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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
0
BUY 11
HOLD 6
SELL 3
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $8.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $8.00
LOW: $8.00
MEDIAN: $8.00
CONSENSUS: $8.00
DOWNSIDE: 61.98%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Cyclical & Capital-Intensive 80% confidence

Primary model: Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 65.5% above fair value
Current Price $21.04
Bear Case $9.86 53.1% downside ($9.86 - $21.04) / $21.04 = -53.1% $0.80 × 12x + net cash
Fair Value $12.71 39.6% downside ($12.71 - $21.04) / $21.04 = -39.6% $0.80 × 16x + net cash
Bull Case $15.56 26.1% downside ($15.56 - $21.04) / $21.04 = -26.1% $0.80 × 20x + net cash

Adjust Assumptions

16.0x
0.8$

Key Value Driver

Through-cycle normalized EPS ($0.80)

Implied Market Multiple 26.3x

Plain-Language Summary

Our base-case estimate uses Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $8.00 from 20 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $12.71 per share.

Warnings

Price-to-book value of 4.3x 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 $8.00 (from 20 analysts). Our estimate is 78% above 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