Linamar (LNR.TO)
Consumer · TSX · Canada
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Linamar trades at C$104.65, which is 113% below the C$222.88 our discounted cash flow model puts on the business. On that measure alone it screens as undervalued, though a DCF is an argument rather than a measurement, and the market is frequently right about why something is cheap.
Our moat model scores it 29 out of 100, which is little in the way of a moat. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 9.6 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
About Linamar
Linamar Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells engineered products in Canada, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and rest of North America. It operates through two segments, Mobility and Industrial. The Mobility segment offers electrified products, including 3P3200, e3P4100, and 3P5700 eAxle gearboxes; utility and medium duty platform eAxles; FlexForm conformable hydrogen storage tanks; light duty beam eAxle; structure and chassis, including front and rear subframes, semi-trailing arms, front knuckles, battery enclosures, crossrails, shock towers, and cross car beams; driveline products, such as differential assemblies, power transfer and rear drive units, and engineered gears; transmission products, which comprises gears and shafts, gearbox housings, shaft and shell assemblies, and clutch modules; and engines, including cylinder blocks and heads, connecting rods, camshafts, and balance shaft modules for battery, hybrid, and fuel-cell electric vehicles. This segment serves electrified and traditionally powered markets. The Industrial segment provides scissor, boom and telehandler lifts for the aerial work platform industry; combine draper headers and self-propelled windrowers for the agricultural harvesting industry; farm tillage and crop fertilizer applicator equipment; and air seeders, cultivators, and planters for the seeding and farming industry. The company also provides medical devices and precision medical components. It offers its products under the Linamar, Skyjack, MacDon, Salford, Bourgault, and McLaren Engineering brand names. Linamar Corporation was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Guelph, Canada.
LNR.TO passes 3 of our 30 screens today
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Common questions
Is Linamar (LNR.TO) undervalued?
Against our discounted cash flow estimate of C$222.88, LNR.TO at C$104.65 is 113% below fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation, and most of a DCF's output sits in a terminal value nobody can forecast.
What is LNR.TO's P/E ratio?
LNR.TO trades at 9.6 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
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