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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
0
BUY 12
HOLD 3
SELL 2
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $34.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $40.00
LOW: $25.00
MEDIAN: $35.00
CONSENSUS: $34.00
UPSIDE: 30.67%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Cyclical & Capital-Intensive 80% confidence

Primary model: Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 40.3% above fair value
Current Price $26.02
Bear Case $14.42 44.6% downside ($14.42 - $26.02) / $26.02 = -44.6% $1.03 × 14x
Fair Value $18.54 28.7% downside ($18.54 - $26.02) / $26.02 = -28.7% $1.03 × 18x
Bull Case $22.66 12.9% downside ($22.66 - $26.02) / $26.02 = -12.9% $1.03 × 22x

Adjust Assumptions

18.0x
1.03$

Key Value Driver

Through-cycle normalized EPS ($1.03)

Implied Market Multiple 25.3x

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) $34.00
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.
ℹ Wall Street's average price target is $34.00 (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