ESAB
ESAB Corporation
$70.69
Platform & Compounding FCF
50%
Two-stage FCF DCF
Moderate
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Conviction
Overvalued
Trading 20.2% above fair value
You pay
$70.69
Bear
$42.48
Fair
$58.81
Bull
$73.96
Bear
$42.48
-39.9%
5% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair
$58.81
-16.8%
8% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull
$73.96
+4.6%
10% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Adjust Assumptions
7.8%
11.0%
3.0%
Key Value Driver
FCF growth rate (8% base case)
Terminal Value % of EV
37%
Implied Market Multiple
21.1x
Market is pricing in (growth)
9.7%
vs 7.8% base
Analyst Consensus (External Reference)
Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above.
Average Target (10 analysts)
$139.50
Divergence from AlphaVal
58%
Summary
Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 8% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 11%, the base-case intrinsic value is $58.81 per share.
Warnings
Wall Street's average price target is $139.50 (from 10 analysts). Our estimate is 58% below 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