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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
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BUY 8
HOLD 23
SELL 5
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| PRICE TARGET: $243.63 DETAILS
HIGH: $281.00
LOW: $190.00
MEDIAN: $242.00
CONSENSUS: $243.63
UPSIDE: 8.13%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 50% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Fair Value Mild
Trading 0.4% below fair value
Current Price $225.31
Bear Case $174.89 22.4% downside ($174.89 - $225.31) / $225.31 = -22.4% 5% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $226.26 0.4% upside ($226.26 - $225.31) / $225.31 = 0.4% 9% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $274.86 22.0% upside ($274.86 - $225.31) / $225.31 = 22.0% 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 20.0x

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 $243.63 from 36 analysts, using a 30% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $226.26 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