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Itron (ITRI) Stock Climbed, So What Is Behind The Move?

Simply Wall St · 1d ago

Itron (ITRI) is back in focus after Canberra extended a long running smart lighting partnership and committed to upgrade 16,000 more streetlights using the company’s controllers, network and smart city software platform.

The Canberra contract extension lands on top of a sharp recent move in Itron’s share price, with a 1-day share price return of 3.44% and a 7-day gain of 7.30%. The 30-day share price return of 14.95% contrasts with a 90-day decline of 2.07% and a 1-year total shareholder return that is down 4.14%, while the 3-year total shareholder return is 62.17% and the 5-year figure is 41.54%. This suggests that investors may be reassessing the longer-term story following a softer stretch.

Compare Itron’s smart city momentum with a curated group of grid and infrastructure plays by scanning the 41 power grid technology and infrastructure stocks alongside this latest contract win.

Itron now trades below both analyst targets and one measure of intrinsic value even after the Canberra bounce. Is that discount caution well placed, or is it starting to look stretched as contracts and guidance build up?

Most Popular Narrative: 22% Undervalued

Itron’s most followed valuation view pegs fair value at $129.60, comfortably above the last close of $101.60. This puts the Canberra news against an already discounted backdrop that hinges on how its backlog converts to cash flows.

Expected acceleration in global demand for smart grid infrastructure and advanced metering solutions driven by electrification, new data center load, and infrastructure buildout continues to underpin Itron’s project pipeline and multi year backlog of US$4.4b, which can support future revenue conversion as deployments progress.

See why 16 investors see Itron as 22% undervalued.

Result: Fair Value of $129.60 (UNDERVALUED)

Still, prolonged delays on large Networked Solutions projects, and any reversal in those near 40% gross margins, could quickly challenge the bullish Itron narrative.

Find out about the key risks to this Itron narrative.

Next Steps

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