IBP Installed Building Products, Inc.
$230.35
Cyclical & Capital-Intensive 80%
Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple
Strong · Conviction

Overvalued

Trading 48.6% above fair value

You pay $230.35
Bear $120.54
Fair $154.98
Bull $189.42
Bear $120.54 -47.7% $8.61 × 14x
Fair $154.98 -32.7% $8.61 × 18x
Bull $189.42 -17.8% $8.61 × 22x

Adjust Assumptions

18.0x
8.61$

Key Value Driver

Through-cycle normalized EPS ($8.61)

Implied Market Multiple 26.8x

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above.

Average Target (27 analysts) $235.60
Divergence from AlphaVal 34%

Summary

Using 7-year normalized EPS of $8.61 at a 18x cycle multiple, the base-case value is $154.98 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.
Wall Street's average price target is $235.60 (from 27 analysts). Our estimate is 34% below 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