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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
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BUY 12
HOLD 4
SELL 1
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| PRICE TARGET: $267.75 DETAILS
HIGH: $289.00
LOW: $252.00
MEDIAN: $265.00
CONSENSUS: $267.75
UPSIDE: 16.75%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 80% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 75.0% above fair value
Current Price $229.33
Bear Case $93.42 59.3% downside ($93.42 - $229.33) / $229.33 = -59.3% 8% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $131.02 42.9% downside ($131.02 - $229.33) / $229.33 = -42.9% 14% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $171.96 25.0% downside ($171.96 - $229.33) / $229.33 = -25.0% 18% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

14.1%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (14% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 42%
Implied Market Multiple 88.2x

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 $267.75 from 17 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $131.02 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $267.75 (from 17 analysts). Our estimate is 68% 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