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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
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BUY 11
HOLD 11
SELL 1
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| PRICE TARGET: $150.17 DETAILS
HIGH: $180.00
LOW: $116.00
MEDIAN: $147.50
CONSENSUS: $150.17
DOWNSIDE: 6.03%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Cyclical & Capital-Intensive 80% confidence

Primary model: Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 204.9% above fair value
Current Price $159.81
Bear Case $20.97 86.9% downside ($20.97 - $159.81) / $159.81 = -86.9% $7.93 × 4x + net cash
Fair Value $52.41 67.2% downside ($52.41 - $159.81) / $159.81 = -67.2% $7.93 × 6x + net cash
Bull Case $83.87 47.5% downside ($83.87 - $159.81) / $159.81 = -47.5% $7.93 × 7x + net cash

Adjust Assumptions

5.5x
7.93$

Key Value Driver

Through-cycle normalized EPS ($7.93)

Implied Market Multiple 20.2x

Plain-Language Summary

Our base-case estimate uses Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $150.17 from 24 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $52.41 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 3.9x 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 $150.17 (from 24 analysts). Our estimate is 87% 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