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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
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BUY 14
HOLD 8
SELL 7
STRONG
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| PRICE TARGET: $44.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $48.00
LOW: $40.00
MEDIAN: $44.00
CONSENSUS: $44.00
UPSIDE: 17.15%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Cyclical & Capital-Intensive 80% confidence

Primary model: Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 53.6% above fair value
Current Price $37.56
Bear Case $15.04 60.0% downside ($15.04 - $37.56) / $37.56 = -60.0% $2.76 × 7x + net cash
Fair Value $24.45 34.9% downside ($24.45 - $37.56) / $37.56 = -34.9% $2.76 × 10x + net cash
Bull Case $33.84 9.9% downside ($33.84 - $37.56) / $37.56 = -9.9% $2.76 × 12x + net cash

Adjust Assumptions

9.5x
2.76$

Key Value Driver

Through-cycle normalized EPS ($2.76)

Implied Market Multiple 13.6x

Plain-Language Summary

Our base-case estimate uses Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $44.00 from 29 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $24.45 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 3.6x 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 $44.00 (from 29 analysts). Our estimate is 59% 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