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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
1
BUY 14
HOLD 14
SELL 2
STRONG
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| PRICE TARGET: $71.75 DETAILS
HIGH: $80.00
LOW: $62.00
MEDIAN: $73.50
CONSENSUS: $71.75
UPSIDE: 13.87%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Stable Earnings Power 65% confidence

Primary model: P/Adj-EPS × Normalized Multiple

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 99.7% above fair value
Current Price $63.01
Bear Case $25.24 59.9% downside ($25.24 - $63.01) / $63.01 = -59.9% $0.94 × 12x P/E
Fair Value $31.56 49.9% downside ($31.56 - $63.01) / $63.01 = -49.9% $0.94 × 15x P/E
Bull Case $37.85 39.9% downside ($37.85 - $63.01) / $63.01 = -39.9% $0.94 × 18x P/E

Adjust Assumptions

15.2x
0.94$

Key Value Driver

Normalized P/E multiple (15x base case)

Implied Market Multiple 66.7x

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 $71.75 from 31 analysts, using a 30% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $31.56 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 $71.75 (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