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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
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HOLD 12
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| PRICE TARGET: $18.33 DETAILS
HIGH: $23.00
LOW: $16.00
MEDIAN: $16.00
CONSENSUS: $18.33
UPSIDE: 23.89%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Stable Earnings Power 85% confidence

Primary model: P/Adj-EPS × Normalized Multiple

Valuation Signal Undervalued Strong
Trading 79.7% below fair value
Current Price $14.79
Bear Case $59.57 302.6% upside ($59.57 - $14.79) / $14.79 = 302.6% $4.13 × 18x P/E
Fair Value $72.81 392.1% upside ($72.81 - $14.79) / $14.79 = 392.1% $4.13 × 22x P/E
Bull Case $86.05 481.6% upside ($86.05 - $14.79) / $14.79 = 481.6% $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 $18.33 from 21 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $72.81 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 $18.33 (from 21 analysts). Our estimate is 396% 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