Columbus McKinnon Corporation

NasdaqGS:CMCO Stock Report

Market Cap: US$1.1b

Columbus McKinnon Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • 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 CMCO when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CMCO ($36.71) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($85.01)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CMCO is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CMCO. This is calculated by dividing CMCO's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CMCO's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio69.6x
EarningsUS$15.12m
Market CapUS$1.07b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CMCO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average32.2x
ERII Energy Recovery
43.8x34.3%US$1.1b
CIR CIRCOR International
40.9x24.0%US$1.1b
PRLB Proto Labs
38.1x-11.5%US$918.4m
HY Hyster-Yale
6.1x-7.8%US$929.9m
CMCO Columbus McKinnon
69.6x101.1%US$1.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CMCO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (69.6x) compared to the peer average (29.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CMCO's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Machinery Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AIRJ AirJoule Technologies
1.8xn/aUS$411.62m
CVGI Commercial Vehicle Group
2.8x-46.6%US$80.23m
FATH Fathom Digital Manufacturing
2.6xn/aUS$35.24m
ZEVY Lightning eMotors
n/an/aUS$6.00
No more companies available in this PE range
CMCO 69.6xIndustry Avg. 24.2xNo. of Companies9PE01224364860+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CMCO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (69.6x) compared to the US Machinery industry average (24.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CMCO'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.

CMCO PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio69.6x
Fair PE Ratio115x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CMCO is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (69.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (115x).


Analyst Price Targets

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

The above table shows the analyst CMCO forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$36.71
US$49.00
+33.5%
1.8%US$50.00US$48.00n/a5
Nov ’25US$31.96
US$49.00
+53.3%
1.8%US$50.00US$48.00n/a5
Oct ’25US$35.12
US$49.60
+41.2%
2.1%US$51.00US$48.00n/a5
Sep ’25US$34.21
US$49.60
+45.0%
2.1%US$51.00US$48.00n/a5
Aug ’25US$36.87
US$49.60
+34.5%
2.1%US$51.00US$48.00n/a5
Jul ’25US$33.32
US$50.00
+50.1%
3.3%US$53.00US$48.00n/a5
Jun ’25US$39.10
US$49.25
+26.0%
1.7%US$50.00US$48.00n/a4
May ’25US$41.35
US$50.00
+20.9%
1.4%US$51.00US$49.00n/a4
Apr ’25US$43.10
US$50.00
+16.0%
1.4%US$51.00US$49.00n/a4
Mar ’25US$42.23
US$50.00
+18.4%
1.4%US$51.00US$49.00n/a4
Feb ’25US$39.50
US$49.50
+25.3%
2.3%US$51.00US$48.00n/a4
Jan ’25US$39.02
US$48.75
+24.9%
1.7%US$50.00US$48.00n/a4
Dec ’24US$36.08
US$48.75
+35.1%
1.7%US$50.00US$48.00n/a4
Nov ’24US$30.77
US$50.25
+63.3%
5.7%US$55.00US$48.00US$31.964
Oct ’24US$34.91
US$50.25
+43.9%
5.7%US$55.00US$48.00US$35.124
Sep ’24US$38.12
US$48.75
+27.9%
9.6%US$55.00US$42.00US$34.214
Aug ’24US$42.86
US$46.00
+7.3%
11.4%US$55.00US$42.00US$36.874
Jul ’24US$40.65
US$46.00
+13.2%
11.4%US$55.00US$42.00US$33.324
Jun ’24US$36.94
US$43.50
+17.8%
2.6%US$45.00US$42.00US$39.104
May ’24US$35.08
US$42.20
+20.3%
6.6%US$45.00US$37.00US$41.355
Apr ’24US$37.16
US$42.20
+13.6%
6.6%US$45.00US$37.00US$43.105
Mar ’24US$37.14
US$42.20
+13.6%
6.6%US$45.00US$37.00US$42.235
Feb ’24US$38.28
US$38.20
-0.2%
9.0%US$44.00US$35.00US$39.505
Jan ’24US$32.47
US$37.40
+15.2%
6.0%US$40.00US$35.00US$39.025
Dec ’23US$32.86
US$37.40
+13.8%
6.0%US$40.00US$35.00US$36.085
Nov ’23US$29.01
US$37.40
+28.9%
6.0%US$40.00US$35.00US$30.775

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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