most superior PET carpet that “starts clean and stays clean”. After the raw material is put through Continuum’s multi-step purification process that reduces 95% of lubricants on the fiber, the final product will resist soil build-up and withstand traffic better than any competitive PET carpet. This innovative new technology could prove significant if the patent is approved, as cleanability is a primary concern for 69% of consumers. This is only another example of Mohawk’s ability to continue being an innovator in the flooring industry. Threat – Intense Competition The flooring industry is highly competitive and fragmented. Mohawk’s primary competitors include Shaw Industries, Armstrong World Industries, Interface and Masco Corporation. MHK also competes with various other companies since North America is saturated with the world’s top carpet and rug manufacturers. Service, style, quality, price, product innovation and technology are the principal methods of competition within the floor covering industry. Price competition and market coverage are particularly important because there is limited differentiation among competing product lines. MHK differentiates its business by investing in manufacturing equipment and distribution systems, patented technologies, as well as through its marketing strategy. This allows MHK to compete effectively and maintain a durable competitive advantage. To maintain its market position, Mohawk will need to sustain the competitive pressures taking place in the flooring industry. Porters Five Forces Analysis Bargaining Power of Buyers (3) Mohawk Industries faces weak buyer power because individual consumers are very fragmented and have very little influence on price. In 2012, no single customer accounted for more than 5% of total sales while the top ten customers accounted for less than 20% of MHK’s net sales. Conclusion: Limited buyer power. Bargaining Power of Suppliers (3) Mohawk Industries more than likely faces some amount of supplier power simply because of the costs it incurs when switching supplies for raw materials. However, suppliers that do a large amount of business with MHK are also somewhat bound to its customers, such as Mohawk Industries. Mohawk is also vertically integrated including the production of some raw materials therefore making supplier power nonexistent for some parts of Mohawk’s business segments. Conclusion: Limited supplier power. Threat of New Entrants (4) Given the amount of capital investment needed to produce flooring products, as well as the need for a strong diversified distribution and customer base, the threat of new entrants is fairly low in the industry. Conclusion: Low threat of new entrants. 7 CFA Institute Research Challenge Recommendation: Buy Mohawk Industries, Inc. 1/23/14 Threat of Substitutes (1) Within the flooring industry there are very few major brands, such as Mohawk Industries, Shaw Industries, and Armstrong World Industries, however the substitutability of these major brands is very high. Conclusion: High threat of substitutes. Degree of Rivalry (2) Consumers in the flooring industry enjoy an option of brands and while many consumers prefer a certain brand, switching costs are extremely low. It does not cost a consumer to buy one brand of flooring instead of another. This, along with a variety of other factors, including the forces already examined, makes the industry quite competitive. Conclusion: High degree of rivalry. Threat of New Entrants 4 3 2 Rivalry of Bargaining Power 1 Competitors of Suppliers 0 Mohawk Industries Threat of Substitution Bargaining Power of Buyers Investment Summary We are initiating coverage on Mohawk Industries with a buy rating and a 12-month target price of $174.14. Not only are we looking for robust EBITDA growth, we are looking for MHK to be rewarded a higher EV/EBITDA multiple from about 9x historically to 11.5x next year. Mohawk is a dominant player in the global flooring industry with an experienced management team. The company is making some very important and transformative acquisitions that we expect to continue and will drive its business going forward. We believe that the $101 million of synergies will flow through resulting in a stronger, more profitable business. Also, if Europe turns the corner, which we are expecting, more than one-fourth of Mohawk’s revenue base is there, offering additional upside potential. MHK is a buy based on a recovering economy, its competitive advantages, its leadership and its valuation. Over recent years Mohawk has been very cheap on extremely depressed earnings. Not only are earnings now improving based on cyclical and secular certainties they are also improving as the size and scope of the business has been meaningfully enlarged through Mohawk’s recent acquisitions. These three strategic acquisitions expose Mohawk to different economies of the world and will allow the company to continue taking market share both internationally and domestically. We reiterate that Mohawk Industries is run by an experienced management team with a large stake in the future of the business and are passionately focused on its long-term success while pursuing additional growth opportunities outside of the U.S. market. We expect MHK to outperform its peer group and believe estimates for next year, including our own could prove to be low. Valuation For our valuation of Mohawk Industries, we relied on a discounted cash flow analysis (DCF) and multiple analysis. We have arrived at a one-year price target of $174.14 for Mohawk. This comes from a combination of our DCF model, EV/EBITDA multiple, and P/E multiple as well as our bull, base, and bear case scenarios. We weighted the bull case at 30%, base at 50%, and bear at 20%; reflecting our opinion that higher growth and margin expansion is expected. Our different models were weighted 25%, 50%, and 25% for DCF, EV/EBITDA, and P/E respectively. This is concurrent with our belief that EV/EBITDA is the most effective way to value this company. Discounted Cash Flow In our view a discounted cash flow model is less than ideal for valuing Mohawk Industries due to the increased difficulty of forecasting its future free cash flows following three major acquisitions. That being said, our model assumes successful integration of the acquisitions and a 300 basis point margin increase for each addition. The model is highly sensitive to a number of factors including: Assumed growth rates for sales: The growth rates assumed for each line item directly affects our estimated free cash flow, and in turn our overall value. We have assumed a conservative 5% CAGR in sales based on a rebounding domestic economy. Another economic downturn domestically or a more prolonged recession in Europe could negatively affect these assumptions. Margin expansion from integration of acquisitions: We estimated a higher growth rate for operating income than for sales to account for the expansion of margins after a successful integration of all three acquisitions. The company taking longer to integrate or failing to meet our projected synergies would negatively affect our value. Capital Expenses: We have assumed a higher than normal capital expense of $500 million decreasing to a “normalized” $350 million to account for the cost of integration. If it requires even more money than estimated it will directly reduce our free cash flow assumptions. Discount Rate: To determine an appropriate discount rate we used the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Changes in this rate can lead to huge swings in our estimated value. We assumed the company will maintain its current capital structure and used a weighted average of their current debt issues to determine the cost of debt. We used the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) to estimate the cost of equity. In the CAPM we calculated a beta of 1.38 by using the S&P 500 as a proxy for the overall market for the three-year period ending December 20, 2013. We assumed a risk free rate of 3%, which is equal to the yield on a 10-year treasury note. Our expected market return is a conservative 8% due to our current view of an expensive market. This estimate for cost of equity is not perfect but we believe it yields a close approximation and also that our estimated WACC is a good approximation of the appropriate discount rate. Terminal Growth Rate: We assumed a 3.0% annual growth rate, which is similar to U.S. GDP growth. If the U.S. economy slowed down we would have to revise this downward and it would significantly lower our valuation. 