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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
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BUY 13
HOLD 7
SELL 0
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $136.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $155.00
LOW: $121.00
MEDIAN: $132.00
CONSENSUS: $136.00
UPSIDE: 0.49%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Cyclical & Capital-Intensive 80% confidence

Primary model: Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 158.4% above fair value
Current Price $135.34
Bear Case $41.35 69.4% downside ($41.35 - $135.34) / $135.34 = -69.4% $1.29 × 18x + net cash
Fair Value $52.38 61.3% downside ($52.38 - $135.34) / $135.34 = -61.3% $1.29 × 22x + net cash
Bull Case $63.41 53.1% downside ($63.41 - $135.34) / $135.34 = -53.1% $1.29 × 26x + net cash

Adjust Assumptions

22.0x
1.29$

Key Value Driver

Through-cycle normalized EPS ($1.29)

Implied Market Multiple 104.9x

Plain-Language Summary

Our base-case estimate uses Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $136.00 from 20 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $52.38 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 11.7x is above the normal range for this type of business (0.7x-2.0x). The stock may already price in a strong cycle.
Wall Street's average price target is $136.00 (from 20 analysts). Our estimate is 82% 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