What changed
$PCAR — WATCHLIST 📊 | 6 MONTHS THESIS
🎯 Q1 2026 | Rev $6.8B | EPS $1.15 vs $1.15 ➖
💡 Consensus sees stable $4.50–$5.00 EPS and a 22–24x multiple as fair. Our variant: mid-cycle EPS is closer to $4.00–$4.50, and the multiple will revert toward 16–20x as the cycle ages, implying fair value ~$90–100. The market is underappreciating cyclical risk.
📉 Reward/risk: 4.75:1
🏢 Business Quality: 8/10
📊 Valuation: rich — trailing P/E 25.9x, forward ~24x vs. 10-year median 14–16x and heavy-truck peers at 12–15x; reverse DCF implies 4%+ perpetual growth to...
🔮 Catalyst: ACT Research Class 8 orders data or Q2 earnings pre-announcement
💰 Entry: $100, stop $92, target $130
⚖️ Watchlist — PACCAR is a premier industrial compounder, but at 24x+ P/E it prices in peak cycle; wait for a pullback to ~$100 for a 4.75:1 risk/reward entry.
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