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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: $218.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $230.00
LOW: $202.00
MEDIAN: $222.00
CONSENSUS: $218.00
UPSIDE: 30.24%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 85% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Mild
Trading 11.5% above fair value
Current Price $167.38
Bear Case $66.26 60.4% downside ($66.26 - $167.38) / $167.38 = -60.4% 10% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $150.11 10.3% downside ($150.11 - $167.38) / $167.38 = -10.3% 16% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $245.96 46.9% upside ($245.96 - $167.38) / $167.38 = 46.9% 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 40.0x
Market is pricing in (growth) 18.2% vs our 16.1% base

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 $218.00 from 13 analysts, using a 20% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $150.11 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $218.00 (from 13 analysts). Our estimate is 39% 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