Granite Construction Incorporated logo GVA - Granite Construction Incorporated

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
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BUY 9
HOLD 4
SELL 1
STRONG
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| PRICE TARGET: $161.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $180.00
LOW: $139.00
MEDIAN: $162.50
CONSENSUS: $161.00
UPSIDE: 31.47%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Cyclical & Capital-Intensive 80% confidence

Primary model: Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 132.8% above fair value
Current Price $122.46
Bear Case $38.57 68.5% downside ($38.57 - $122.46) / $122.46 = -68.5% $1.70 × 14x + net cash
Fair Value $52.60 57.0% downside ($52.60 - $122.46) / $122.46 = -57.0% $1.70 × 18x + net cash
Bull Case $66.63 45.6% downside ($66.63 - $122.46) / $122.46 = -45.6% $1.70 × 22x + net cash

Adjust Assumptions

18.0x
1.7$

Key Value Driver

Through-cycle normalized EPS ($1.70)

Implied Market Multiple 72.0x

Plain-Language Summary

Our base-case estimate uses Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $161.00 from 14 analysts, using a 20% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $52.60 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 ($3.63/share) are 114% above the mid-cycle average ($1.70). Buying based on peak profits is the most common mistake with boom-and-bust businesses.
Price-to-book value of 8.9x 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 $161.00 (from 14 analysts). Our estimate is 84% 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