LifeStance Health Group, Inc. logo LFST - LifeStance Health Group, Inc.

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
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BUY 9
HOLD 2
SELL 0
STRONG
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| PRICE TARGET: $11.17 DETAILS
HIGH: $13.00
LOW: $9.00
MEDIAN: $11.00
CONSENSUS: $11.17
UPSIDE: 3.52%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 85% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 45.0% above fair value
Current Price $10.79
Bear Case $4.15 61.5% downside ($4.15 - $10.79) / $10.79 = -61.5% 12% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $7.44 31.0% downside ($7.44 - $10.79) / $10.79 = -31.0% 20% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $11.58 7.3% upside ($11.58 - $10.79) / $10.79 = 7.3% 26% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

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11.0%
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Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (20% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 46%
Implied Market Multiple 76.5x
Market is pricing in (growth) 26.9% vs our 20.0% 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 $11.17 from 11 analysts, using a 20% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $7.44 per share.

Warnings

Stock-based employee pay equals 773% of profits. This dilutes existing shareholders, so cash flow alone overstates what owners really earn.
Wall Street's average price target is $11.17 (from 11 analysts). Our estimate is 42% 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