ADBE Adobe Inc.
$245.20
Platform & Compounding FCF 85%
Two-stage FCF DCF
Strong · Conviction

Undervalued

Trading 60.9% below fair value

You pay $245.20
Bear $397.62
Fair $626.63
Bull $883.94
Bear $397.62 +62.2% 9% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Fair $626.63 +155.6% 16% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Bull $883.94 +260.5% 20% stage 1 growth, 12% discount

Adjust Assumptions

15.6%
12.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (16% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 39%
Implied Market Multiple 11.1x
Market is pricing in (growth) 2.5% vs 15.6% base

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above.

Average Target (64 analysts) $260.61
Divergence from AlphaVal 140%

Summary

Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 16% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 12%, the base-case intrinsic value is $626.63 per share.

Warnings

ℹ Wall Street's average price target is $260.61 (from 64 analysts). Our estimate is 140% above the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.

Key Risks

  • P/E alone misleads — earnings depressed by growth investment
  • Cyclical or commodity businesses may be misclassified as platforms
  • Terminal value dominance suggests sensitivity to long-run assumptions