Alpek (MEX:ALPEKA) Risk Assessment

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MEX:ALPEKA Alpek SA MEX:ALPEKA
61 GF Score
Price MXN12.50
GF Value MXN10.67
Valuation Modestly Overvalued
! 8 Warning Signs
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What is Alpek Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of Alpek is: High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff.

Alpek  (MEX:ALPEKA) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.

Alpek Risk Assessment Related Terms

MEX:ALPEKA vs LIN, SHW, ECL: Risk Assessment Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Alpek's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Alpek Risk Assessment vs Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Alpek's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alpek's Risk Assessment falls into.


MEX:ALPEKA
61GF Score
Alpek SA MEX:ALPEKA
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Is Alpek (MEX:ALPEKA) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Alpek stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of MXN12.50 is trading 17.2% above its estimated GF Value™ of MXN10.67. GuruFocus considers Alpek to be Modestly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for MEX:ALPEKA:

  • Risk Assessment:
  • GF Value™: MXN10.67 vs. price of MXN12.50 (17.2% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 61/100 with 8 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the MEX:ALPEKA stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Alpek Business Description

Other Exchanges ALPKF:USA27A:Germany
Address Avenida Gomez Morin Sur No. 1111, Col. Carrizalejo, San Pedro Garza Garcia, NL, MEX, 66254
Alpek SA is a petrochemical company with operations through two business segments: Polyester and Plastic and Chemicals. The Polyester segment comprises the production of purified terephthalic acid (PTA), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), recycled PET (rPET), and polyester fibers, which are mainly used for food and beverage packaging, textile and industrial filament markets, and The Plastics & Chemicals business segment comprises the production of polypropylene (PP), expandable styrene (EPS and Arcel), fertilizers and other chemicals, which serves a wide range of markets, including the consumer goods, automotive, construction, agriculture, pharmaceutical, and other markets. The company derives a majority of its revenue from the polyester segment.
61GF Score

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MXN12.50
Price
MXN10.67
GF Value