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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
STRONG
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BUY 19
HOLD 20
SELL 6
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| PRICE TARGET: $197.11 DETAILS
HIGH: $250.00
LOW: $153.00
MEDIAN: $190.00
CONSENSUS: $197.11
UPSIDE: 46.43%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 50% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Fair Value Mild
Trading 5.6% below fair value
Current Price $134.61
Bear Case $95.40 29.1% downside ($95.40 - $134.61) / $134.61 = -29.1% 7% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Fair Value $142.59 5.9% upside ($142.59 - $134.61) / $134.61 = 5.9% 12% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Bull Case $191.57 42.3% upside ($191.57 - $134.61) / $134.61 = 42.3% 16% stage 1 growth, 12% discount

Adjust Assumptions

12.4%
12.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (12% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 36%
Implied Market Multiple 21.2x
Market is pricing in (growth) 11.7% vs our 12.4% base

Plain-Language Summary

Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 12% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 12%, the base-case intrinsic value is $142.59 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above -- shown only as an outside comparison.

Average Target (45 analysts) $197.11
Analyst Range $153.00 – $250.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 28%

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $197.11 (from 45 analysts). Our estimate is 28% 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