AMAT - Applied Materials, Inc.
Price:
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CONSENSUS:
Buy
DETAILS
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PRICE TARGET:
$621.42
DETAILS
HIGH:
$900.00
LOW:
$425.00
MEDIAN:
$582.50
CONSENSUS:
$621.42
UPSIDE:
15.88%
AlphaVal
Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value
Platform & Compounding FCF
80% confidence
Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF
Adjust Assumptions
14.8%
12.0%
3.0%
Key Value Driver
FCF growth rate (15% base case)
Terminal Value % of EV
38%
Implied Market Multiple
81.5x
Market is pricing in (growth)
30.0%
vs our 14.8% 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 $621.42 from 53 analysts, using a 35% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $332.38 per share.
Warnings
Wall Street's average price target is $621.42 (from 53 analysts). Our estimate is 72% 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