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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
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BUY 9
HOLD 2
SELL 2
STRONG
SELL
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| PRICE TARGET: $222.33 DETAILS
HIGH: $230.00
LOW: $215.00
MEDIAN: $222.00
CONSENSUS: $222.33
UPSIDE: 29.31%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 85% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Mild
Trading 13.9% above fair value
Current Price $171.94
Bear Case $66.64 61.2% downside ($66.64 - $171.94) / $171.94 = -61.2% 10% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $150.98 12.2% downside ($150.98 - $171.94) / $171.94 = -12.2% 16% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $247.38 43.9% upside ($247.38 - $171.94) / $171.94 = 43.9% 21% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

16.1%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (16% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 44%
Implied Market Multiple 40.8x

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 $222.33 from 13 analysts, using a 20% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $150.98 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $222.33 (from 13 analysts). Our estimate is 40% 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