BZH Beazer Homes USA, Inc.
$24.36
Cyclical & Capital-Intensive 80%
Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple
Strong · Conviction

Undervalued

Trading 60.2% below fair value

You pay $24.36
Bear $44.89
Fair $61.21
Bull $77.54
Bear $44.89 +84.3% $4.53 × 14x + net cash
Fair $61.21 +151.3% $4.53 × 18x + net cash
Bull $77.54 +218.3% $4.53 × 22x + net cash

Key Value Driver

Through-cycle normalized EPS ($4.53)

Implied Market Multiple 5.4x

Summary

Our base-case estimate uses Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $41.00 from 21 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $61.21 per share.

Warnings

This company has a built-in lending arm whose debt is mixed in with the main business. We capped the debt adjustment to avoid overstating what the core business owes.
Price-to-book value of 0.5x is below the typical low point. This could be a bargain, but check whether asset write-downs are coming.
Wall Street's average price target is $41.00 (from 21 analysts). Our estimate is 66% above the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.

Key Risks

  • Standard 10-year DCF produces unreliable terminal values for cyclicals
  • 'Cheap' P/E at cycle peak is the most common value trap — normalize first
  • Captive finance subsidiaries have different risk profiles from manufacturing