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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
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BUY 11
HOLD 4
SELL 0
STRONG
SELL
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| PRICE TARGET: $288.60 DETAILS
HIGH: $300.00
LOW: $265.00
MEDIAN: $297.00
CONSENSUS: $288.60
UPSIDE: 26.88%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 50% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Moderate
Trading 30.2% above fair value
Current Price $227.46
Bear Case $125.41 44.9% downside ($125.41 - $227.46) / $227.46 = -44.9% 5% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $174.67 23.2% downside ($174.67 - $227.46) / $227.46 = -23.2% 9% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $221.85 2.5% downside ($221.85 - $227.46) / $227.46 = -2.5% 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 31.2x
Market is pricing in (growth) 14.9% vs our 9.1% 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 $288.60 from 15 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $174.67 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $288.60 (from 15 analysts). Our estimate is 53% 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