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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
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BUY 12
HOLD 10
SELL 1
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| PRICE TARGET: $13.66 DETAILS
HIGH: $15.00
LOW: $12.75
MEDIAN: $13.45
CONSENSUS: $13.66
UPSIDE: 8.76%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Cyclical & Capital-Intensive 80% confidence

Primary model: Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple

Valuation Signal Overvalued Moderate
Trading 26.4% above fair value
Current Price $12.56
Bear Case $7.29 42.0% downside ($7.29 - $12.56) / $12.56 = -42.0% $0.58 × 14x + net cash
Fair Value $9.94 20.9% downside ($9.94 - $12.56) / $12.56 = -20.9% $0.58 × 18x + net cash
Bull Case $12.59 0.2% upside ($12.59 - $12.56) / $12.56 = 0.2% $0.58 × 22x + net cash

Adjust Assumptions

18.0x
0.58$

Key Value Driver

Through-cycle normalized EPS ($0.58)

Implied Market Multiple 21.7x

Plain-Language Summary

Our base-case estimate uses Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $13.66 from 23 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $9.94 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.
Recent profits ($6.60/share) are 1038% above the mid-cycle average ($0.58). Buying based on peak profits is the most common mistake with boom-and-bust businesses.
Price-to-book value of 4.4x 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 $13.66 (from 23 analysts). Our estimate is 36% 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