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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
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BUY 17
HOLD 9
SELL 9
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| PRICE TARGET: $42.43 DETAILS
HIGH: $52.00
LOW: $36.00
MEDIAN: $39.00
CONSENSUS: $42.43
UPSIDE: 4.12%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 50% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 95.8% above fair value
Current Price $40.75
Bear Case $15.85 61.1% downside ($15.85 - $40.75) / $40.75 = -61.1% 4% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $20.81 48.9% downside ($20.81 - $40.75) / $40.75 = -48.9% 7% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $25.26 38.0% downside ($25.26 - $40.75) / $40.75 = -38.0% 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 48.0x

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 $42.43 from 35 analysts, using a 30% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $20.81 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $42.43 (from 35 analysts). Our estimate is 73% 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