NTES NetEase, Inc.
$119.55
Platform & Compounding FCF 80%
Two-stage FCF DCF
Strong · Conviction

Undervalued

Trading 61.1% below fair value

You pay $119.55
Bear $210.35
Fair $307.20
Bull $413.48
Bear $210.35 +76.0% 9% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair $307.20 +157.0% 14% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull $413.48 +245.9% 19% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (14% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 42%
Implied Market Multiple 7.4x
Market is pricing in (growth) -5.0% vs 14.4% base

Summary

Our base-case estimate uses a two-stage discounted cash flow model based on free cash flow. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $154.25 from 33 analysts, using a 30% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $307.20 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $154.25 (from 33 analysts). Our estimate is 142% above the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.
Financial statements were converted from CNY into USD using USDCNY at 0.1479 USD per CNY.

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