8 CFA Institute Research Challenge Recommendation: Buy Valuation Football Field Valuation Method Multiple Analysis We believe the most accurate way to estimate Mohawk’s value is with an earnings or EBITDA multiple comparable to other companies in its industry. We estimate an EBITDA multiple of 11.45x by putting a 10x multiple on the Carpet and Corporate Expense segments and a 12x multiple on Tile and Laminate & Wood. The 12x multiple accounts for the high margin business of those segments versus the carpet segment. We put a 26x P/E multiple on net income which is the industry average for home furnishers. Mohawk Industries, Inc. 1/23/14 P/E EV/EBITDA DCF For our comparable analysis we used Armstrong World $50 $150 $250 $350 Industries (AWI), Interface (TILE), and Masco Corporation Value per Share (MAS) as our primary competitors. AWI is weighted at 50% due to the company’s similar exposure to a recovering housing market for residential and commercial applications in the floor covering space, specifically hardwoods. TILE is weighted at 30% due to its exposure to carpets and its similar multiples. MAS is weighted at 20% due to the company’s similar leverage in recovering housing volume and its similar enterprise value. Although we use these companies for our comparable analysis, there is no direct competitor with similar market share, distribution capabilities and exposure to multiple economies throughout the world to closely compare MHK’s business. Shaw Industries would be the closest competitor with a 21% market share, but is privately owned and therefore unavailable for direct comparison. For a more detailed comparable company analysis, see appendix Figure 24. Financial Analysis Revenue: Mohawk Industries saw a 25% increase in revenue growth year-over-year for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. This can be attributed to its recent acquisitions as well as a recovering housing market. Over the past five years there has been relatively spotty, stagnant growth but that has begun to change towards the end of 2013. Following acquisitions, upward price revisions, and a strong year for the overall economy, each of Mohawk’s segments has performed well and in a way we expect to continue into the future. We are forecasting overall revenue growth of 37% for 2013 and 5% for 2014. Carpet sales grew 3% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2013 and were essentially flat from 2011 to 2012. The carpet industry, which is mostly in North America, is relatively saturated so we don’t expect Mohawk to gain market share in the U.S. We do expect steady growth as the housing industry rebounds and remodels increase. Ceramics grew an astounding 84% in Q3 over last year. This is attributed to a strong domestic market as well as a strong performance from the legacy Dal-Tile business and the Marazzi acquisition. Internationally, sales outpaced the market as Mohawk gained share in Russia and Eastern Europe. This is attributed to new products and a strong construction market in Russia. A 200-400 basis point price increase was also implemented to offset increased costs. Laminate & Wood has a similar story to Ceramics with a 37% increase over last year, which was largely attributed to the acquisitions of Pergo and Spano along with high domestic growth. Gross Margin: In 2012 Mohawk saw an approximately 60 basis point increase in its gross margin to 25.7% which can be attributed to higher volumes and a better overall product mix. We expect to see another 50-100 basis point improvement as product mix shifts towards higher end products. Operating Margin: Even in the distressed environment following the recession, MHK generated operating margins of 5%-6%. In 2010, 2011 and 2012 MHK’s operating margins were 5.9%, 5.6% and 6.5% respectively. But going into the second half of 2013 the company saw a 250 basis point increase to a healthy 9% for the third quarter. We expect to see another 100 to 200 basis point improvement over the next few years as Mohawk increases operational efficiencies and fully integrates its recent acquisitions. We forecast Mohawk’s operating margin to improve to 8.22% in 2014. Tax: Taxes have been relatively unstable given Mohawks limited profitability following the U.S. housing crisis but we believe the 18% tax rate in 2012 serves as a reasonable estimate of what to expect the company to pay in the future. Net Profit Margin: Ending 2012 Mohawk had a net profit margin of 4.33% versus 3.16% in 2011. Following our assumptions of increasing gross and operating margins, we see a 100-200 basis point improvement in the net profit margin to 5.66% in 2014. EPS: MHK’s EPS rebounded in 2012 to $3.61 after seeing negative earnings in the 2008-2009 period and falling in 2011 to $2.52 from $2.70 in 2010. With the increase in revenues and net profit margin along with integration of its three recent acquisitions, we forecast 2013 EPS to increase 69% to $6.09 and 2014 EPS to increase 11% to $6.77. Our earnings forecast represents between a 10% CAGR for our base case and a 17% CAGR for our bull case from 2013 to 2017. Balance Sheet Items: Although Mohawk took on nearly $1 billion in new debt to fund its three recent acquisitions its balance sheet is still in a pretty healthy condition. Mohawk’s current ratio declined from 3.08 in 2012 to 2.3 in Q3 2013. Debt to EBITDA is approximately 2.3x and EBITDA coverage was 11.4x for the third quarter of 2013. 9 CFA Institute Research Challenge Recommendation: Buy Mohawk Industries, Inc. 1/23/14 Other Considerations Catalysts Near-term catalysts include monthly existing single-family home sales, new home sales, housing starts, and unemployment data. Mohawk Industries will release its fourth quarter 2013 earnings on Thursday, February 20, 2014 with its conference call broadcasting on Friday, February 21, 2014 at 11:00 am ET. The effect of rising rates on new home demand, the sustainability of job growth and the upcoming spring selling season are among key focal points in U.S. homebuilding. Higher rates and lower affordability have led to a pause in buyer demand for new homes in recent months. Job growth is perhaps the single most important driver for a more robust housing recovery, which is correlated with Mohawk’s business as the health of the housing market has the most direct impact on its growth. Though recent improvements are a positive indicator for housing, employment remains about 1% below its prerecession peak. The economy will need to sustain strong employment growth throughout 2014 to help fuel housing demand. The upcoming spring selling season will provide investors with the next meaningful view into new home demand and the demand trajectory for 2014. Credit Rating Moody’s upgraded Mohawk Industries to an investment grade rating of Baa3 on December 18, 2013. The reason for the upgrade was due to the company’s leading market share in floor covering products, strong cash flows, and good diversification throughout the U.S. and in China, Europe, Mexico and Russia. With a stable outlook, Moody’s now expects revenue to continue to grow due to the improvement in the housing market, modest economic expansion, strength in consumer spending patterns, and demand expansion in both the commercial and residential markets. Major Shareholders The top ten institutional holders combine to own 31.63% of the outstanding shares. The majority of the top institutional holders who own shares in Mohawk Industries manage an index fund or a growth-oriented portfolio. Blackrock Fund Advisors and the Vanguard Group, Inc. own 4.76% and 4.46% of the shares outstanding respectively and are both index funds. Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb, Inc. manages an aggressive growth portfolio and owns 4.03% of the outstanding shares. JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc. manages a growth-oriented portfolio and currently owns 3.85% of the outstanding shares. Investment Risks Operation Risk: Higher than expected material inflation Mohawk Industries has instituted a two to four percent price increase across the board to offset expected inflation on the price of input materials, energy costs, and transportation costs. The primary input materials used by Mohawk are nylon, polypropylene, polyester, wool resins and fibers, synthetic backing materials, latex and various dyes and chemicals, all of which are petroleum based. Petrochemicals are crucial ingredients in resin production. Since petrochemicals account for between two-thirds and three-fourths of the variable costs in production, rising oil costs pressure Mohawks margins especially if they are higher than the three to four percent price increase can cover. Economic Risk: Macroeconomic European and Russia issues European sales account for approximately 25% of Mohawk Industries total sales versus approximately 13% for its peers. The increased exposure to the European economy is a large risk to both top and bottom line growth for Mohawk as recovery of the European economy has been slow and at times non-existent. The legacy business in Europe for Mohawk was actually down four percent in 2012 while the legacy business overall was flat due to the gains from the United States being canceled out by losses in Europe. Also the Russian economy is slowing and the ceramic segment is expected to slow but still