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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
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BUY 9
HOLD 6
SELL 0
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| PRICE TARGET: $350.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $400.00
LOW: $300.00
MEDIAN: $350.00
CONSENSUS: $350.00
UPSIDE: 9.09%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 50% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 73.6% above fair value
Current Price $320.85
Bear Case $142.47 55.6% downside ($142.47 - $320.85) / $320.85 = -55.6% 5% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $184.79 42.4% downside ($184.79 - $320.85) / $320.85 = -42.4% 8% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $224.69 30.0% downside ($224.69 - $320.85) / $320.85 = -30.0% 11% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

8.4%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (8% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 38%
Implied Market Multiple 46.4x
Market is pricing in (growth) 20.2% vs our 8.4% 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 $350.00 from 15 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $184.79 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $350.00 (from 15 analysts). Our estimate is 63% 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