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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
0
BUY 11
HOLD 3
SELL 0
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $274.63 DETAILS
HIGH: $300.00
LOW: $220.00
MEDIAN: $284.50
CONSENSUS: $274.63
UPSIDE: 22.98%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 50% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Moderate
Trading 35.9% above fair value
Current Price $223.31
Bear Case $117.95 47.2% downside ($117.95 - $223.31) / $223.31 = -47.2% 5% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $164.28 26.4% downside ($164.28 - $223.31) / $223.31 = -26.4% 9% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $208.65 6.6% downside ($208.65 - $223.31) / $223.31 = -6.6% 12% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

9.1%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (9% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 38%
Implied Market Multiple 30.7x

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 $274.63 from 14 analysts, using a 20% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $164.28 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $274.63 (from 14 analysts). Our estimate is 50% 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