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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
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BUY 39
HOLD 13
SELL 0
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| PRICE TARGET: $186.67 DETAILS
HIGH: $200.00
LOW: $164.00
MEDIAN: $187.50
CONSENSUS: $186.67
UPSIDE: 11.30%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 85% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Moderate
Trading 17.2% above fair value
Current Price $167.72
Bear Case $86.98 48.1% downside ($86.98 - $167.72) / $167.72 = -48.1% 11% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Fair Value $143.10 14.7% downside ($143.10 - $167.72) / $167.72 = -14.7% 19% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Bull Case $211.05 25.8% upside ($211.05 - $167.72) / $167.72 = 25.8% 24% stage 1 growth, 12% discount

Adjust Assumptions

18.7%
12.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (19% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 41%
Implied Market Multiple 51.1x
Market is pricing in (growth) 23.6% vs our 18.7% 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 $186.67 from 52 analysts, using a 35% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $143.10 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $186.67 (from 52 analysts). Our estimate is 36% 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