PTGX Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc.
$138.08
Platform & Compounding FCF 80%
Two-stage FCF DCF
Strong · Conviction

Overvalued

Trading 800.1% above fair value

You pay $138.08
Bear $13.52
Fair $15.34
Bull $17.16
Bear $13.52 -90.2% 7% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Fair $15.34 -88.9% 11% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Bull $17.16 -87.6% 14% stage 1 growth, 12% discount

Adjust Assumptions

10.9%
12.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (11% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 35%
Implied Market Multiple 387.9x
Market is pricing in (growth) 52.2% vs 10.9% base

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (26 analysts) $177.25
Divergence from AlphaVal 91%

Summary

Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 11% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 12%, the base-case intrinsic value is $15.34 per share.

Warnings

ℹ Wall Street's average price target is $177.25 (from 26 analysts). Our estimate is 91% 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