outpace the economy as a whole. Economic Risk: Lower than expected home remodeling uptick The top line and bottom line growth for the United States segment of Mohawk was mainly due to increased volume not increased margin, therefore future top and bottom line growth will be more predicated on increased demand from home remodeling than by increased margins. However, Mohawk’s exposure to U.S. home remodeling is estimated at around 9% versus around 13% for its peers, therefore increases in home remodeling will positively affect Mohawk’s peers more than itself. However, Mohawk is projecting an uptick in home remodeling activity; therefore a lower than expected increase will negatively affect future projected growth in the United States. Market Risk: Greater than expected currency changes Mohawk Industries has instituted between a four to eight percent price increase in both Russia and Australia to offset currency depreciation. The Russian Ruble has depreciated from approximately 28 rubles per American dollar in 2011 to approximately 32 rubles per American dollar in 2013. The Australian Dollar has depreciated from approximately .95 Australian dollars per American dollar in 2011 to approximately 1.12 Australian dollars per American dollar in 2013. If the four to eight percent increase does not cover the anticipated further depreciation, bottom line numbers will be affected due to loss on currency exchange. 10 CFA Institute Research Challenge Recommendation: Buy Mohawk Industries, Inc. 1/23/14 Appendix Figure 1: Income Statement Base Case Figure 2: Balance Sheet Figure 3: Projected Cash Flows Base Case Figure 4: Carpet Base Case Figure 5: Ceramic Base Case Figure 6: Laminate & Wood Base Case Figure 7: Corporate Base Case Figure 8: Valuation Base Case Figure 9: Income Statement Bull Case Figure 10: Projected Cash Flows Bull Case Figure 11: Carpet Bull Case Figure 12: Ceramic Bull Case Figure 13: Laminate & Wood Bull Case Figure 14: Corporate Bull Case Figure 15: Valuation Bull Case Figure 16: Income Statement Bear Case Figure 17: Projected Cash Flows Bear Case Figure 18: Carpet Bear Case Figure 19: Ceramic Bear Case Figure 20: Laminate & Wood Bear Case Figure 21: Corporate Bear Case Figure 22: Valuation Bear Case Figure 23: Price Target Figure 24: Comparable Company Analysis Figure 25: DuPont Analysis Figure 26: Sources 11 Figure 1: Income Statement Base Case 2008 Revenue $ 6,826,348.00 $ -Cost of Sales 5,088,584.00 Gross Profit 1,737,764.00 -SG&A 1,318,501.00 -Impairment of Goodwill and Intangible 1,543,397.00 Operating Income (1,124,134.00) -Other Expenses (Income) 21,288.00 -Interest Expense (Income) 127,050.00 Income before Taxes (1,272,472.00) -Taxes 180,062.00 Net Income (1,452,534.00) -Noncontrolling Interest 5,694.00 Net Income to Shareholders $ (1,458,228.00) $ Shares Outstanding 68401 EPS $ (21.32) $ Tax Rate -14% Margin Analysis: % of Revenue Cost of Sales Gross Profit SG&A Operating Income Interest Expense (Income) Income before Taxes Taxes Net Income Noncontrolling Interest Net Income to Shareholders Growth Analysis YOY Revenue Cost of Sales Gross Profit SG&A Operating Income Interest Expense (Income) Income before Taxes Taxes Net Income Noncontrolling Interest Net Income to Shareholders 74.54% 25.46% 19.31% -16.47% 1.86% -18.64% 2.64% -21.28% 0.08% -21.36% 2009 2010 5,344,024.00 $ 5,319,072.00 $ 4,111,794.00 3,916,472.00 1,232,230.00 1,402,600.00 1,188,500.00 1,088,431.00 43,730.00 314,169.00 (5,588.00) (11,630.00) 127,031.00 133,151.00 (77,713.00) 192,648.00 (76,694.00) 2,713.00 (1,019.00) 189,935.00 4,480.00 4,464.00 (5,499.00) $ 185,471.00 $ 68452 68,784.00 (0.08) $ 2.70 $ 99% 1% 2011 2012 5,642,258.00 $ 5,787,980.00 4,225,379.00 4,297,922.00 1,416,879.00 1,490,058.00 1,101,337.00 1,110,550.00 315,542.00 379,508.00 14,051.00 303.00 101,617.00 74,713.00 199,874.00 304,492.00 21,649.00 53,599.00 178,225.00 250,893.00 4,303.00 635.00 173,922.00 $ 250,258.00 68,964.00 69,306.00 2.52 $ 3.61 11% 18% 2013 2014 2015 2016 $ 7,906,815.45 $ 8,290,805.35 $ 8,698,818.86 $ 9,133,759.80 $ 5,845,173.92 6,108,206.75 6,383,076.05 6,670,314.47 2,061,641.53 2,182,598.60 2,315,742.81 2,463,445.33 1,443,715.00 1,501,463.60 1,561,522.14 1,623,983.03 $ $ 2017 Past CAGR 9,543,034.57 -4% 6,970,478.62 -4% 2,572,555.94 -4% 1,688,942.35 -4% 617,926.53 681,135.00 754,220.67 839,462.30 883,613.59 89,655.60 528,270.93 105,654.19 422,616.74 666.75 421,949.99 $ 69306 6.09 $ 20% 94,138.38 586,996.62 117,399.32 469,597.30 700.09 468,897.21 $ 69306 6.77 $ 20% 98,845.30 655,375.37 131,075.07 524,300.30 735.09 523,565.20 $ 69306 7.55 $ 20% 103,787.56 735,674.74 147,134.95 588,539.79 771.85 587,767.94 $ 69306 8.48 $ 20% 108,976.94 774,636.65 154,927.33 619,709.32 810.44 618,898.88 69306 8.93 20% 76.94% 23.06% 22.24% 0.82% 2.38% -1.45% -1.44% -0.02% 0.08% -0.10% 73.63% 26.37% 20.46% 5.91% 2.50% 3.62% 0.05% 3.57% 0.08% 3.49% 74.89% 25.11% 19.52% 5.59% 1.80% 3.54% 0.38% 3.16% 0.08% 3.08% 74.26% 25.74% 19.19% 6.56% 1.29% 5.26% 0.93% 4.33% 0.01% 4.32% 73.93% 26.07% 18.26% 7.82% 1.13% 6.68% 1.34% 5.34% 0.01% 5.34% 73.67% 26.33% 18.11% 8.22% 1.14% 7.08% 1.42% 5.66% 0.01% 5.66% 73.38% 26.62% 17.95% 8.67% 1.14% 7.53% 1.51% 6.03% 0.01% 6.02% 73.03% 26.97% 17.78% 9.19% 1.14% 8.05% 1.61% 6.44% 0.01% 6.44% 73.04% 26.96% 17.70% 9.26% 1.14% 8.12% 1.62% 6.49% 0.01% 6.49% -21.71% -19.20% -29.09% -9.86% -103.89% -0.01% -93.89% -142.59% -99.93% -21.32% -99.62% -0.47% -4.75% 13.83% -8.42% 618.43% 4.82% -347.90% -103.54% -18739.35% -0.36% -3472.81% 6.08% 7.89% 1.02% 1.19% 0.44% -23.68% 3.75% 697.97% -6.17% -3.61% -6.23% 2.58% 1.72% 5.16% 0.84% 20.27% -26.48% 52.34% 147.58% 40.77% -85.24% 43.89% 36.61% 36.00% 38.36% 30.00% 62.82% 20.00% 73.49% 97.12% 68.45% 5.00% 68.61% 4.86% 4.50% 5.87% 4.00% 10.23% 5.00% 11.12% 11.12% 11.12% 5.00% 11.13% 4.92% 4.50% 6.10% 4.00% 10.73% 5.00% 11.65% 11.65% 11.65% 5.00% 11.66% 5.00% 4.50% 6.38% 4.00% 11.30% 5.00% 12.25% 12.25% 12.25% 5.00% 12.26% 4.48% 4.50% 4.43% 4.00% 5.26% 5.00% 5.30% 5.30% 5.30% 5.00% 5.30% Future CAGR 5% 5% 6% 4% 9% -12% -26% -42% 5% 10% 10% 10% 5% 10% 10% Figure 2: Balance Sheet 2007 Assets Current Assets Cash & Equivalents Receivables Inventories Prepaid Expenses Deferred Income Taxes Other Current Assets Total Current Assets Property Plant & Equipment Goodwill Tradenames Other Intangible Assets Deferred Income Taxes and Other Non-Current Assets Total Assets Liabilities & Stockholder's Equity Curren Liabilities Current Portion of Longterm Debt Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses Total Current Liabilities Deferred Income Taxes Longterm Debt, Less current Other Longterm Liabilities Total Liabilities Commitments and Contingencies Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest Stockholder's Equity Common Stock Additional paid in capital Retained Earnings Accumulated other Comprehensive Income -Treasury Stock Total Stockholder's Equity Total Liabilities and Stockholder's Equity 2008 89604 821113 1276568 123395 139040 93519 696284 1168272 125603 162571 2,449,720.00 1975721 2797339 707086 464783 285401 8,680,050.00 2009 2010 2011 2012 2,246,249.00 1925742 1399434 472399 375451 531,458.00 673,931.00 892,981.00 108,947.00 130,990.00 20,693.00 2,359,000.00 1,791,412.00 1,411,128.00 477,607.00 307,735.00 354,217.00 614,473.00 1,007,503.00 91,731.00 133,304.00 47,385.00 2,248,613.00 1,687,124.00 1,369,394.00 456,890.00 220,237.00 311,945.00 686,165.00 1,113,630.00 112,779.00 150,910.00 22,735.00 2,398,164.00 1,712,154.00 1,375,175.00 450,432.00 154,668.00 477,672.00 679,473.00 1,133,736.00 138,117.00 111,585.00 9,463.00 2,550,046.00 1,692,852.00 1,385,771.00 455,503.00 98,296.00 26900 6,446,175.00 44,564.00 6,391,446.00 116,668.00 6,098,926.00 115,635.00 6,206,228.00 121,216.00 6,303,684.00 260439 94785 52,907.00 350,588.00 386,255.00 55,213.00 951061 1,211,500.00 614619 2021395 125179 3,972,693.00 782131 876,916.00 419985 1860001 135470 3,292,372.00 831,115.00 884,022.00 370,903.00 1,801,572.00 100,667.00 3,157,164.00 698,326.00 1,048,914.00 346,503.00 1,302,994.00 93,518.00 2,791,929.00 715,091.00 1,101,346.00 355,653.00 1,200,184.00 99,537.00 2,756,720.00 773,436.00 828,649.00 329,810.00 1,327,729.00 97,879.00 2,584,067.00 Total Assets -Goodwill -Tradenames -Other Intangible Assets Tangible Assets Net income Return on Tangible Assets Current Ratio 35,441.00 33,723.00 795 1217903 2004115 795.00 1,227,856.00 1,998,616.00 797.00 1,235,445.00 2,180,843.00 798.00 1,248,131.00 2,354,765.00 802.00 1,277,521.00 2,605,023.00 363981 323718 4,707,357.00 254535 323545 3,153,803.00 296,917.00 323,361.00 3,200,823.00 178,097.00 323,626.00 3,271,556.00 135,639.00 323,548.00 3,415,785.00 159,733.00 323,462.00 3,719,617.00 8,680,050.00 6,446,175.00 6,391,446.00 6,098,926.00 6,206,228.00 6,303,684.00 2009 6,391,446.00 1,411,128.00 477,607.00 307,735.00 4,194,976.00 (1,019.00) 0.0% 2010 6,098,926.00 1,369,394.00 456,890.00 220,237.00 4,052,405.00 189,935.00 4.7% 2011 6,206,228.00 1,375,175.00 450,432.00 154,668.00 