NVT nVent Electric plc
$156.03
Platform & Compounding FCF 50%
Two-stage FCF DCF
Strong · Conviction

Overvalued

Trading 184.5% above fair value

You pay $156.03
Bear $33.11
Fair $54.84
Bull $78.47
Bear $33.11 -78.8% 9% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Fair $54.84 -64.9% 14% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Bull $78.47 -49.7% 19% stage 1 growth, 12% discount

Adjust Assumptions

14.3%
12.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (14% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 38%
Implied Market Multiple 66.4x
Market is pricing in (growth) 27.2% vs 14.3% base

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (20 analysts) $204.17
Divergence from AlphaVal 73%

Summary

Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 14% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 12%, the base-case intrinsic value is $54.84 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $204.17 (from 20 analysts). Our estimate is 73% 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