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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
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BUY 39
HOLD 10
SELL 1
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| PRICE TARGET: $361.17 DETAILS
HIGH: $500.00
LOW: $275.00
MEDIAN: $333.00
CONSENSUS: $361.17
UPSIDE: 2.78%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 80% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 53.4% above fair value
Current Price $351.41
Bear Case $129.80 63.1% downside ($129.80 - $351.41) / $351.41 = -63.1% 12% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Fair Value $229.04 34.8% downside ($229.04 - $351.41) / $351.41 = -34.8% 20% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Bull Case $351.62 0.1% upside ($351.62 - $351.41) / $351.41 = 0.1% 25% stage 1 growth, 12% discount

Adjust Assumptions

19.6%
12.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (20% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 42%
Implied Market Multiple 84.9x
Market is pricing in (growth) 30.6% vs our 19.6% 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 $361.17 from 50 analysts, using a 35% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $229.04 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $361.17 (from 50 analysts). Our estimate is 56% 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