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payments · 2026-10-23

N/A
too hard · 41
Owner-earnings value$49.72
Price$38.29
Margin of safety +29.8%

Quality gate · 41/100

Returns on capital 0/30
Consistency 15.0/22
Margins / pricing power 10.5/16
Balance sheet 6.3/16
Cash conversion 3.3/10
Capital allocation 6/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 4% < 9%) · unprofitable in too many years

Median ROIC3.6%
Gross margin36.0%
Net debt / EBITDA3.0x
Share count / yr-4.5%
Profitable years2/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)1.92B
Owner-earnings yield9.7%
Free-cash-flow yield9.7%
Growth used (normalized)-2.9%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)-8.9%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)9.0%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
11.87B -2.9%1.71B
21.82B -2.3%1.53B
31.79B -1.6%1.39B
41.78B -0.9%1.26B
51.77B -0.3%1.15B
61.78B 0.4%1.06B
71.80B 1.0%982.81M
81.83B 1.7%916.86M
91.87B 2.3%860.87M
101.93B 3.0%813.48M

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~-9%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits -3%. Capped at market + 6pts.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-23 41 $38.29 $49.72 +29.8% N/A
2026-10-09 41 $34.34 $44.70 +30.2% N/A
2026-09-25 41 $34.99 $45.52 +30.1% N/A
2026-09-11 41 $38.52 $50.01 +29.8% N/A
2026-08-28 41 $40.55 $52.59 +29.7% N/A
2026-08-14 41 $44.13 $57.12 +29.4% N/A
2026-07-31 40 $46.00 $59.57 +29.5% N/A
2026-07-17 40 $42.62 $55.29 +29.7% N/A
2026-07-06 40 $41.80 $54.25 +29.8% N/A
2026-07-02 40 $40.80 $52.98 +29.9% N/A
2026-06-29 40 $38.57 $50.15 +30.0% N/A
2026-06-25 40 $38.66 $50.26 +30.0% N/A
2026-06-23 40 $38.03 $68.77 +80.8% N/A