4,225,953.00 178,225.00 4.2% 2012 6,303,684.00 1,385,771.00 455,503.00 98,296.00 4,364,114.00 250,893.00 5.7% 2.022 2.562 2.668 2.144 2.177 3.077 2,021,395.00 260,439.00 89,604.00 1,860,001.00 94,785.00 93,519.00 1,801,572.00 52,907.00 531,458.00 1,302,994.00 350,588.00 354,217.00 1,200,184.00 386,255.00 311,945.00 1,327,729.00 55,213.00 477,672.00 Net Debt 2,192,230.00 1,861,267.00 1,323,021.00 1,299,365.00 1,274,494.00 905,270.00 Total Assets -Excess Cash -Non Interest Bearing Current Liabilities 8,680,050.00 6,446,175.00 6,391,446.00 6,098,926.00 6,206,228.00 6,303,684.00 951061 782131 831115 698326 715091 773436 Invested Capital NOPAT ROIC 7,728,989.00 5,664,044.00 (1,304,196.00) -23.0% 5,560,331.00 120,424.00 2.2% 5,400,600.00 311,456.00 5.8% 5,491,137.00 293,893.00 5.4% 5,530,248.00 325,909.00 5.9% 2281834 1954786 127,050.00 1854479 127,031.00 1653582 133,151.00 1586439 101,617.00 1382942 74,713.00 44,303.40 623,913.66 596,906.62 Debt Interest Debt/EBITDA EBITDA/Interest 794 1203957 3462343 2008 6,446,175.00 1,399,434.00 472,399.00 375,451.00 4,198,891.00 (1,452,534.00) -34.6% Longterm Debt Shortterm Debt -Cash EBITDA 33,459.00 2007 8,680,050.00 2,797,339.00 707,086.00 464,783.00 4,710,842.00 (2,407,339.33) (0.81) -18.95 41.86 0.35 2.65 4.69 2.66 5.87 692,212.11 2.00 9.26 Figure 3: Projected Cash Flows Base Case EBIT EBIT(1-T) +Depreciation & Amortization -Working Capital Operating Cash Flow -Capital Expense Free Cash Flow FCF Conversion D&A/CapEX Tax 2008 (1,124,134.00) (1,283,205.33) 295,054.00 76,781.00 (1,064,932.33) 217,824.00 (1,282,756.33) 1.14 (5.89) -14% 2009 43,730.00 573.40 303,004.00 321,911.00 (18,333.60) 108,925.00 (127,258.60) (2.91) 0.01 99% 2010 314,169.00 309,744.66 296,773.00 (167,485.00) 774,002.66 156,180.00 617,822.66 1.97 1.98 1% 2011 315,542.00 281,364.62 297,734.00 (202,304.00) 781,402.62 275,573.00 505,829.62 1.60 1.02 11% 2012 379,508.00 312,704.11 280,293.00 9,939.00 583,058.11 208,294.00 374,764.11 0.99 1.50 18% 2013 709,504.60 567,603.68 406,768.55 100,000.00 874,372.23 500,000.00 374,372.23 0.53 1.14 20% 2014 858,886.75 687,109.40 427,812.35 100,000.00 1,014,921.75 450,000.00 564,921.75 0.66 1.53 20% 2015 943,748.21 754,998.57 449,513.33 100,000.00 1,104,511.90 400,000.00 704,511.90 0.75 1.89 20% 2016 990,935.62 792,748.50 471,989.00 100,000.00 1,164,737.49 350,000.00 814,737.49 0.82 2.26 20% 2017 1,040,482.40 832,385.92 495,588.45 100,000.00 1,227,974.37 350,000.00 877,974.37 0.84 2.38 20% Figure 4: Carpet Base Case Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA -Capital Expenditures Free Cash Flow 2008 3,628,183.00 (216,152.00) 92,130.00 (124,022.00) 78,239.00 (202,261.00) 2009 2,856,741.00 (125,965.00) 94,134.00 (31,831.00) 35,149.00 (66,980.00) 2010 2,844,876.00 122,904.00 91,930.00 214,834.00 84,013.00 130,821.00 2011 2,927,674.00 109,874.00 90,463.00 200,337.00 125,630.00 74,707.00 2012 2,912,055.00 158,196.00 95,648.00 253,844.00 97,972.00 155,872.00 Assets ROA 1,876,696.00 -11.52% 1,582,652.00 -7.96% 1,637,319.00 7.51% 1,769,065.00 6.21% 1,721,214.00 9.19% -5.96% 2.54% -3.42% 2.16% -4.41% 3.30% -1.11% 1.23% 4.32% 3.23% 7.55% 2.95% 3.75% 3.09% 6.84% 4.29% -21.26% -41.72% 2.18% -74.33% -55.07% -0.42% -197.57% -2.34% -774.92% 139.02% 2.91% -10.60% -1.60% -6.75% 49.54% Margin Analysis Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures Growth Analysis Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures 2013 3,057,657.75 213,564.60 100,430.40 313,995.00 107,769.20 206,225.80 2014 3,210,540.64 266,955.75 105,451.92 372,407.67 118,546.12 253,861.55 2015 3,371,067.67 306,999.11 110,724.52 417,723.63 130,400.73 287,322.90 2016 3,539,621.05 322,349.07 116,260.74 438,609.81 136,920.77 301,689.04 2017 Past CAGR Future CAGR 3,716,602.11 -5% 5% 338,466.52 12% 122,073.78 1% 5% 460,540.30 10% 143,766.81 6% 7% 316,773.49 5.43% 3.28% 8.72% 3.36% 6.98% 3.28% 10.27% 3.52% 8.31% 3.28% 11.60% 3.69% 9.11% 3.28% 12.39% 3.87% 9.11% 3.28% 12.39% 3.87% 9.11% 3.28% 12.39% 3.87% -0.53% 43.98% 5.73% 26.71% -22.02% 5% 35% 5% 5% 10% 5% 25% 5% 5% 10% 5% 15% 5% 5% 10% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% Figure 5: Ceramic Base Case Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA -Capital Expenditures Free Cash Flow 2008 1,815,373.00 (323,370.00) 46,093.00 (277,277.00) 41,616.00 (318,893.00) 2009 1,426,757.00 84,154.00 47,934.00 132,088.00 17,683.00 114,405.00 2010 1,367,442.00 97,334.00 45,578.00 142,912.00 37,344.00 105,568.00 2011 1,454,316.00 101,298.00 42,723.00 144,021.00 66,419.00 77,602.00 2012 1,616,383.00 120,951.00 41,176.00 162,127.00 49,426.00 112,701.00 Assets ROA 1,693,765.00 -19.09% 1,546,393.00 5.44% 1,644,448.00 5.92% 1,732,818.00 5.85% 1,731,258.00 6.99% -17.81% 2.54% -15.27% 2.29% 5.90% 3.36% 9.26% 1.24% 7.12% 3.33% 10.45% 2.73% 6.97% 2.94% 9.90% 4.57% 7.48% 2.55% 10.03% 3.06% -21.41% -126.02% 3.99% -147.64% -57.51% -4.16% 15.66% -4.92% 8.19% 111.19% 6.35% 4.07% -6.26% 0.78% 77.86% 11.14% 19.40% -3.62% 12.57% -25.58% Margin Analysis Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures Growth Analysis Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures Proforma 2,776,000.00 250,000.00 83,280.00 333,280.00 111,040.00 222,240.00 9.01% 3.00% 12.01% 4.00% 2013 2,914,800.00 312,500.00 87,444.00 399,944.00 117,702.40 282,241.60 2014 3,060,540.00 359,375.00 91,816.20 451,191.20 124,764.54 326,426.66 2015 3,213,567.00 380,937.50 96,407.01 477,344.51 131,002.77 346,341.74 2016 3,374,245.35 399,984.38 101,227.36 501,211.74 137,552.91 363,658.83 2017 Past CAGR Future CAGR 3,542,957.62 -3% 5% 419,983.59 8% 106,288.73 -3% 5% 526,272.32 7% 144,430.56 4% 5% 381,841.77 10.72% 3.00% 13.72% 4.04% 11.74% 3.00% 14.74% 4.08% 11.85% 3.00% 14.85% 4.08% 11.85% 3.00% 14.85% 4.08% 11.85% 3.00% 14.85% 4.08% 5% 25% 5% 5% 6% 5% 15% 5% 5% 6% 5% 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% Figure 6: Laminate & Wood Base Case Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA -Capital Expenditures Free Cash Flow 2008 1,465,208.00 (564,911.00) 149,543.00 (415,368.00) 90,500.00 (505,868.00) 2009 1,128,315.00 105,953.00 151,450.00 257,403.00 45,966.00 211,437.00 2010 1,188,274.00 114,298.00 145,941.00 260,239.00 29,439.00 230,800.00 2011 1,344,764.00 127,147.00 151,884.00 279,031.00 78,615.00 200,416.00 2012 1,350,349.00 126,409.00 132,183.00 258,592.00 56,605.00 201,987.00 Assets ROA 2,663,599.00 -21.21% 2,598,182.00 4.08% 2,475,049.00 4.62% 2,533,070.00 5.02% 2,672,389.00 4.73% -38.56% 10.21% -28.35% 6.18% 9.39% 13.42% 22.81% 4.07% 9.62% 12.28% 21.90% 2.48% 9.45% 11.29% 20.75% 5.85% 9.36% 9.79% 19.15% 4.19% -22.99% -118.76% 1.28% -161.97% -49.21% 5.31% 7.88% -3.64% 1.10% -35.95% 13.17% 11.24% 4.07% 7.22% 167.04% 0.42% -0.58% -12.97% -7.32% -28.00% Margin Analysis Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures Growth Analysis Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures Proforma 1,950,349.00 160,000.00 195,034.90 355,034.90 97,517.45 257,517.45 8.20% 10.00% 18.20% 5.00% 2013 2,047,866.45 216,000.00 204,786.65 420,786.65 102,393.32 318,393.32 2014 2,150,259.77 270,000.00 215,025.98 485,025.98 107,512.99 377,512.99 2015 2,257,772.76 297,000.00 225,777.28 522,777.28 112,888.64 409,888.64 2016 2,370,661.40 311,850.00 237,066.14 548,916.14 118,533.07 430,383.07 2017 Past CAGR Future CAGR 2,441,781.24 -2% 4% 327,442.50 11% 248,919.45 -3% 5% 576,361.95 8% 124,459.72 -11% 5% 451,902.22 10.55% 10.00% 20.55% 5.00% 12.56% 10.00% 22.56% 5.00% 13.15% 10.00% 23.15% 5.00% 13.15% 10.00% 23.15% 5.00% 13.41% 10.19% 23.60% 5.10% 5% 35% 5% 5% 5% 5% 25% 5% 5% 5% 5% 10% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 3% 5% 5% 5% 5% Figure 7: Corporate Base Case Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA -Capital Expenditures Free Cash Flow 2008 (82,416.00) (19,701.00) 7,288.00 (12,413.00) 7,469.00 (19,882.00) Assets ROA 212,115.00 664,219.00 342,110.00 171,275.00 178,823.00 -9.29% -3.07% -5.95% -13.30% -14.57% Margin Analysis Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures Growth Analysis Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures 23.90% -8.84% 15.06% -9.06% 2009 (67,789.00) (20,412.00) 9,486.00 (10,926.00) 10,127.00 (21,053.00) 2010 (81,520.00) (20,367.00) 13,324.00 (7,043.00) 5,384.00 (12,427.00) 2011 (84,496.00) (22,777.00) 12,664.00 (10,113.00) 4,909.00 (15,022.00) 2012 (90,807.00) (26,048.00) 11,286.00 (14,762.00) 4,291.00 (19,053.00) 2013 (113,508.75) (32,560.00) 14,107.50 (18,452.50) 4,505.55 (22,958.05) 2014 (130,535.06) (37,444.00) 15,518.25 (21,925.75) 4,730.83 (26,656.58) 2015 (143,588.57) (41,188.40) 16,604.53 (24,583.87) 4,967.37 (29,551.24) 2016 (150,768.00) (43,247.82) 17,434.75 (25,813.07) 5,215.74 (31,028.80) 2017 Past CAGR Future CAGR (158,306.40) 2% 9% (45,410.21) 7% 9% 18,306.49 12% 7% (27,103.72) 4% 10% 5,476.52 -13% 5% (32,580.24) 30.11% -13.99% 16.12% -14.94% 24.98% -16.34% 8.64% -6.60% 26.96% -14.99% 11.97% -5.81% 28.69% -12.43% 16.26% -4.73% 28.69% -12.43% 16.26% -3.97% 28.69% -11.89% 