Freshpet, Inc. logo FRPT - Freshpet, Inc.

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
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BUY 17
HOLD 11
SELL 1
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| PRICE TARGET: $77.33 DETAILS
HIGH: $98.00
LOW: $60.00
MEDIAN: $77.00
CONSENSUS: $77.33
UPSIDE: 42.60%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 85% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Fair Value Mild
Trading 7.7% below fair value
Current Price $54.23
Bear Case $38.34 29.3% downside ($38.34 - $54.23) / $54.23 = -29.3% 8% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Fair Value $58.76 8.4% upside ($58.76 - $54.23) / $54.23 = 8.4% 13% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Bull Case $80.27 48.0% upside ($80.27 - $54.23) / $54.23 = 48.0% 17% stage 1 growth, 12% discount

Adjust Assumptions

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Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (13% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 37%
Implied Market Multiple 24.0x
Market is pricing in (growth) 13.3% vs our 13.0% 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 $77.33 from 29 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $58.76 per share.

Warnings

This company spends 13% of revenue on big investments like data centers and infrastructure, mostly for growth. We adjusted the cash flow figure to only subtract the upkeep costs, giving a clearer picture of true profitability.
Wall Street's average price target is $77.33 (from 29 analysts). Our estimate is 32% 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