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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
0
BUY 18
HOLD 17
SELL 3
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $86.33 DETAILS
HIGH: $93.00
LOW: $80.00
MEDIAN: $86.00
CONSENSUS: $86.33
UPSIDE: 16.46%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Cyclical & Capital-Intensive 80% confidence

Primary model: Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple

Valuation Signal Undervalued Strong
Trading 47.0% below fair value
Current Price $74.13
Bear Case $105.58 42.4% upside ($105.58 - $74.13) / $74.13 = 42.4% $9.97 × 14x + net cash
Fair Value $139.84 88.6% upside ($139.84 - $74.13) / $74.13 = 88.6% $9.97 × 18x + net cash
Bull Case $174.11 134.9% upside ($174.11 - $74.13) / $74.13 = 134.9% $9.97 × 22x + net cash

Adjust Assumptions

18.0x
9.97$

Key Value Driver

Through-cycle normalized EPS ($9.97)

Implied Market Multiple 7.4x

Plain-Language Summary

Our base-case estimate uses Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $86.33 from 38 analysts, using a 30% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $139.84 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $86.33 (from 38 analysts). Our estimate is 89% 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