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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
1
BUY 32
HOLD 3
SELL 0
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $183.25 DETAILS
HIGH: $208.00
LOW: $163.00
MEDIAN: $180.00
CONSENSUS: $183.25
UPSIDE: 13.65%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 65% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 89.3% above fair value
Current Price $161.24
Bear Case $78.42 51.4% downside ($78.42 - $161.24) / $161.24 = -51.4% 3% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $85.16 47.2% downside ($85.16 - $161.24) / $161.24 = -47.2% 4% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $95.22 40.9% downside ($95.22 - $161.24) / $161.24 = -40.9% 5% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

3.8%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (4% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 33%
Implied Market Multiple 22.7x
Market is pricing in (growth) 10.7% vs our 3.8% base

Plain-Language Summary

Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 4% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 11%, the base-case intrinsic value is $85.16 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (36 analysts) $183.25
Analyst Range $163.00 – $208.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 54%

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $183.25 (from 36 analysts). Our estimate is 54% 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