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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
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BUY 14
HOLD 6
SELL 0
STRONG
SELL
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| PRICE TARGET: $120.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $135.00
LOW: $105.00
MEDIAN: $121.00
CONSENSUS: $120.00
UPSIDE: 10.69%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Cyclical & Capital-Intensive 80% confidence

Primary model: Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 124.1% above fair value
Current Price $108.41
Bear Case $38.20 64.8% downside ($38.20 - $108.41) / $108.41 = -64.8% $1.29 × 18x + net cash
Fair Value $48.38 55.4% downside ($48.38 - $108.41) / $108.41 = -55.4% $1.29 × 22x + net cash
Bull Case $58.57 46.0% downside ($58.57 - $108.41) / $108.41 = -46.0% $1.29 × 26x + net cash

Adjust Assumptions

22.0x
1.29$

Key Value Driver

Through-cycle normalized EPS ($1.29)

Implied Market Multiple 84.0x

Plain-Language Summary

Our base-case estimate uses Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $120.00 from 20 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $48.38 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 9.3x 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 $120.00 (from 20 analysts). Our estimate is 80% 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