Navistar Reports Better - But Still Bad - Results

Navistar International Corporation (NAV) is a holding company and its principal operating subsidiary is Navistar Int'l Transportation Corp. Navistar operates in three industry segments: truck; engine; and financial services. Its truck segment is engaged in the manufacture and marketing of medium and heavy trucks, including school buses. Its engine segment is engaged in the design and manufacture of mid-range diesel engines. The financial services operations consist of Navistar Financial Corp., its domestic insurance subsidiary and its foreign finance and insurance subsidiaries.

While some transportation companies might benefit from cheap gas and diesel, others suffer precisely because of the spillover effects of low energy prices. One of those troubled firms is Navistar. The company reported today and while the results were better, they were of the "narrowed loss" rather than "increased profit" variety.

Navistar reported a loss of $33 million, or $0.40/share, which was better than last year's loss of $42 million and $0.52/share, but still a loss. Overall revenue slipped 27% to $1.77 billion. This was a "beat" in one sense, analysts had expected losses in the range of $0.69/share.

Navistar suffered from the carnage in the domestic oil and gas production market and saw lower overall truck sales as a result. They also suffered--paradoxically--from the ongoing economic recovery as many trucking firms have been buying new vehicles and that trend may have peaked last year. So, lots of inventory remaining out there remains fewer sales for companies such as Navistar this year.

WE have been down on this company for a while. As you can see from the long-term chart below, our models have had a pretty consistent SELL position on the stock for several years.

Recommendation: We continues the SELL recommendation on NAVISTAR INTL for 2016-03-07. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that NAVISTAR INTL has the probability to UNDERPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits UNATTRACTIVE Momentum and Sharpe Ratio.

 

ValuEngine Forecast

 

Target
Price*

Expected
Return

1-Month

11.65 -0.92%

3-Month

11.32 -3.73%

6-Month

10.83 -7.94%

1-Year

10.47 -11.00%

2-Year

7.17 -39.06%

3-Year

6.00 -48.95%

 

Valuation & Rankings

Valuation

65.83% undervalued

Valuation Rank

96

1-M Forecast Return

-0.92%

1-M Forecast Return Rank

7

12-M Return

-60.62%

Momentum Rank

10

Sharpe Ratio

-0.76

Sharpe Ratio Rank

19

5-Y Avg Annual Return

-39.95%

5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank

21

Volatility

52.25%

Volatility Rank

35

Expected EPS Growth

212.28%

EPS Growth Rank

94

Market Cap (billions)

0.96

Size Rank

67

Trailing P/E Ratio

n/a

Trailing P/E Rank

20

Forward P/E Ratio

10.80

Forward P/E Ratio Rank

75

PEG Ratio

0.06

PEG Ratio Rank

89

Price/Sales

0.09

Price/Sales Rank

97

Market/Book

n/a

Market/Book Rank

n/a

Beta

2.59

Beta Rank

6

Alpha

n/a

Alpha Rank

n/a

Market Overview

Summary of VE Stock Universe

Stocks Undervalued

60.95%

Stocks Overvalued

39.05%

Stocks Undervalued by 20%

26.12%

Stocks Overvalued by 20%

12.1%

Sector Overview

Sector

Change

MTD

YTD

Valuation

Last 12-MReturn

P/E Ratio

Consumer Staples

0.02%

3.29%

1.69%

5.76% overvalued

-0.18%

23.14

Basic Materials

2.95%

12.04%

15.48%

5.08% overvalued

-7.50%

26.53

Utilities

0.56%

3.94%

4.66%

4.50% overvalued

-2.89%

23.29

Multi-Sector Conglomerates

0.63%

7.94%

1.84%

2.76% overvalued

-14.55%

19.51

Industrial Products

1.52%

7.14%

1.76%

2.65% overvalued

-13.88%

18.43

Oils-Energy

2.41%

15.20%

5.17%

2.30% undervalued

-36.48%

22.80

Computer and Technology

0.46%

4.09%

2.25%

2.57% undervalued

-9.34%

26.32

Aerospace

0.02%

2.92%

-4.20%

3.78% undervalued

-10.98%

19.95

Business Services

0.39%

4.49%

-1.31%

4.91% undervalued

-11.05%

21.58

Finance

0.58%

4.44%

-3.26%

5.58% undervalued

-7.33%

15.53

Consumer Discretionary

0.58%

3.77%

-0.52%

5.60% undervalued

-8.55%

24.45

Retail-Wholesale

0.75%

4.47%

0.69%

6.79% undervalued

-12.13%

22.52

Auto-Tires-Trucks

1.68%

10.61%

-0.87%

9.32% undervalued

-19.51%

12.31

Construction

0.74%

4.92%

-0.46%

9.39% undervalued

-6.57%

18.83

Transportation

1.88%

6.87%

0.45%

11.59% undervalued

-22.82%

12.85

Medical

1.77%

5.65%

-9.30%

12.31% undervalued

-23.20%

26.35

Valuation Watch: Overvalued stocks now make up 60.95% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 12.1% of those equities are calculated to be overvalued by 20% or more. Five sectors are calculated to be overvalued.

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