Churchill Downs Incorporated logo CHDN - Churchill Downs Incorporated

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
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| PRICE TARGET: $144.84 DETAILS
HIGH: $167.00
LOW: $60.75
MEDIAN: $155.00
CONSENSUS: $144.84
UPSIDE: 70.16%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 85% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Moderate
Trading 18.8% above fair value
Current Price $85.12
Bear Case $38.08 55.3% downside ($38.08 - $85.12) / $85.12 = -55.3% 4% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $71.63 15.8% downside ($71.63 - $85.12) / $85.12 = -15.8% 7% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $102.12 20.0% upside ($102.12 - $85.12) / $85.12 = 20.0% 9% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

7.1%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (7% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 36%
Implied Market Multiple 23.0x

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 $144.84 from 23 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $71.63 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $144.84 (from 23 analysts). Our estimate is 67% 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