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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
0
BUY 12
HOLD 2
SELL 0
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $37.50 DETAILS
HIGH: $40.00
LOW: $35.00
MEDIAN: $37.50
CONSENSUS: $37.50
UPSIDE: 12.66%
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 53.0% below fair value
Current Price $33.28
Bear Case $58.05 74.4% upside ($58.05 - $33.28) / $33.28 = 74.4% $2.48 FFO × 29x
Fair Value $70.81 112.8% upside ($70.81 - $33.28) / $33.28 = 112.8% $2.48 FFO × 35x
Bull Case $83.58 151.1% upside ($83.58 - $33.28) / $33.28 = 151.1% $2.48 FFO × 42x

Adjust Assumptions

35.1x
2.48$

Key Value Driver

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

Implied Market Multiple 13.4x

Plain-Language Summary

At $2.48 FFO/share with a 35x specialty REIT multiple, the base-case value is $70.81 per share. Dividend yield: 5.3%. DDM cross-check: $32.80.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (14 analysts) $37.50
Analyst Range $35.00 – $40.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 89%

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 5.3% 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 $37.50 (from 14 analysts). Our estimate is 89% 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