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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
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BUY 4
HOLD 12
SELL 2
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| PRICE TARGET: $8.50 DETAILS
HIGH: $8.50
LOW: $8.50
MEDIAN: $8.50
CONSENSUS: $8.50
UPSIDE: 9.40%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Cyclical & Capital-Intensive 80% confidence

Primary model: Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple

Valuation Signal Undervalued Strong
Trading 80.0% below fair value
Current Price $7.77
Bear Case $31.43 304.5% upside ($31.43 - $7.77) / $7.77 = 304.5% $2.33 × 20x + net cash
Fair Value $38.82 399.6% upside ($38.82 - $7.77) / $7.77 = 399.6% $2.33 × 24x + net cash
Bull Case $46.22 494.8% upside ($46.22 - $7.77) / $7.77 = 494.8% $2.33 × 28x + net cash

Adjust Assumptions

24.0x
2.33$

Key Value Driver

Through-cycle normalized EPS ($2.33)

Implied Market Multiple 3.3x

Plain-Language Summary

Our base-case estimate uses Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $8.50 from 18 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $38.82 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 ($5.07/share) are 118% above the mid-cycle average ($2.33). Buying based on peak profits is the most common mistake with boom-and-bust businesses.
Price-to-book value of 2.8x 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 $8.50 (from 18 analysts). Our estimate is 476% 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