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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
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BUY 16
HOLD 13
SELL 6
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| PRICE TARGET: $45.29 DETAILS
HIGH: $52.00
LOW: $36.00
MEDIAN: $48.00
CONSENSUS: $45.29
UPSIDE: 21.10%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 50% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 73.0% above fair value
Current Price $37.40
Bear Case $16.43 56.1% downside ($16.43 - $37.40) / $37.40 = -56.1% 4% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $21.62 42.2% downside ($21.62 - $37.40) / $37.40 = -42.2% 7% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $26.27 29.8% downside ($26.27 - $37.40) / $37.40 = -29.8% 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 44.5x
Market is pricing in (growth) 19.6% 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 $45.29 from 35 analysts, using a 30% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $21.62 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $45.29 (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