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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
1
BUY 9
HOLD 23
SELL 3
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $40.20 DETAILS
HIGH: $48.00
LOW: $29.00
MEDIAN: $43.00
CONSENSUS: $40.20
DOWNSIDE: 4.74%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Cyclical & Capital-Intensive 80% confidence

Primary model: Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 155.9% above fair value
Current Price $42.20
Bear Case $6.59 84.4% downside ($6.59 - $42.20) / $42.20 = -84.4% $2.53 × 4x + net cash
Fair Value $16.49 60.9% downside ($16.49 - $42.20) / $42.20 = -60.9% $2.53 × 6x + net cash
Bull Case $26.36 37.5% downside ($26.36 - $42.20) / $42.20 = -37.5% $2.53 × 7x + net cash

Adjust Assumptions

5.5x
2.53$

Key Value Driver

Through-cycle normalized EPS ($2.53)

Implied Market Multiple 16.7x

Plain-Language Summary

Our base-case estimate uses Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $40.20 from 36 analysts, using a 30% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $16.49 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 2.1x 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 $40.20 (from 36 analysts). Our estimate is 84% 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