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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
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| PRICE TARGET: $246.63 DETAILS
HIGH: $281.00
LOW: $190.00
MEDIAN: $246.00
CONSENSUS: $246.63
UPSIDE: 1.95%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 50% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Mild
Trading 6.5% above fair value
Current Price $241.92
Bear Case $175.59 27.4% downside ($175.59 - $241.92) / $241.92 = -27.4% 5% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $227.16 6.1% downside ($227.16 - $241.92) / $241.92 = -6.1% 9% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $275.95 14.1% upside ($275.95 - $241.92) / $241.92 = 14.1% 11% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

8.6%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (9% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 38%
Implied Market Multiple 21.4x
Market is pricing in (growth) 9.9% vs our 8.6% base

Plain-Language 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 $246.63 from 36 analysts, using a 30% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $227.16 per share.

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