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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
1
BUY 10
HOLD 8
SELL 0
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| PRICE TARGET: $112.33 DETAILS
HIGH: $120.00
LOW: $102.00
MEDIAN: $115.00
CONSENSUS: $112.33
UPSIDE: 28.95%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 85% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Moderate
Trading 23.4% above fair value
Current Price $87.11
Bear Case $38.01 56.4% downside ($38.01 - $87.11) / $87.11 = -56.4% 9% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $70.58 19.0% downside ($70.58 - $87.11) / $87.11 = -19.0% 14% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $106.37 22.1% upside ($106.37 - $87.11) / $87.11 = 22.1% 19% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

14.4%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (14% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 42%
Implied Market Multiple 42.4x

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 $112.33 from 19 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $70.58 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $112.33 (from 19 analysts). Our estimate is 50% 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