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According to Zyberno, Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (APOG) is not a buy — AVERAGE BUSINESS (52/100) with a negative Margin of Safety of -54.4% and a Brina Gap of -7.2% showing the market already prices in more growth than the fundamentals support.
According to Zyberno's DCF model, Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (APOG) trades at $40.33 against an estimated intrinsic value per share of $26.12 — a -54.4% Margin of Safety based on Owner Earnings of $123.25M TTM, projected at -25.9% growth for 10 years with a 2.5% terminal growth rate. The Brina Gap of -7.2% weakens the case: based on the company's ROIC (9.1%) and reinvestment rate (-32.5%), the business can fundamentally grow at -3.0% — but the current enterprise value implies the market expects 4.2%. This places APOG in the Expensive Hype quadrant of the Brina Matrix, the most fragile combination — overvalued on cash AND overpriced on growth. Zyberno's model translates this into a 5-year expected return of -26.7% annually.
Over the trailing twelve months, APOG generated $123.25M in Owner Earnings. Capital was deployed as follows: $9.65M returned via share buybacks, $22.33M paid as dividends, $26.43M invested in capital expenditures. Reinvestment rate: -32.5%. Owner Earnings have declined at 25.9% annually over the trailing five years using log-linear regression.