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CMI Investors — Here Are the Facts You Need

Cummins logged a -1.9% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $244.33 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.8% and the Nasdaq posted a -0.7% change. CMI's trading volume is 219,958 compared to the stock's average volume of 942,754.

Shares of Cummins have a 50-day average price of $244.067 as of January 2022. Cummins Inc. designs, manufactures, distributes, and services diesel and natural gas engines, electric and hybrid powertrains, and related components worldwide. The large-cap Industrials company has 59,900 full time employees and is based in Columbus, IN. Cummins has returned a 2.1% dividend yield over the last 12 months.

Low Leverage and Stable Revenues:

2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Revenue (MM) $23,571 $19,811 $24,021
Revenue Growth n/a -15.95% 21.25%
Gross Margins 25.4% 24.7% 23.7%
Gross Margins Growth n/a -2.76% -4.05%
Operating Margins 10.7% 9.3% 9.2%
Operating Margins Growth n/a -13.08% -1.08%
Earnings Per Share $14.48 $12.01 $14.61
EPS Growth n/a -17.06% 21.65%
Free Cash Flow (MM) $2,406 $2,147 $1,470
FCF Growth n/a -10.76% -31.53%
Capital Expenditures (MM) -$775 -$575 -$786
Net Debt / EBITDA 0.37 0.29 0.48

Cummins Is Too Expensive at Current Levels:

Compared to the Industrials sector's average of 21.46, Cummins has a trailing twelve month P/E ratio of 20.3 and, according to its EPS guidance of 17.03, an expected P/E ratio of 14.3. Cummins's PEG ratio is 0.48 based on its 42.0% average growth rate of historical and projected earnings per share. This suggests that company's shares are undervalued.

Cummins's P/B ratio is 4.5 compared to its sector average of 3.7. The company is likely overvalued in terms of its equity. The company's shares are currently trading 101.2% above their fair value as expressed by Benjamin Graham's formula:

√(22.5 * 1-year average EPS * book value per share) = √(22.5 * 12.01 * 54.599) = $121.47

Cummins Is the Subject of Mixed Market Indicators:

19 analysts are following Cummins and have set target prices ranging from $190 to $303.9 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At the current price of $244.33, CMI is trading -0.56% away from its average analyst target price of $245.71 per share, implying an analyst consensus of some upside potential for the stock.

The company has an average amount of shares sold short since 2.4% of the company's shares are tied to short positions. Institutions own 84.3% of Cummins's shares, while the insider ownership rate stands at 0.41%. The biggest shareholder is the Vanguard Group, Inc. with a 9% stake in the company worth approximately $3,226,092,296.

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