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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
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BUY 17
HOLD 12
SELL 6
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| PRICE TARGET: $46.57 DETAILS
HIGH: $54.00
LOW: $36.00
MEDIAN: $49.00
CONSENSUS: $46.57
UPSIDE: 16.95%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 50% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 81.0% above fair value
Current Price $39.82
Bear Case $16.73 58.0% downside ($16.73 - $39.82) / $39.82 = -58.0% 4% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $22.00 44.8% downside ($22.00 - $39.82) / $39.82 = -44.8% 7% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $26.74 32.9% downside ($26.74 - $39.82) / $39.82 = -32.9% 9% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

6.6%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (7% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 36%
Implied Market Multiple 47.1x
Market is pricing in (growth) 20.4% vs our 6.6% 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 $46.57 from 35 analysts, using a 30% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $22.00 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $46.57 (from 35 analysts). Our estimate is 75% 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