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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
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BUY 17
HOLD 18
SELL 1
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| PRICE TARGET: $90.25 DETAILS
HIGH: $105.00
LOW: $75.00
MEDIAN: $92.00
CONSENSUS: $90.25
UPSIDE: 4.71%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 70% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Undervalued Moderate
Trading 34.0% below fair value
Current Price $86.19
Bear Case $70.31 18.4% downside ($70.31 - $86.19) / $86.19 = -18.4% 11% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $130.57 51.5% upside ($130.57 - $86.19) / $86.19 = 51.5% 18% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $203.55 136.2% upside ($203.55 - $86.19) / $86.19 = 136.2% 24% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

18.5%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (18% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 45%
Implied Market Multiple 25.0x

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 $90.25 from 36 analysts, using a 30% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $130.57 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $90.25 (from 36 analysts). Our estimate is 64% 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