Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. logo HSII - Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

Inactive Ticker HSII is not actively trading. Quotes and analytics may be stale.
Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
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HOLD 4
SELL 0
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| PRICE TARGET: $59.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $59.00
LOW: $59.00
MEDIAN: $59.00
CONSENSUS: $59.00
DOWNSIDE: 0.02%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 50% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Undervalued Strong
Trading 55.4% below fair value
Current Price $59.01
Bear Case $106.72 80.8% upside ($106.72 - $59.01) / $59.01 = 80.8% 5% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $132.43 124.4% upside ($132.43 - $59.01) / $59.01 = 124.4% 9% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $157.01 166.1% upside ($157.01 - $59.01) / $59.01 = 166.1% 12% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

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Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (9% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 38%
Implied Market Multiple 6.7x
Market is pricing in (growth) -6.5% vs our 9.0% base

Plain-Language Summary

Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 9% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 11%, the base-case intrinsic value is $132.43 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above -- shown only as an outside comparison.

Average Target (5 analysts) $59.00
Analyst Range $59.00 – $59.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 124%

Warnings

Stock-based employee pay equals 146% of profits. This dilutes existing shareholders, so cash flow alone overstates what owners really earn.
Wall Street's average price target is $59.00 (from 5 analysts). Our estimate is 124% above 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