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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
0
BUY 13
HOLD 2
SELL 2
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $33.83 DETAILS
HIGH: $40.00
LOW: $25.00
MEDIAN: $34.50
CONSENSUS: $33.83
UPSIDE: 18.83%
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 $28.47
Bear Case $14.42 49.4% downside ($14.42 - $28.47) / $28.47 = -49.4% $1.03 × 14x
Fair Value $18.54 34.9% downside ($18.54 - $28.47) / $28.47 = -34.9% $1.03 × 18x
Bull Case $22.66 20.4% downside ($22.66 - $28.47) / $28.47 = -20.4% $1.03 × 22x

Adjust Assumptions

18.0x
1.03$

Key Value Driver

Through-cycle normalized EPS ($1.03)

Implied Market Multiple 27.6x

Plain-Language Summary

Using 7-year normalized EPS of $1.03 at a 18x cycle multiple, the base-case value is $18.54 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above -- shown only as an outside comparison.

Average Target (17 analysts) $33.83
Analyst Range $25.00 – $40.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 45%

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.
Wall Street's average price target is $33.83 (from 17 analysts). Our estimate is 45% 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