16.80% -3.62% 28.69% -11.56% 17.12% -3.46% 28.69% -11.56% 17.12% -3.46% 28.69% -11.56% 17.12% -3.46% -17.75% 3.61% 30.16% -11.98% 35.59% 20.26% -0.22% 40.46% -35.54% -46.84% 3.65% 11.83% -4.95% 43.59% -8.82% 7.47% 14.36% -10.88% 45.97% -12.59% 25% 25% 25% 5% 5% 15% 15% 10% 5% 5% 10% 10% 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% Figure 8: Valuation Base Case Shares Outstanding Warrants RSU Converts ITM Options Strike Price Net new shares Diluted shares outstanding Book Value of Debt Market Value of Equity Cost of Debt Risk Free Rate Market Risk Premium Beta Cost of Equity Tax Rate WACC Multiple Valuation $ 12,914,257.24 WACC 2,257,391.00 g 89,031.00 63,580.00 2,282,842.00 10,631,415.24 73,737.64 $ 144.18 $ 146.75 8.73% 3.00% Segment Carpet Ceramic Laminate/Wood Corp Total Longterm Debt Shortterm Debt -Cash -Net Debt (Cash) -Noncontrolling Interest Equity Value Shares Outstanding Value per Share 72,625.00 605.00 995.00 74.87 507.64 73,737.64 2,346,422.00 10,820,998.15 5.22% 3.00% 8.00% 1.38 9.89% 35.00% 8.73% Mohawk Shares Outstanding Value Per Share $ Terminal Rate DCF Valuation Enterprise Value Longterm Debt Shortterm Debt -Cash -Net Debt (Cash) -Noncontrolling Interest Equity Value Shares Outstanding Value per Share Current Price EBITDA 2013 2014 Multiple 313,995.00 372,407.67 10.00x 399,944.00 451,191.20 12.00x 420,786.65 485,025.98 12.00x (18,452.50) (21,925.75) 10.00x $ 1,118,286.15 $ 1,288,713.10 11.45x $ 144.18 1.50% 2.00% 2.50% 3.00% 3.50% 4.00% 4.50% Net Income 421,949.99 $ 468,897.21 7.73% 138.09 150.47 165.22 183.09 205.18 233.19 269.88 26.00x Sensitivity Analysis WACC 8.23% 8.73% 113.36 124.80 135.15 122.11 147.30 132.27 161.78 144.21 179.32 158.42 201.01 175.64 228.51 196.93 Enterprise Value 2013 2014 3,139,950.00 3,724,076.70 4,799,328.00 5,414,294.40 5,049,439.74 5,820,311.73 (184,525.00) (219,257.50) $ 12,806,205.74 $ 14,741,439.33 2,257,391.00 2,257,391.00 89,031.00 89,031.00 63,580.00 63,580.00 2,282,842.00 2,282,842.00 10,523,363.74 12,458,597.33 73,737.64 73,737.64 $ 142.71 $ 168.96 Equity Value $ 10,970,699.84 $ 12,191,327.44 73,737.64 73,737.64 $ 148.78 $ 165.33 9.23% 103.41 110.89 119.49 129.46 141.18 155.13 172.04 9.73% 94.67 101.13 108.48 116.92 126.71 138.21 151.92 Figure 9: Income Statement Bull Case Revenue $ -Cost of Sales Gross Profit -SG&A -Impairment of Goodwill and Intan Operating Income -Other Expenses (Income) -Interest Expense (Income) Income before Taxes -Taxes Net Income -Noncontrolling Interest Net Income to Shareholders $ Shares Outstanding EPS $ Tax Rate Margin Analysis: % of Revenue Cost of Sales Gross Profit SG&A Operating Income Interest Expense (Income) Income before Taxes Taxes Net Income Noncontrolling Interest Net Income to Shareholders Growth Analysis YOY Revenue Cost of Sales Gross Profit SG&A Operating Income Interest Expense (Income) Income before Taxes Taxes Net Income Noncontrolling Interest Net Income to Shareholders 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 6,826,348.00 $ 5,344,024.00 $ 5,319,072.00 $ 5,642,258.00 $ 5,787,980.00 5,088,584.00 4,111,794.00 3,916,472.00 4,225,379.00 4,297,922.00 1,737,764.00 1,232,230.00 1,402,600.00 1,416,879.00 1,490,058.00 1,318,501.00 1,188,500.00 1,088,431.00 1,101,337.00 1,110,550.00 1,543,397.00 (1,124,134.00) 43,730.00 314,169.00 315,542.00 379,508.00 21,288.00 (5,588.00) (11,630.00) 14,051.00 303.00 127,050.00 127,031.00 133,151.00 101,617.00 74,713.00 (1,272,472.00) (77,713.00) 192,648.00 199,874.00 304,492.00 180,062.00 (76,694.00) 2,713.00 21,649.00 53,599.00 (1,452,534.00) (1,019.00) 189,935.00 178,225.00 250,893.00 5,694.00 4,480.00 4,464.00 4,303.00 635.00 (1,458,228.00) $ (5,499.00) $ 185,471.00 $ 173,922.00 $ 250,258.00 68401 68452 68,784.00 68,964.00 69,306.00 (21.32) $ (0.08) $ 2.70 $ 2.52 $ 3.61 -14% 99% 1% 11% 18% 74.54% 25.46% 19.31% -16.47% 1.86% -18.64% 2.64% -21.28% 0.08% -21.36% 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Past CAGR $ 8,230,494.55 $ 8,838,187.43 $ 9,395,782.12 $ 9,900,858.63 $ 10,344,324.81 -4% 5,845,173.92 6,108,206.75 6,383,076.05 6,670,314.47 6,970,478.62 -4% 2,385,320.63 2,729,980.69 3,012,706.07 3,230,544.16 3,373,846.19 -4% 1,443,715.00 1,501,463.60 1,561,522.14 1,623,983.03 1,688,942.35 -4% 941,605.63 1,228,517.09 1,451,183.93 1,606,561.13 1,684,903.84 89,655.60 94,138.38 98,845.30 103,787.56 108,976.94 851,950.03 1,134,378.71 1,352,338.63 1,502,773.56 1,575,926.90 170,390.01 226,875.74 270,467.73 300,554.71 315,185.38 681,560.02 907,502.96 1,081,870.90 1,202,218.85 1,260,741.52 666.75 700.09 735.09 771.85 810.44 $ 680,893.27 $ 906,802.88 $ 1,081,135.81 $ 1,201,447.00 $ 1,259,931.08 69306 69306 69306 69306 69306 $ 9.82 $ 13.08 $ 15.60 $ 17.34 $ 18.18 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 76.94% 23.06% 22.24% 0.82% 2.38% -1.45% -1.44% -0.02% 0.08% -0.10% 73.63% 26.37% 20.46% 5.91% 2.50% 3.62% 0.05% 3.57% 0.08% 3.49% 74.89% 25.11% 19.52% 5.59% 1.80% 3.54% 0.38% 3.16% 0.08% 3.08% 74.26% 25.74% 19.19% 6.56% 1.29% 5.26% 0.93% 4.33% 0.01% 4.32% 71.02% 28.98% 17.54% 11.44% 1.09% 10.35% 2.07% 8.28% 0.01% 8.27% 69.11% 30.89% 16.99% 13.90% 1.07% 12.83% 2.57% 10.27% 0.01% 10.26% 67.94% 32.06% 16.62% 15.45% 1.05% 14.39% 2.88% 11.51% 0.01% 11.51% 67.37% 32.63% 16.40% 16.23% 1.05% 15.18% 3.04% 12.14% 0.01% 12.13% 67.38% 32.62% 16.33% 16.29% 1.05% 15.23% 3.05% 12.19% 0.01% 12.18% -21.71% -19.20% -29.09% -9.86% -103.89% -0.01% -93.89% -142.59% -99.93% -21.32% -99.62% -0.47% -4.75% 13.83% -8.42% 618.43% 4.82% -347.90% -103.54% -18739.35% -0.36% -3472.81% 6.08% 7.89% 1.02% 1.19% 0.44% -23.68% 3.75% 697.97% -6.17% -3.61% -6.23% 2.58% 1.72% 5.16% 0.84% 20.27% -26.48% 52.34% 147.58% 40.77% -85.24% 43.89% 42.20% 36.00% 60.08% 30.00% 148.11% 20.00% 179.79% 217.90% 171.65% 5.00% 172.08% 7.38% 4.50% 14.45% 4.00% 30.47% 5.00% 33.15% 33.15% 33.15% 5.00% 33.18% 6.31% 4.50% 10.36% 4.00% 18.12% 5.00% 19.21% 19.21% 19.21% 5.00% 19.23% 5.38% 4.50% 7.23% 4.00% 10.71% 5.00% 11.12% 11.12% 11.12% 5.00% 11.13% 4.48% 4.50% 4.44% 4.00% 4.88% 5.00% 4.87% 4.87% 4.87% 5.00% 4.87% Future CAGR 6% 5% 9% 4% 16% -12% -26% -42% 5% 17% 17% 17% 5% 17% 17% Figure 10: Projected Cash Flows Bull Case EBIT EBIT(1-T) +Depreciation & Amortization -Working Capital Operating Cash Flow -Capital Expense Free Cash Flow FCF Conversion D&A/CapEX Tax 2008 (1,124,134.00) (1,283,205.33) 295,054.00 76,781.00 (1,064,932.33) 217,824.00 (1,282,756.33) 1.14 (5.89) -14% 2009 43,730.00 573.40 303,004.00 321,911.00 (18,333.60) 108,925.00 (127,258.60) (2.91) 0.01 99% 2010 314,169.00 309,744.66 296,773.00 (167,485.00) 774,002.66 156,180.00 617,822.66 1.97 1.98 1% 2011 315,542.00 281,364.62 297,734.00 (202,304.00) 781,402.62 275,573.00 505,829.62 1.60 1.02 11% 2012 379,508.00 312,704.11 280,293.00 9,939.00 583,058.11 208,294.00 374,764.11 0.99 1.50 18% 2013 899,283.00 719,426.40 406,768.55 100,000.00 1,026,194.95 500,000.00 526,194.95 0.59 1.44 20% 2014 1,058,603.75 846,883.00 427,812.35 100,000.00 1,174,695.35 450,000.00 724,695.35 0.68 1.88 20% 2015 1,147,883.05 918,306.44 449,513.33 100,000.00 1,267,819.77 400,000.00 867,819.77 0.76 2.30 20% 2016 1,219,508.45 975,606.76 471,989.00 100,000.00 1,347,595.76 350,000.00 997,595.76 0.82 2.79 20% 2017 1,280,483.88 1,024,387.10 495,588.45 100,000.00 1,419,975.55 350,000.00 1,069,975.55 0.84 2.93 20% Figure 11: Carpet Bull Case Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA -Capital Expenditures Free Cash Flow 2008 3,628,183.00 (216,152.00) 92,130.00 (124,022.00) 78,239.00 (202,261.00) 2009 2,856,741.00 (125,965.00) 94,134.00 (31,831.00) 35,149.00 (66,980.00) 2010 2,844,876.00 122,904.00 91,930.00 214,834.00 84,013.00 130,821.00 2011 2,927,674.00 109,874.00 90,463.00 200,337.00 125,630.00 74,707.00 2012 2,912,055.00 158,196.00 95,648.00 253,844.00 97,972.00 155,872.00 Assets ROA 1,876,696.00 -11.52% 1,582,652.00 -7.96% 1,637,319.00 7.51% 1,769,065.00 6.21% 1,721,214.00 9.19% -5.96% 2.54% -3.42% 2.16% -4.41% 3.30% -1.11% 1.23% 4.32% 3.23% 7.55% 2.95% 3.75% 3.09% 6.84% 4.29% -21.26% -41.72% 2.18% -74.33% -55.07% -0.42% -197.57% -2.34% -774.92% 139.02% 2.91% -10.60% -1.60% -6.75% 49.54% Margin Analysis Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures Growth Analysis Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures 2013 3,145,019.40 276,843.00 100,430.40 377,273.40 107,769.20 269,504.20 2014 3,365,170.76 346,053.75 105,451.92 451,505.67 118,546.12 332,959.55 2015 3,567,081.00 373,738.05 110,724.52 484,462.57 130,400.73 354,061.83 2016 3,745,435.05 392,424.95 116,260.74 508,685.69 136,920.77 371,764.93 2017 Past CAGR Future CAGR 3,932,706.81 -5% 6% 412,046.20 10% 122,073.78 1% 5% 534,119.98 9% 143,766.81 6% 7% 390,353.17 5.43% 3.28% 8.72% 3.36% 8.80% 3.19% 12.00% 3.43% 10.28% 3.13% 13.42% 3.52% 10.48% 3.10% 13.58% 3.66% 10.48% 3.10% 13.58% 3.66% 10.48% 3.10% 13.58% 3.66% -0.53% 43.98% 5.73% 26.71% -22.02% 8% 75% 5% 5% 10% 7% 25% 5% 5% 10% 6% 8% 5% 5% 10% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% Figure 12: Ceramic Bull