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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
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BUY 7
HOLD 7
SELL 0
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| PRICE TARGET: $38.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $38.00
LOW: $38.00
MEDIAN: $38.00
CONSENSUS: $38.00
DOWNSIDE: 5.28%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Cyclical & Capital-Intensive 80% confidence

Primary model: Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 155.2% above fair value
Current Price $40.12
Bear Case $9.68 75.9% downside ($9.68 - $40.12) / $40.12 = -75.9% $1.56 × 7x + net cash
Fair Value $15.72 60.8% downside ($15.72 - $40.12) / $40.12 = -60.8% $1.56 × 10x + net cash
Bull Case $21.78 45.7% downside ($21.78 - $40.12) / $40.12 = -45.7% $1.56 × 12x + net cash

Adjust Assumptions

9.5x
1.56$

Key Value Driver

Through-cycle normalized EPS ($1.56)

Implied Market Multiple 25.7x

Plain-Language Summary

Our base-case estimate uses Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $38.00 from 14 analysts, using a 20% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $15.72 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.
Recent profits ($2.95/share) are 89% above the mid-cycle average ($1.56). Buying based on peak profits is the most common mistake with boom-and-bust businesses.
Price-to-book value of 4.4x 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 $38.00 (from 14 analysts). Our estimate is 73% 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