Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC) Valuation Check After Recent Share Price Weakness

Recent share performance and business snapshot

Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC) has drawn investor attention after a recent stretch of weaker share performance, including negative returns over the past week, month and past 3 months, despite a small positive move year to date.

The US homebuilder and land developer reported annual revenue of US$8.1b and net income of US$782.5m, giving investors a sense of its current earnings base as they weigh the recent pullback in the share price.

See our latest analysis for Taylor Morrison Home.

At a share price of US$59.56, Taylor Morrison Home’s recent pullback, including a 7.82% 1 month share price decline, sits against a three year total shareholder return of 68.11%, which suggests momentum has cooled after a strong longer term run.

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With the shares off their recent highs, annual revenue of US$8.1b and net income of US$782.5m on the table, and analysts’ average price target sitting higher, you have to ask: is this a buying opportunity, or is the market already pricing in future growth?

Most Popular Narrative: 19.1% Undervalued

At a last close of $59.56 versus a narrative fair value of $73.63, the most followed view in the market sees Taylor Morrison Home as trading at a meaningful discount based on its projected earnings and cash flow profile.

The analysts have a consensus price target of $72.516 for Taylor Morrison Home based on their expectations of its future earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors. However, there is a degree of disagreement amongst analysts, with the most bullish reporting a price target of $85.0, and the most bearish reporting a price target of just $65.0.

Read the complete narrative.

Want to see what kind of revenue path, margin shape and future earnings multiple are built into that fair value? The narrative leans on modest contraction, disciplined buybacks and a specific profit profile that has to hold together for this discount to make sense.

The narrative is built using a discount rate of 9.45%, with analysts essentially asking whether a homebuilder facing expected revenue and earnings declines can still justify a higher future P/E than today on the back of margin resilience, buyer mix and capital returns. If you want to understand how those moving parts fit together over the next few years, it is worth reading the full narrative and stress testing the assumptions against your own expectations for the housing cycle and Taylor Morrison Home’s positioning.

Result: Fair Value of $73.63 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, softer buyer demand and greater reliance on spec homes could pressure margins, so any deeper affordability squeeze or increase in incentives would quickly test that undervaluation case.

Find out about the key risks to this Taylor Morrison Home narrative.

Another lens on value

While the fair value narrative points to a $73.63 figure for Taylor Morrison Home, our DCF model tells a different story, with an estimate of $43.37 compared with the current $59.56 share price. One view frames the stock as undervalued, and the other as overvalued. Which set of assumptions do you find more realistic?

Look into how the SWS DCF model arrives at its fair value.

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