Alstom (ENXTPA:ALO) has quietly outperformed the broader market over the past quarter, with the stock up roughly 11% in the past month and 15% over the past 3 months.
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Zooming out, that 10.59% 1 month share price return builds on a solid year to date gain. A 1 year total shareholder return of 13.83% suggests sentiment is steadily improving despite a still weak 5 year total shareholder return.
If Alstom’s recent momentum has caught your attention, it could be a good moment to compare it with other rail and infrastructure peers using aerospace and defense stocks.
With earnings recovering but the share price still far below its 5 year high, investors face a key question: is Alstom trading at a genuine discount, or has the market already priced in its future growth?
Compared with Alstom’s last close of €24.86, the most followed narrative implies a slightly lower fair value, reflecting only modest downside from here.
The analysts have a consensus price target of €23.06 for Alstom based on their expectations of its future earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors. However, there is a degree of disagreement amongst analysts, with the most bullish reporting a price target of €33.0, and the most bearish reporting a price target of just €9.0.
Want to know what kind of earnings surge and margin reset could justify that valuation range? The narrative leans on powerful compounding and a future earnings multiple that might surprise you. Curious which assumptions really move the fair value dial here, and how sensitive they are to small changes? Dive in to see the projections behind this call.
Result: Fair Value of €23.72 (OVERVALUED)
Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.
However, lingering supply chain delays and low margin legacy contracts could quickly undermine expectations for smoother execution and margin recovery.
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