China Automotive Systems, Inc.

NasdaqCM:CAAS Stock Report

Market Cap: US$134.9m

China Automotive Systems Valuation

Is CAAS undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CAAS when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CAAS ($4.49) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($0.1)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CAAS is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CAAS?

Key metric: As CAAS is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CAAS. This is calculated by dividing CAAS's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CAAS's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio4.3x
EarningsUS$31.80m
Market CapUS$134.93m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CAAS's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CAAS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average27x
STRT Strattec Security
10.3x-19.3%US$167.1m
HLLY Holley
20x37.3%US$311.0m
MTEN Mingteng International
51.8xn/aUS$36.5m
AXL American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings
26.1x48.6%US$723.1m
CAAS China Automotive Systems
4.3xn/aUS$134.9m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CAAS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (4.3x) compared to the peer average (27x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CAAS's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Auto Components Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CDTI CDTi Advanced Materials
1.7xn/aUS$1.80m
No more companies available in this PE range
CAAS 4.3xIndustry Avg. 19.0xNo. of Companies3PE01020304050+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CAAS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (4.3x) compared to the US Auto Components industry average (19x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CAAS's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CAAS PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio4.3x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate CAAS's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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