LMNR
Limoneira Company
$12.79
Cyclical & Capital-Intensive
80%
Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple
Strong
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Conviction
Overvalued
Trading 84.5% above fair value
You pay
$12.79
Bear
$4.27
Fair
$6.93
Bull
$9.60
Bear
$4.27
-66.6%
$0.50 × 7x + net cash
Fair
$6.93
-45.8%
$0.50 × 10x + net cash
Bull
$9.60
-24.9%
$0.50 × 12x + net cash
Key Value Driver
Through-cycle normalized EPS ($0.50)
Implied Market Multiple
25.6x
Summary
Our base-case estimate uses Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $21.67 from 13 analysts, using a 20% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $6.93 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 $21.67 (from 13 analysts). Our estimate is 85% 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