Case Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA -Capital Expenditures Free Cash Flow 2008 1,815,373.00 (323,370.00) 46,093.00 (277,277.00) 41,616.00 (318,893.00) 2009 1,426,757.00 84,154.00 47,934.00 132,088.00 17,683.00 114,405.00 2010 1,367,442.00 97,334.00 45,578.00 142,912.00 37,344.00 105,568.00 2011 1,454,316.00 101,298.00 42,723.00 144,021.00 66,419.00 77,602.00 2012 1,616,383.00 120,951.00 41,176.00 162,127.00 49,426.00 112,701.00 Assets ROA 1,693,765.00 -19.09% 1,546,393.00 5.44% 1,644,448.00 5.92% 1,732,818.00 5.85% 1,731,258.00 6.99% -17.81% 2.54% -15.27% 2.29% 5.90% 3.36% 9.26% 1.24% 7.12% 3.33% 10.45% 2.73% 6.97% 2.94% 9.90% 4.57% 7.48% 2.55% 10.03% 3.06% -21.41% -126.02% 3.99% -147.64% -57.51% -4.16% 15.66% -4.92% 8.19% 111.19% 6.35% 4.07% -6.26% 0.78% 77.86% 11.14% 19.40% -3.62% 12.57% -25.58% Margin Analysis Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures Growth Analysis Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures Proforma 2,776,000.00 250,000.00 83,280.00 333,280.00 111,040.00 222,240.00 9.01% 3.00% 12.01% 4.00% 2013 3,053,600.00 375,000.00 87,444.00 462,444.00 117,702.40 344,741.60 2014 3,297,888.00 431,250.00 91,816.20 523,066.20 124,764.54 398,301.66 2015 3,528,740.16 474,375.00 96,407.01 570,782.01 131,002.77 439,779.24 2016 3,740,464.57 512,325.00 101,227.36 613,552.36 137,552.91 475,999.45 2017 Past CAGR Future CAGR 3,927,487.80 -3% 6% 537,941.25 9% 106,288.73 -3% 5% 644,229.98 9% 144,430.56 4% 5% 499,799.42 12.28% 2.86% 15.14% 3.85% 13.08% 2.78% 15.86% 3.78% 13.44% 2.73% 16.18% 3.71% 13.70% 2.71% 16.40% 3.68% 13.70% 2.71% 16.40% 3.68% 10% 50% 5% 5% 6% 8% 15% 5% 5% 6% 7% 10% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% Figure 13: Laminate & Wood Bull Case Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA -Capital Expenditures Free Cash Flow 2008 1,465,208.00 (564,911.00) 149,543.00 (415,368.00) 90,500.00 (505,868.00) 2009 1,128,315.00 105,953.00 151,450.00 257,403.00 45,966.00 211,437.00 2010 1,188,274.00 114,298.00 145,941.00 260,239.00 29,439.00 230,800.00 2011 1,344,764.00 127,147.00 151,884.00 279,031.00 78,615.00 200,416.00 2012 1,350,349.00 126,409.00 132,183.00 258,592.00 56,605.00 201,987.00 Assets ROA 2,663,599.00 -21.21% 2,598,182.00 4.08% 2,475,049.00 4.62% 2,533,070.00 5.02% 2,672,389.00 4.73% -38.56% 10.21% -28.35% 6.18% 9.39% 13.42% 22.81% 4.07% 9.62% 12.28% 21.90% 2.48% 9.45% 11.29% 20.75% 5.85% 9.36% 9.79% 19.15% 4.19% -22.99% -118.76% 1.28% -161.97% -49.21% 5.31% 7.88% -3.64% 1.10% -35.95% 13.17% 11.24% 4.07% 7.22% 167.04% 0.42% -0.58% -12.97% -7.32% -28.00% Margin Analysis Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures Growth Analysis Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures Proforma 1,950,349.00 160,000.00 195,034.90 355,034.90 97,517.45 257,517.45 2013 2,145,383.90 280,000.00 204,786.65 484,786.65 102,393.32 382,393.32 2014 2,317,014.61 322,000.00 215,025.98 537,025.98 107,512.99 429,512.99 2015 2,456,035.49 344,540.00 225,777.28 570,317.28 112,888.64 457,428.64 2016 2,578,837.26 361,767.00 237,066.14 598,833.14 118,533.07 480,300.07 2017 Past CAGR Future CAGR 2,656,202.38 -2% 5% 379,855.35 8% 248,919.45 -3% 5% 628,774.80 7% 124,459.72 -11% 5% 504,315.07 8.20% 10.00% 18.20% 5.00% 13.05% 9.55% 22.60% 4.77% 13.90% 9.28% 23.18% 4.64% 14.03% 9.19% 23.22% 4.60% 14.03% 9.19% 23.22% 4.60% 14.30% 9.37% 23.67% 4.69% 10% 75% 5% 5% 5% 8% 15% 5% 5% 5% 6% 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 3% 5% 5% 5% 5% Figure 14: Corporate Bull Case Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA -Capital Expenditures Free Cash Flow 2008 (82,416.00) (19,701.00) 7,288.00 (12,413.00) 7,469.00 (19,882.00) Assets ROA 212,115.00 664,219.00 342,110.00 171,275.00 178,823.00 -9.29% -3.07% -5.95% -13.30% -14.57% Margin Analysis Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures Growth Analysis Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures 23.90% -8.84% 15.06% -9.06% 2009 (67,789.00) (20,412.00) 9,486.00 (10,926.00) 10,127.00 (21,053.00) 2010 (81,520.00) (20,367.00) 13,324.00 (7,043.00) 5,384.00 (12,427.00) 2011 (84,496.00) (22,777.00) 12,664.00 (10,113.00) 4,909.00 (15,022.00) 2012 (90,807.00) (26,048.00) 11,286.00 (14,762.00) 4,291.00 (19,053.00) 2013 (113,508.75) (32,560.00) 14,107.50 (18,452.50) 4,505.55 (22,958.05) 2014 (141,885.94) (40,700.00) 15,518.25 (25,181.75) 4,730.83 (29,912.58) 2015 (156,074.53) (44,770.00) 16,604.53 (28,165.47) 4,967.37 (33,132.84) 2016 (163,878.26) (47,008.50) 17,434.75 (29,573.75) 5,215.74 (34,789.48) 2017 Past CAGR Future CAGR (172,072.17) 2% 11% (49,358.93) 7% 11% 18,306.49 12% 7% (31,052.43) 4% 14% 5,476.52 -13% 5% (36,528.96) 30.11% -13.99% 16.12% -14.94% 24.98% -16.34% 8.64% -6.60% 26.96% -14.99% 11.97% -5.81% 28.69% -12.43% 16.26% -4.73% 28.69% -12.43% 16.26% -3.97% 28.69% -10.94% 17.75% -3.33% 28.69% -10.64% 18.05% -3.18% 28.69% -10.64% 18.05% -3.18% 28.69% -10.64% 18.05% -3.18% -17.75% 3.61% 30.16% -11.98% 35.59% 20.26% -0.22% 40.46% -35.54% -46.84% 3.65% 11.83% -4.95% 43.59% -8.82% 7.47% 14.36% -10.88% 45.97% -12.59% 25% 25% 25% 5% 5% 25% 25% 10% 5% 5% 10% 10% 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% Figure 15: Valuation Bull Case Shares Outstanding Warrants RSU Converts ITM Options Strike Price Net new shares Diluted shares outstanding Book Value of Debt Market Value of Equity Cost of Debt Risk Free Rate Market Risk Premium Beta Cost of Equity Tax Rate WACC Multiple Valuation $ 15,843,955.98 WACC 2,257,391.00 g 89,031.00 63,580.00 2,282,842.00 13,561,113.98 73,737.64 $ 183.91 $ 146.75 8.73% 3.00% Segment Carpet Ceramic Laminate/Wood Corp Total Longterm Debt Shortterm Debt -Cash -Net Debt (Cash) -Noncontrolling Interest Equity Value Shares Outstanding Value per Share 72,625.00 605.00 995.00 74.87 507.64 73,737.64 2,346,422.00 10,820,998.15 5.22% 3.00% 8.00% 1.38 9.89% 35.00% 8.73% Mohawk Shares Outstanding Value Per Share $ Terminal Rate DCF Valuation Enterprise Value Longterm Debt Shortterm Debt -Cash -Net Debt (Cash) -Noncontrolling Interest Equity Value Shares Outstanding Value per Share Current Price EBITDA 2013 2014 Multiple 377,273.40 451,505.67 10.00x 462,444.00 523,066.20 12.00x 484,786.65 537,025.98 12.00x (18,452.50) (25,181.75) 10.00x $ 1,308,064.55 $ 1,488,430.10 11.43x $ 183.91 1.50% 2.00% 2.50% 3.00% 3.50% 4.00% 4.50% Net Income 680,893.27 $ 906,802.88 7.73% 176.51 191.60 209.58 231.35 258.27 292.41 337.12 26.00x Sensitivity Analysis WACC 8.23% 8.73% 160.30 146.35 172.92 157.02 187.73 169.40 205.37 183.94 226.75 201.26 253.18 222.25 286.69 248.19 Enterprise Value 2013 2014 3,772,734.00 4,515,056.70 5,549,328.00 6,276,794.40 5,817,439.74 6,444,311.73 (184,525.00) (251,817.50) $ 14,956,989.74 $ 16,986,359.33 2,257,391.00 2,257,391.00 89,031.00 89,031.00 63,580.00 63,580.00 2,282,842.00 2,282,842.00 12,674,147.74 14,703,517.33 73,737.64 73,737.64 $ 171.88 $ 199.40 Equity Value $ 17,703,225.12 $ 23,576,874.81 73,737.64 73,737.64 $ 240.08 $ 319.74 9.23% 134.21 143.33 153.81 165.96 180.24 197.25 217.85 9.73% 123.56 131.43 140.38 150.67 162.60 176.62 193.32 Figure 16: Income Statement Bear Case Revenue $ -Cost of Sales Gross Profit -SG&A -Impairment of Goodwill and Intan Operating Income -Other Expenses (Income) -Interest Expense (Income) Income before Taxes -Taxes Net Income -Noncontrolling Interest Net Income to Shareholders $ Shares Outstanding EPS $ Tax Rate Margin Analysis: % of Revenue Cost of Sales Gross Profit SG&A Operating Income Interest Expense (Income) Income before Taxes Taxes Net Income Noncontrolling Interest Net Income to Shareholders Growth Analysis YOY Revenue Cost of Sales Gross Profit SG&A Operating Income Interest Expense (Income) Income before Taxes Taxes Net Income Noncontrolling Interest Net Income to Shareholders 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 6,826,348.00 $ 5,344,024.00 $ 5,319,072.00 $ 5,642,258.00 $ 5,787,980.00 5,088,584.00 4,111,794.00 3,916,472.00 4,225,379.00 4,297,922.00 1,737,764.00 1,232,230.00 1,402,600.00 1,416,879.00 1,490,058.00 1,318,501.00 1,188,500.00 1,088,431.00 1,101,337.00 1,110,550.00 1,543,397.00 (1,124,134.00) 43,730.00 314,169.00 315,542.00 379,508.00 21,288.00 (5,588.00) (11,630.00) 14,051.00 303.00 127,050.00 127,031.00 133,151.00 101,617.00 74,713.00 (1,272,472.00) (77,713.00) 192,648.00 199,874.00 304,492.00 180,062.00 (76,694.00) 2,713.00 21,649.00 53,599.00 (1,452,534.00) (1,019.00) 189,935.00 178,225.00 250,893.00 5,694.00 4,480.00 4,464.00 4,303.00 635.00 (1,458,228.00) $ (5,499.00) $ 185,471.00 $ 173,922.00 $ 250,258.00 68401 68452 68,784.00 68,964.00 69,306.00 (21.32) $ (0.08) $ 2.70 $ 2.52 $ 3.61 -14% 99% 1% 11% 18% 74.54% 25.46% 19.31% -16.47% 1.86% -18.64% 2.64% -21.28% 0.08% -21.36% 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Past CAGR $ 7,906,815.45 $ 8,279,454.47 $ 8,686,332.90 $ 9,120,649.54 $ 9,529,268.79 -4% 5,845,173.92 6,108,206.75 6,383,076.05 6,670,314.47 6,970,478.62 -4% 2,061,641.53 2,171,247.73 2,303,256.85 2,450,335.07 2,558,790.17 -4% 1,465,926.00 