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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
0
BUY 9
HOLD 2
SELL 2
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $215.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $228.00
LOW: $202.00
MEDIAN: $215.00
CONSENSUS: $215.00
UPSIDE: 24.29%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 85% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Moderate
Trading 26.2% above fair value
Current Price $172.98
Bear Case $61.11 64.7% downside ($61.11 - $172.98) / $172.98 = -64.7% 10% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $137.03 20.8% downside ($137.03 - $172.98) / $172.98 = -20.8% 16% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $223.82 29.4% upside ($223.82 - $172.98) / $172.98 = 29.4% 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 40.1x
Market is pricing in (growth) 18.3% vs our 16.1% base

Plain-Language Summary

Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 16% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 11%, the base-case intrinsic value is $137.03 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (13 analysts) $215.00
Analyst Range $202.00 – $228.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 36%

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $215.00 (from 13 analysts). Our estimate is 36% 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