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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
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| PRICE TARGET: $18.25 DETAILS
HIGH: $23.00
LOW: $16.00
MEDIAN: $17.00
CONSENSUS: $18.25
UPSIDE: 24.32%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Stable Earnings Power 85% confidence

Primary model: P/Adj-EPS × Normalized Multiple

Valuation Signal Undervalued Strong
Trading 79.8% below fair value
Current Price $14.68
Bear Case $59.56 305.7% upside ($59.56 - $14.68) / $14.68 = 305.7% $4.13 × 18x P/E
Fair Value $72.79 395.8% upside ($72.79 - $14.68) / $14.68 = 395.8% $4.13 × 22x P/E
Bull Case $86.02 486.0% upside ($86.02 - $14.68) / $14.68 = 486.0% $4.13 × 26x P/E

Adjust Assumptions

22.0x
4.13$

Key Value Driver

Normalized P/E multiple (22x base case)

Implied Market Multiple 3.6x

Plain-Language Summary

Our base-case estimate uses a valuation based on adjusted earnings per share and a normalized price-to-earnings multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $18.25 from 21 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $72.79 per share.

Warnings

The company's reported profits differ from official accounting profits by 228%. Check what costs are being left out of the adjusted number.
Dividend-based valuation: $13.64 (below our primary estimate by 85%). Large gaps may signal the dividend doesn't reflect full earning power.
Wall Street's average price target is $18.25 (from 21 analysts). Our estimate is 398% above the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.

Key Risks

  • Growth DCF inappropriate — terminal value assumptions dominate
  • EV/EBITDA misleading for regulated businesses where capex is mandated
  • Regulatory risk is a fat tail not visible in normal multiples