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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
1
BUY 45
HOLD 25
SELL 0
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $238.68 DETAILS
HIGH: $309.84
LOW: $210.00
MEDIAN: $240.00
CONSENSUS: $238.68
UPSIDE: 12.55%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 85% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Undervalued Strong
Trading 43.0% below fair value
Current Price $212.06
Bear Case $243.44 14.8% upside ($243.44 - $212.06) / $212.06 = 14.8% 8% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $372.00 75.4% upside ($372.00 - $212.06) / $212.06 = 75.4% 14% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $511.97 141.4% upside ($511.97 - $212.06) / $212.06 = 141.4% 18% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

14.1%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (14% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 42%
Implied Market Multiple 16.7x
Market is pricing in (growth) 6.6% vs our 14.1% base

Plain-Language Summary

Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 14% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 11%, the base-case intrinsic value is $372.00 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (71 analysts) $238.68
Analyst Range $210.00 – $309.84
Divergence from AlphaVal 56%

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $238.68 (from 71 analysts). Our estimate is 56% above 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