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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
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BUY 8
HOLD 0
SELL 1
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| PRICE TARGET: $40.67 DETAILS
HIGH: $44.00
LOW: $38.00
MEDIAN: $40.00
CONSENSUS: $40.67
UPSIDE: 40.73%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 80% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Undervalued Strong
Trading 60.9% below fair value
Current Price $28.90
Bear Case $43.04 48.9% upside ($43.04 - $28.90) / $28.90 = 48.9% 13% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Fair Value $74.00 156.0% upside ($74.00 - $28.90) / $28.90 = 156.0% 21% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Bull Case $113.68 293.3% upside ($113.68 - $28.90) / $28.90 = 293.3% 28% stage 1 growth, 12% discount

Adjust Assumptions

21.2%
12.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (21% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 43%
Implied Market Multiple 13.9x
Market is pricing in (growth) 5.8% vs our 21.2% base

Plain-Language Summary

Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 21% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 12%, the base-case intrinsic value is $74.00 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (9 analysts) $40.67
Analyst Range $38.00 – $44.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 82%

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $40.67 (from 9 analysts). Our estimate is 82% above the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.
This stock is 45% below its 52-week high, with weak or declining earnings. That combination often signals real trouble, even though the valuation below is based on other fundamentals.

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