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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
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BUY 10
HOLD 2
SELL 0
STRONG
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| PRICE TARGET: $15.50 DETAILS
HIGH: $17.00
LOW: $14.00
MEDIAN: $15.50
CONSENSUS: $15.50
DOWNSIDE: 27.91%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Real Estate Investment Trust 85% confidence

Primary model: P/FFO × Specialty REIT Multiple

Valuation Signal Undervalued Strong
Trading 64.0% below fair value
Current Price $21.50
Bear Case $48.98 127.8% upside ($48.98 - $21.50) / $21.50 = 127.8% $2.48 FFO × 29x
Fair Value $59.75 177.9% upside ($59.75 - $21.50) / $21.50 = 177.9% $2.48 FFO × 35x
Bull Case $70.52 228.0% upside ($70.52 - $21.50) / $21.50 = 228.0% $2.48 FFO × 42x

Adjust Assumptions

35.1x
2.48$

Key Value Driver

FFO/share ($2.48) × specialty P/FFO multiple

Implied Market Multiple 8.7x

Plain-Language Summary

Our base-case estimate uses P/FFO × Specialty REIT Multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $15.50 from 12 analysts, using a 20% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $59.75 per share.

Warnings

Standard profit figures are misleading for real estate companies — large non-cash accounting charges make profits look artificially low. Dividend yield and funds from operations are better measures.
Dividend yield of 8.2% is unusually high — make sure the company generates enough cash to keep paying it.
Dividend-based valuation: $32.80 (54% below our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.
Wall Street's average price target is $15.50 (from 12 analysts). Our estimate is 357% above the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.

Key Risks

  • P/E and EV/EBITDA are structurally wrong for REITs — use P/FFO and NAV
  • Interest rate sensitivity: REIT multiples compress when rates rise
  • FFO approximation (NI + D&A) may include gains on property sales — verify