IT Gartner, Inc.
$186.42
Platform & Compounding FCF 80%
Two-stage FCF DCF
Moderate · Conviction

Fair Value

Trading 18.6% below fair value

You pay $186.42
Bear $193.02
Fair $228.99
Bull $260.05
Bear $193.02 +3.5% 3% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair $228.99 +22.8% 5% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull $260.05 +39.5% 7% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

5.2%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (5% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 35%
Implied Market Multiple 12.6x
Market is pricing in (growth) 2.7% vs 5.2% base

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (18 analysts) $168.50
Divergence from AlphaVal 36%

Summary

Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 5% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 11%, the base-case intrinsic value is $228.99 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $168.50 (from 18 analysts). Our estimate is 36% 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