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BUY 9
HOLD 1
SELL 0
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| PRICE TARGET: $139.50 DETAILS
HIGH: $151.00
LOW: $130.00
MEDIAN: $138.50
CONSENSUS: $139.50
UPSIDE: 88.46%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 50% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Moderate
Trading 25.9% above fair value
Current Price $74.02
Bear Case $42.48 42.6% downside ($42.48 - $74.02) / $74.02 = -42.6% 5% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $58.81 20.5% downside ($58.81 - $74.02) / $74.02 = -20.5% 8% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $73.96 0.1% downside ($73.96 - $74.02) / $74.02 = -0.1% 10% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

7.8%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (8% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 37%
Implied Market Multiple 21.9x
Market is pricing in (growth) 10.2% vs our 7.8% base

Plain-Language Summary

Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 8% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 11%, the base-case intrinsic value is $58.81 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (10 analysts) $139.50
Analyst Range $130.00 – $151.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 58%

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $139.50 (from 10 analysts). Our estimate is 58% 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