1,524,563.04 1,585,545.56 1,648,967.38 1,714,926.08 -4% 595,715.53 646,684.69 717,711.29 801,367.69 89,655.60 94,138.38 98,845.30 103,787.56 506,059.93 552,546.31 618,865.99 697,580.12 101,211.99 110,509.26 123,773.20 139,516.02 404,847.94 442,037.04 495,092.79 558,064.10 666.75 700.09 735.09 771.85 $ 404,181.19 $ 441,336.96 $ 494,357.70 $ 557,292.25 $ 69306 69306 69306 69306 $ 5.83 $ 6.37 $ 7.13 $ 8.04 $ 20% 20% 20% 20% 843,864.09 108,976.94 734,887.15 146,977.43 587,909.72 810.44 587,099.28 69306 8.47 20% 76.94% 23.06% 22.24% 0.82% 2.38% -1.45% -1.44% -0.02% 0.08% -0.10% 73.63% 26.37% 20.46% 5.91% 2.50% 3.62% 0.05% 3.57% 0.08% 3.49% 74.89% 25.11% 19.52% 5.59% 1.80% 3.54% 0.38% 3.16% 0.08% 3.08% 74.26% 25.74% 19.19% 6.56% 1.29% 5.26% 0.93% 4.33% 0.01% 4.32% 73.93% 26.07% 18.54% 7.53% 1.13% 6.40% 1.28% 5.12% 0.01% 5.11% 73.78% 26.22% 18.41% 7.81% 1.14% 6.67% 1.33% 5.34% 0.01% 5.33% 73.48% 26.52% 18.25% 8.26% 1.14% 7.12% 1.42% 5.70% 0.01% 5.69% 73.13% 26.87% 18.08% 8.79% 1.14% 7.65% 1.53% 6.12% 0.01% 6.11% 73.15% 26.85% 18.00% 8.86% 1.14% 7.71% 1.54% 6.17% 0.01% 6.16% -21.71% -19.20% -29.09% -9.86% -103.89% -0.01% -93.89% -142.59% -99.93% -21.32% -99.62% -0.47% -4.75% 13.83% -8.42% 618.43% 4.82% -347.90% -103.54% -18739.35% -0.36% -3472.81% 6.08% 7.89% 1.02% 1.19% 0.44% -23.68% 3.75% 697.97% -6.17% -3.61% -6.23% 2.58% 1.72% 5.16% 0.84% 20.27% -26.48% 52.34% 147.58% 40.77% -85.24% 43.89% 36.61% 36.00% 38.36% 32.00% 56.97% 20.00% 66.20% 88.83% 61.36% 5.00% 61.51% 4.71% 4.50% 5.32% 4.00% 8.56% 5.00% 9.19% 9.19% 9.19% 5.00% 9.19% 4.91% 4.50% 6.08% 4.00% 10.98% 5.00% 12.00% 12.00% 12.00% 5.00% 12.01% 5.00% 4.50% 6.39% 4.00% 11.66% 5.00% 12.72% 12.72% 12.72% 5.00% 12.73% 4.48% 4.50% 4.43% 4.00% 5.30% 5.00% 5.35% 5.35% 5.35% 5.00% 5.35% Future CAGR 5% 5% 6% 4% 9% -12% -26% -42% 5% 10% 10% 10% 5% 10% 10% Figure 17: Projected Cash Flows Bear Case EBIT EBIT(1-T) +Depreciation & Amortization -Working Capital Operating Cash Flow -Capital Expense Free Cash Flow FCF Conversion D&A/CapEX Tax 2008 (1,124,134.00) (1,283,205.33) 295,054.00 76,781.00 (1,064,932.33) 217,824.00 (1,282,756.33) 1.14 (5.89) -14% 2009 43,730.00 573.40 303,004.00 321,911.00 (18,333.60) 108,925.00 (127,258.60) (2.91) 0.01 99% 2010 314,169.00 309,744.66 296,773.00 (167,485.00) 774,002.66 156,180.00 617,822.66 1.97 1.98 1% 2011 315,542.00 281,364.62 297,734.00 (202,304.00) 781,402.62 275,573.00 505,829.62 1.60 1.02 11% 2012 379,508.00 312,704.11 280,293.00 9,939.00 583,058.11 208,294.00 374,764.11 0.99 1.50 18% 2013 593,104.92 474,483.94 406,768.55 100,000.00 781,252.48 500,000.00 281,252.48 0.47 0.95 20% 2014 612,779.26 490,223.41 427,812.35 100,000.00 818,035.76 450,000.00 368,035.76 0.60 1.09 20% 2015 640,684.49 512,547.59 449,513.33 100,000.00 862,060.92 400,000.00 462,060.92 0.72 1.28 20% 2016 675,837.76 540,670.21 471,989.00 100,000.00 912,659.21 350,000.00 562,659.21 0.83 1.54 20% 2017 709,629.65 567,703.72 495,588.45 100,000.00 963,292.17 350,000.00 613,292.17 0.86 1.62 20% Figure 18: Carpet Bear Case Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA -Capital Expenditures Free Cash Flow 2008 3,628,183.00 (216,152.00) 92,130.00 (124,022.00) 78,239.00 (202,261.00) 2009 2,856,741.00 (125,965.00) 94,134.00 (31,831.00) 35,149.00 (66,980.00) 2010 2,844,876.00 122,904.00 91,930.00 214,834.00 84,013.00 130,821.00 2011 2,927,674.00 109,874.00 90,463.00 200,337.00 125,630.00 74,707.00 2012 2,912,055.00 158,196.00 95,648.00 253,844.00 97,972.00 155,872.00 Assets ROA 1,876,696.00 -11.52% 1,582,652.00 -7.96% 1,637,319.00 7.51% 1,769,065.00 6.21% 1,721,214.00 9.19% -5.96% 2.54% -3.42% 2.16% -4.41% 3.30% -1.11% 1.23% 4.32% 3.23% 7.55% 2.95% 3.75% 3.09% 6.84% 4.29% -21.26% -41.72% 2.18% -74.33% -55.07% -0.42% -197.57% -2.34% -774.92% 139.02% 2.91% -10.60% -1.60% -6.75% 49.54% Margin Analysis Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures Growth Analysis Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures 2013 3,057,657.75 169,269.72 100,430.40 269,700.12 107,769.20 161,930.92 2014 3,210,540.64 179,425.90 105,451.92 284,877.82 118,546.12 166,331.70 2015 3,371,067.67 190,191.46 110,724.52 300,915.97 130,400.73 170,515.24 2016 3,539,621.05 199,701.03 116,260.74 315,961.77 136,920.77 179,041.00 2017 Past CAGR Future CAGR 3,716,602.11 -5% 5% 209,686.08 5% 122,073.78 1% 5% 331,759.86 5% 143,766.81 6% 7% 187,993.05 5.43% 3.28% 8.72% 3.36% 5.54% 3.28% 8.82% 3.52% 5.59% 3.28% 8.87% 3.69% 5.64% 3.28% 8.93% 3.87% 5.64% 3.28% 8.93% 3.87% 5.64% 3.28% 8.93% 3.87% -0.53% 43.98% 5.73% 26.71% -22.02% 5% 7% 5% 5% 10% 5% 6% 5% 5% 10% 5% 6% 5% 5% 10% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% Figure 19: Ceramic Bear Case Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA -Capital Expenditures Free Cash Flow 2008 1,815,373.00 (323,370.00) 46,093.00 (277,277.00) 41,616.00 (318,893.00) 2009 1,426,757.00 84,154.00 47,934.00 132,088.00 17,683.00 114,405.00 2010 1,367,442.00 97,334.00 45,578.00 142,912.00 37,344.00 105,568.00 2011 1,454,316.00 101,298.00 42,723.00 144,021.00 66,419.00 77,602.00 2012 1,616,383.00 120,951.00 41,176.00 162,127.00 49,426.00 112,701.00 Assets ROA 1,693,765.00 -19.09% 1,546,393.00 5.44% 1,644,448.00 5.92% 1,732,818.00 5.85% 1,731,258.00 6.99% -17.81% 2.54% -15.27% 2.29% 5.90% 3.36% 9.26% 1.24% 7.12% 3.33% 10.45% 2.73% 6.97% 2.94% 9.90% 4.57% 7.48% 2.55% 10.03% 3.06% -21.41% -126.02% 3.99% -147.64% -57.51% -4.16% 15.66% -4.92% 8.19% 111.19% 6.35% 4.07% -6.26% 0.78% 77.86% 11.14% 19.40% -3.62% 12.57% -25.58% Margin Analysis Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures Growth Analysis Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures Proforma 2,776,000.00 250,000.00 83,280.00 333,280.00 111,040.00 222,240.00 9.01% 3.00% 12.01% 4.00% 2013 2,914,800.00 275,000.00 87,444.00 362,444.00 117,702.40 244,741.60 2014 3,060,540.00 294,250.00 91,816.20 386,066.20 124,764.54 261,301.66 2015 3,213,567.00 311,905.00 96,407.01 408,312.01 131,002.77 277,309.24 2016 3,374,245.35 330,619.30 101,227.36 431,846.66 137,552.91 294,293.75 2017 Past CAGR Future CAGR 3,542,957.62 -3% 5% 347,150.27 6% 106,288.73 -3% 5% 453,438.99 6% 144,430.56 4% 5% 309,008.44 9.43% 3.00% 12.43% 4.04% 9.61% 3.00% 12.61% 4.08% 9.71% 3.00% 12.71% 4.08% 9.80% 3.00% 12.80% 4.08% 9.80% 3.00% 12.80% 4.08% 5% 10% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% Figure 20: Laminate & Wood Bear Case Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA -Capital Expenditures Free Cash Flow 2008 1,465,208.00 (564,911.00) 149,543.00 (415,368.00) 90,500.00 (505,868.00) 2009 1,128,315.00 105,953.00 151,450.00 257,403.00 45,966.00 211,437.00 2010 1,188,274.00 114,298.00 145,941.00 260,239.00 29,439.00 230,800.00 2011 1,344,764.00 127,147.00 151,884.00 279,031.00 78,615.00 200,416.00 2012 1,350,349.00 126,409.00 132,183.00 258,592.00 56,605.00 201,987.00 Assets ROA 2,663,599.00 -21.21% 2,598,182.00 4.08% 2,475,049.00 4.62% 2,533,070.00 5.02% 2,672,389.00 4.73% -38.56% 10.21% -28.35% 6.18% 9.39% 13.42% 22.81% 4.07% 9.62% 12.28% 21.90% 2.48% 9.45% 11.29% 20.75% 5.85% 9.36% 9.79% 19.15% 4.19% -22.99% -118.76% 1.28% -161.97% -49.21% 5.31% 7.88% -3.64% 1.10% -35.95% 13.17% 11.24% 4.07% 7.22% 167.04% 0.42% -0.58% -12.97% -7.32% -28.00% Margin Analysis Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures Growth Analysis Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures Proforma 1,950,349.00 160,000.00 195,034.90 355,034.90 97,517.45 257,517.45 2013 2,047,866.45 184,000.00 204,786.65 388,786.65 102,393.32 286,393.32 2014 2,150,259.77 202,400.00 215,025.98 417,425.98 107,512.99 309,912.99 2015 2,257,772.76 214,544.00 225,777.28 440,321.28 112,888.64 327,432.64 2016 2,370,661.40 225,271.20 237,066.14 462,337.34 118,533.07 343,804.27 2017 Past CAGR Future CAGR 2,441,781.24 -2% 4% 236,534.76 6% 248,919.45 -3% 5% 485,454.21 6% 124,459.72 -11% 5% 360,994.48 8.20% 10.00% 18.20% 5.00% 8.98% 10.00% 18.98% 5.00% 9.41% 10.00% 19.41% 5.00% 9.50% 10.00% 19.50% 5.00% 9.50% 10.00% 19.50% 5.00% 9.69% 10.19% 19.88% 5.10% 5% 15% 5% 5% 5% 5% 10% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 3% 5% 5% 5% 5% Figure 21: Corporate Bear Case Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA -Capital Expenditures Free Cash Flow 2008 (82,416.00) (19,701.00) 7,288.00 (12,413.00) 7,469.00 (19,882.00) Assets ROA 212,115.00 664,219.00 342,110.00 171,275.00 178,823.00 -9.29% -3.07% -5.95% -13.30% -14.57% Margin Analysis Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures Growth Analysis Net Sales Operating Income Depreciation & Amortization EBITDA Capital Expenditures 23.90% -8.84% 15.06% -9.06% 2009 (67,789.00) (20,412.00) 9,486.00 (10,926.00) 10,127.00 (21,053.00) 2010 (81,520.00) (20,367.00) 13,324.00 (7,043.00) 5,384.00 (12,427.00) 2011 (84,496.00) (22,777.00) 12,664.00 (10,113.00) 4,909.00 (15,022.00) 2012 (90,807.00) (26,048.00) 11,286.00 (14,762.00) 4,291.00 (19,053.00) 2013 (113,508.75) (35,164.80) 14,107.50 (21,057.30) 4,505.55 (25,562.85) 2014 (141,885.94) (63,296.64) 15,518.25 (47,778.39) 4,730.83 (52,509.22) 2015 (156,074.53) (75,955.97) 16,604.53 (59,351.44) 4,967.37 (64,318.81) 2016 (163,878.26) (79,753.77) 17,434.75 (62,319.01) 5,215.74 (67,534.75) 2017 Past CAGR Future CAGR (172,072.17) 2% 11% (83,741.45) 7% 24% 18,306.49 12% 7% (65,434.96) 4% 33% 5,476.52 -13% 5% (70,911.49) 30.11% -13.99% 16.12% -14.94% 24.98% -16.34% 8.64% -6.60% 26.96% -14.99% 11.97% -5.81% 28.69% -12.43% 16.26% -4.73% 30.98% -12.43% 18.55% -3.97% 44.61% -10.94% 33.67% -3.33% 48.67% -10.64% 38.03% -3.18% 48.67% -10.64% 38.03% -3.18% 48.67% -10.64% 38.03% -3.18% -17.75% 3.61% 30.16% -11.98% 35.59% 20.26% -0.22% 40.46% -35.54% -46.84% 3.65% 11.83% -4.95% 43.59% -8.82% 7.47% 14.36% -10.88% 45.97% -12.59% 25% 35% 25% 5% 5% 25% 80% 10% 5% 5% 10% 20% 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% Figure 22: Valuation Bear Case Shares Outstanding Warrants RSU Converts ITM Options Strike Price Net new shares Diluted shares outstanding Book Value of Debt Market Value of Equity Cost of Debt Risk Free Rate Market Risk Premium Beta Cost of Equity Tax Rate WACC Multiple Valuation $ $ $ 8,988,672.79 WACC 2,257,391.00 g 89,031.00 63,580.00 2,282,842.00 6,705,830.79 73,737.64 90.94 146.75 8.73% 3.00% Segment Carpet Ceramic Laminate/Wood Corp Total Longterm Debt Shortterm Debt -Cash -Net Debt (Cash) -Noncontrolling Interest Equity Value Shares Outstanding Value per Share 72,625.00 605.00 995.00 74.87 507.64 73,737.64 2,346,422.00 10,820,998.15 5.22% 3.00% 8.00% 1.38 9.89% 35.00% 8.73% Mohawk Shares Outstanding Value Per Share $ Terminal Rate DCF Valuation Enterprise Value Longterm Debt Shortterm Debt -Cash -Net Debt (Cash) -Noncontrolling Interest Equity Value Shares Outstanding Value per Share Current Price EBITDA 2013 2014 Multiple 269,700.12 284,877.82 10.00x 362,444.00 386,066.20 12.00x 388,786.65 417,425.98 12.00x (21,057.30) (47,778.39) 10.00x $ 1,001,886.47 $ 1,042,605.61 11.48x $ 90.94 1.50% 2.00% 2.50% 3.00% 3.50% 4.00% 4.50% Net Income 404,181.19 $ 441,336.96 7.73% 86.68 95.32 105.63 118.11 133.54 153.11 178.73 26.00x Sensitivity Analysis WACC 8.23% 8.73% 77.40 69.41 84.63 75.53 93.12 82.62 103.23 90.96 115.48 100.89 130.63 112.92 149.84 127.79 Enterprise Value 2013 2014 2,697,001.20 2,848,778.23 4,349,328.00 4,632,794.40 4,665,439.74 5,009,111.73 (210,573.00) (477,783.90) $ 11,503,208.94 $ 12,014,914.46 2,257,391.00 2,257,391.00 89,031.00 89,031.00 63,580.00 63,580.00 2,282,842.00 2,282,842.00 9,220,366.94 9,732,072.46 73,737.64 73,737.64 $ 125.04 $ 131.98 Equity Value $ 10,508,711.04 $ 11,474,760.89 73,737.64 73,737.64 $ 142.51 $ 155.62 9.23% 62.47 67.70 73.70 80.67 88.85 98.60 110.41 9.73% 56.38 60.88 66.02 71.91 78.75 86.79 96.36 Figure 23: Price Target Valuation Method Scenario DCF EV/EBITDA Bull $ 183.91 $ 199.40 $ Base 144.18 168.96 Bear 90.94 131.98 Combined 145.45 170.70 Weight 25% 50% Price Target $ 174.14 Low Range High DCF $ 90.94 $ 92.97 $ 183.91 EV/EBITDA $ 131.98 $ 67.42 $ 199.40 P/E Weight 319.74 30% 165.33 50% 155.62 20% 209.71 25% P/E $ 155.62 $ 164.12 $ 319.74 Valuation Football Field Valuation Method P/E EV/EBITDA DCF $50 $100 $150 $200 Value per Share $250 $300 $350 Figure 24: Comparable Company Analysis Comparable Analysis ($ In millions) Stock Characteristics Current Price Beta Size Short-Term Debt Long-Term Debt Cash & Cash Equivalents Diluted Basic Shares Market Capitalization Enterprise Value Growth Expectations % Revenue Growth 2013E % Revenue Growth 2014E % EBITDA Growth 2013E % EBITDA Growth 2014E % EPS Growth 2013E % EPS Growth 2014E Valuation Ratios Price/Earnings (TTM) Price/Sales (TTM) Price/Book (TTM)) Price/ Cash Flow (TTM) Profitability Margins Gross Margin EBIT Margin EBITDA Margin Net Profit Margin Credit Metrics Current Ratio (MRQ) Debt/Equity (MRQ) Leverage Ratio (MRQ) Interest Coverage Ratio (TTM) Efficiency Ratios Days Sales Outstanding Fixed Asset Turnover Days Inventory Operating Results Total Revenue Gross Profit EBIT EBITDA Operating Cash Flow Free Cash Flow Net Income EPS (TTM) Capital Expenditures Multiples EV/Revenue EV/Gross Profit EV/EBIT EV/EBITDA MHK AWI TILE MAS 50% 30% 20% Max $59.48 2.30 Min $22.01 0.94 Median $22.24 1.43 Weighted Avg. $40.79 1.36 $147.85 1.38 $59.48 0.94 $22.01 1.43 $22.24 2.30 $206 $3,422 $1,351 351 $7,806 $10,030 $8 $275 $91 60 $1,453 $1,640 $33 $1,038 $336 66 $3,569 $4,200 $60 $1,286 $466 120 $3,781 $4,598 $386 $1,200 $312 73.62 $10,885 $12,914 $33 $1,038 $336 60 $3,569 $4,200 $8 $275 $91 66 $1,453 $1,640 $206 $3,422 $1,351 351 $7,806 $10,030 5.36% 9.20% 41.86% 26.56% 97.50% 49.29% 3.40% 6.40% 10.11% 19.16% -2.74% 43.04% 3.60% 8.08% 15.07% 20.21% 16.67% 44.29% 3.89% 7.58% 18.94% 21.59% 23.13% 46.54% 36.61% 4.86% 55.30% 8.22% 68.69% 11.17% 3.60% 6.40% 15.07% 19.16% -2.74% 49.29% 3.40% 9.20% 10.11% 26.56% 16.67% 44.29% 5.36% 8.08% 41.86% 20.21% 97.50% 43.04% 55.6 1.5 16.9 47.2 36.1 1.0 4.4 14.0 38.6 1.3 5.3 14.1 41.3 1.3 7.4 24.0 32.9 1.5 2.5 17.0 38.6 1.3 5.3 14.1 36.1 1.5 4.4 47.2 55.6 1.0 16.9 14.0 34.00% 10.40% 14.78% 5.01% 24.20% 3.50% 6.58% -1.47% 25.20% 8.60% 9.55% 0.64% 27.34% 8.48% 11.57% 2.40% 25.70% 6.60% 11.96% 4.32% 24.20% 10.40% 14.78% 5.01% 34.00% 8.60% 9.55% 0.64% 25.20% 3.50% 6.58% -1.47% 2.58 7.22 14.89 5.11 1.85 0.85 2.53 1.17 2.13 1.81 4.86 2.52 2.21 2.60 6.17 3.55 2.30 0.52 1.98 5.08 2.13 1.81 4.86 5.11 2.58 0.85 2.53 2.52 1.85 7.22 14.89 1.17 57.47 5.24 91.20 31.76 2.75 49.17 44.28 5.17 69.73 41.98 3.98 72.06 43.78 3.40 95.43 31.76 2.75 69.73 57.47 5.24 91.20 44.28 5.17 49.17 $7,745 $1,951 $271 $510 $281 $162 $131 $1.54 -$42 $932 $317 $65 $89 $47 $4 -$114 $0.40 -$199 $2,619 $633 $215 $387 $220 $21 $6 $0.61 -$119 $3,138 $802 $181 $322 $180 $44 $45 $1.03 -$136 $5,788 $1,490 $380 $692 $583 $374 $250 $4.50 -$208 $2,619 $633 $215 $387 $220 $21 $131 $1.54 -$199 $932 $317 $65 $89 $47 $4 $6 $0.61 -$42 $7,745 $1,951 $271 $510 $281 $162 -$114 $0.40 -$119 1.30 5.14 19.53 10.85 1.76 6.64 37.01 19.67 1.60 5.17 25.23 18.43 1.59 5.90 24.74 14.89 2.23 8.67 33.98 18.66 1.60 6.64 19.53 10.85 1.76 5.17 25.23 18.43 1.30 5.14 37.01 19.67 MHK= Mohawk Industries/ AWI= Armstrong World Industries/ TILE= Interface, Inc./ MAS= Masco Corporation Source: Company Documents, Student Estimates Figure 25: DuPont Analysis Mohawk Industries 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 TTM Revenue $6,826,348 $5,344,024 $5,319,072 $5,642,258 $5,787,980 $6,860,309 EBT $1,272,472 -$77,713 $192,648 $199,874 $304,492 $398,479 EBIT $1,124,134 $43,730 $314,169 $315,542 $379,508 $491,803 Interest Expense $127,050 $127,031 $133,151 $101,617 $74,713 $85,500 Income Tax $180,062 -$76,694 $2,713 $21,649 $53,599 $75,668 Net Income $1,452,534 -$1,019 $189,935 $178,225 $250,893 $320,524 Total Assets $6,446,175 $6,391,446 $6,098,926 $6,206,228 $6,303,684 $8,564,157 Shareholders Equity $3,153,803 $3,200,823 $3,271,556 $3,415,785 $3,719,617 $4,324,485 -21.28% -0.02% 3.57% 3.16% 4.33% 4.67% Asset Turnover (Sales ÷ Total Assets) 1.06 0.84 0.87 0.91 0.92 0.80 Equity Multiplier (Total Assets ÷ Shareholders Equity) 2.04 2.00 1.86 1.82 1.69 1.98 -46.06% -0.03% 5.81% 5.22% 6.75% 7.41% 114.15 1.31 98.59 89.17 82.40 80.44 1.13 -1.78 0.61 0.63 0.80 0.81 -16.47% 0.82% 5.91% 5.59% 6.56% 7.17% Asset Turnover (Sales ÷ Total Assets) 1.06 0.84 0.87 0.91 0.92 0.80 Equity Multiplier (Total Assets ÷ Shareholders Equity) 2.04 2.00 1.86 1.82 1.69 1.98 -46.06% -0.03% 5.81% 5.22% 6.75% 7.41% ($ In Thousandths) Three-Step DuPont Model: Net Profit Margin (Net Income ÷ Sales) Return on Equity Five-Step DuPont Model: Tax Burden (Net Income ÷ EBT) Interest Burden (EBT ÷ EBIT) Operating Income Margin (EBIT ÷ Sales) Return on Equity Source: Company Documents, Student Estimates 5 4.5 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 -0.5 Net Profit Margin (%) Asset Turnover Equity Multiplier 2009 2010 2011 2012 Breaking Down ROE into DuPont formula components shows that Mohawk’s net profit margin increased from 3.57% in 2010 to 4.33% in 2012. MHK also increased its asset turnover ratio from .87 in 2010 to .92 in 2012. Mohawk’s equity multiplier has remained relatively constant over the last few years with slight deleveraging, with its equity multiplier decreasing from 1.86 in 2010 to 1.69 in 2012. These figures suggest that Mohawk was able to generate higher margins while increasing volume of sales for each unit of asset held, indicating higher management efficiency over the recent years. Figure 26: Sources 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Company Financials Bloomberg Terminal FactSet JPMorgan Research Report Morningstar Yahoo Finance Census.gov Disclosures: Ownership and material conflicts of interest: The author(s), or a member of their household, of this report does not hold a financial interest in the securities of this company. The author(s), or a member of their household, of this report does not know of the existence of any conflicts of interest that might bias the content or publication of this report. 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