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JCI Johnson Controls

industrial · 2026-08-25

N/A
too hard · 53
Owner-earnings value$39.39
Price$142.99
Margin of safety -72.5%

Quality gate · 53/100

Returns on capital 0/30
Consistency 18.9/22
Margins / pricing power 10.7/16
Balance sheet 9.3/16
Cash conversion 7.6/10
Capital allocation 6.0/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 6% < 9%)

Median ROIC5.6%
Gross margin36.7%
Net debt / EBITDA2.6x
FCF conversion70%
Share count / yr-3.9%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)1.66B
Owner-earnings yield1.9%
Free-cash-flow yield1.9%
Growth used (normalized)4.6%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)25.0%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)10.6%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
11.73B 4.6%1.57B
21.81B 4.4%1.48B
31.89B 4.2%1.39B
41.96B 4.0%1.31B
52.04B 3.9%1.23B
62.12B 3.7%1.15B
72.19B 3.5%1.08B
82.26B 3.3%1.01B
92.33B 3.2%940.55M
102.40B 3.0%875.68M

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⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~25%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 5%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-08-25 53 $142.99 $39.39 -72.5% N/A
2026-07-02 52 $144.80 $32.81 -77.3% N/A
2026-06-25 52 $142.81 $33.13 -76.8% N/A
2026-06-23 52 $141.28 $32.73 -76.8% N/A