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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
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BUY 13
HOLD 15
SELL 2
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| PRICE TARGET: $70.09 DETAILS
HIGH: $80.00
LOW: $61.00
MEDIAN: $70.00
CONSENSUS: $70.09
UPSIDE: 6.05%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Stable Earnings Power 65% confidence

Primary model: P/Adj-EPS × Normalized Multiple

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 112.8% above fair value
Current Price $66.09
Bear Case $24.84 62.4% downside ($24.84 - $66.09) / $66.09 = -62.4% $0.94 × 12x P/E
Fair Value $31.06 53.0% downside ($31.06 - $66.09) / $66.09 = -53.0% $0.94 × 15x P/E
Bull Case $37.26 43.6% downside ($37.26 - $66.09) / $66.09 = -43.6% $0.94 × 18x P/E

Adjust Assumptions

15.2x
0.94$

Key Value Driver

Normalized P/E multiple (15x base case)

Implied Market Multiple 70.0x

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 $70.09 from 31 analysts, using a 30% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $31.06 per share.

Warnings

The company's reported profits differ from official accounting profits by 39%. Check what costs are being left out of the adjusted number.
Wall Street's average price target is $70.09 (from 31 analysts). Our estimate is 80% below 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