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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
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BUY 4
HOLD 11
SELL 0
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| PRICE TARGET: $101.42 DETAILS
HIGH: $275.00
LOW: $61.00
MEDIAN: $82.50
CONSENSUS: $101.42
DOWNSIDE: 7.77%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Cyclical & Capital-Intensive 80% confidence

Primary model: Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple

Valuation Signal Overvalued Moderate
Trading 15.2% above fair value
Current Price $109.96
Bear Case $69.99 36.3% downside ($69.99 - $109.96) / $109.96 = -36.3% $6.23 × 14x + net cash
Fair Value $95.44 13.2% downside ($95.44 - $109.96) / $109.96 = -13.2% $6.23 × 18x + net cash
Bull Case $120.89 9.9% upside ($120.89 - $109.96) / $109.96 = 9.9% $6.23 × 22x + net cash

Adjust Assumptions

18.0x
6.23$

Key Value Driver

Through-cycle normalized EPS ($6.23)

Implied Market Multiple 17.7x

Plain-Language Summary

Our base-case estimate uses Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $101.42 from 15 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $95.44 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 1970.5x is above the normal range for this type of business (0.7x-2.0x). The stock may already price in a strong cycle.

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