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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
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BUY 22
HOLD 9
SELL 1
STRONG
SELL
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| PRICE TARGET: $227.77 DETAILS
HIGH: $257.00
LOW: $115.00
MEDIAN: $237.00
CONSENSUS: $227.77
UPSIDE: 8.48%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Cyclical & Capital-Intensive 80% confidence

Primary model: Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 185.7% above fair value
Current Price $209.97
Bear Case $29.38 86.0% downside ($29.38 - $209.97) / $209.97 = -86.0% $2.95 × 4x + net cash
Fair Value $73.50 65.0% downside ($73.50 - $209.97) / $209.97 = -65.0% $2.95 × 6x + net cash
Bull Case $117.52 44.0% downside ($117.52 - $209.97) / $209.97 = -44.0% $2.95 × 7x + net cash

Adjust Assumptions

5.5x
2.95$

Key Value Driver

Through-cycle normalized EPS ($2.95)

Implied Market Multiple 71.2x

Plain-Language Summary

Our base-case estimate uses Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $227.77 from 32 analysts, using a 30% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $73.50 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 8217.5x 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 $227.77 (from 32 analysts). Our estimate is 97% 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