Highway Holdings Limited Common Stock (HIHO) fair value
Industrials · Metal Fabrication · NASDAQ · United States
$0.72+0.32%
Market cap $3MNext earnings 2025-07-10Updated Oct 18, 2026
Our verdict
Trades 255% above our fair value
Price
$0.72
Model fair valueConfidence: low
about $0.20
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ACCE opinionHighway Holdings Limited Common Stock (HIHO)
Fair value
Not available
ACCE price target
$0.58
Rating
Not rated
Horizon
12 months
ACCE price target published on 15 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST.
Price used: $0.72 at the close on 23 Oct 2026, 22:00 CEST.
Models: Net cash floor.
Fair value: the average of the applicable valuation models (discounted cash flow, multiples, residual income, dividend discount, shareholder yield), each run on the latest financial statements and the market price shown. Opinion columns (fair value, target, rating) are shown apart from the data. Full methodology: acceinvestments.com/data/how-we-value-stocks
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Data
ACCE score
50
out of 100
P/E
0.0x
forward 71.9x
1-year return
-54.4%
Dividend yield
28.06%
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Overview
ACCE thesis
Highway Holdings makes precision metal parts and assemblies for OEM customers in the appliance, automotive and industrial markets, with manufacturing and tooling in China, Hong Kong and Vietnam. The business is small enough that a single customer program can move the top line, and the 29.2% revenue growth is the first thing a PM will want to test against order visibility and customer concentration. Gross margin of 31.8% is respectable for contract metal fabrication, but operating margin of 2.9% and a negative ROE of -25.3% show that little of that gross profit reaches shareholders. The stock trades at a forward P/E of 71.9 on a $4M market cap with no index membership, so liquidity and coverage are thin and the valuation rests on earnings recovery rather than current profit. This is worth a deeper look only if the growth is driven by durable program wins rather than one-off orders, and if operating leverage starts to show in the next two reporting periods.
⚠ Investor warnings · 3 flagsAI-assisted·How I use AI
high
Negative free cash flow
Free cash flow is $-1,514,000 against a $4M market cap, so the business is burning cash faster than it generates it. Net margin is -28.1% and ROE is -25.3%.
moderate
Price above ACCE target
At $0.77 the stock trades 24.1% above the ACCE price target of $0.58 (last updated 2026-10-14). Revenue growth of 29.2% has not yet closed that gap.
moderate
Long-term revenue decline
Five-year revenue CAGR is -12.1%, so the recent 29.2% year-on-year rebound follows a long contraction and may not be durable.
AI research notes
AI-assisted·How I use AIWritten Oct 17, 2026 · figures from 2026-06-30 · prices to Oct 23, 2026
Why it could do well
Revenue grew 29.2% year over year in the latest 10-Q, a sharp turnaround from a shrinking five-year trend.
The stock trades near $0.77, so a small absolute move in price represents a large percentage move for holders.
Debt to equity sits at 0.64, which is a moderate level of borrowing for an industrial business.
Why it could disappoint
Net margin of -28.1% means the company loses money on every dollar of sales, and returns on equity are also negative.
Free cash flow over the last twelve months was negative at -$2M, and the free cash flow yield is -40.7%.
The forward P/E of 71.9x compares with a sector median of 23.9x, so the stock is priced far above peers despite losses.
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$0.72
Model fair valueConfidence: low
about $0.20
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