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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
STRONG
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BUY 10
HOLD 13
SELL 0
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| PRICE TARGET: $10.75 DETAILS
HIGH: $11.00
LOW: $10.50
MEDIAN: $10.75
CONSENSUS: $10.75
UPSIDE: 21.74%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Real Estate Investment Trust 85% confidence

Primary model: P/FFO × Default REIT Multiple

Valuation Signal Undervalued Strong
Trading 75.7% below fair value
Current Price $8.83
Bear Case $29.98 239.5% upside ($29.98 - $8.83) / $8.83 = 239.5% $1.75 FFO × 17x
Fair Value $36.41 312.3% upside ($36.41 - $8.83) / $8.83 = 312.3% $1.75 FFO × 21x
Bull Case $42.83 385.0% upside ($42.83 - $8.83) / $8.83 = 385.0% $1.75 FFO × 24x

Adjust Assumptions

20.8x
1.75$

Key Value Driver

FFO/share ($1.75) × default P/FFO multiple

Implied Market Multiple 5.0x

Plain-Language Summary

At $1.75 FFO/share with a 21x default REIT multiple, the base-case value is $36.41 per share. Dividend yield: 16.3%.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (23 analysts) $10.75
Analyst Range $10.50 – $11.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 239%

Warnings

Standard profit figures are misleading for real estate companies — large non-cash accounting charges make profits look artificially low. Dividend yield and funds from operations are better measures.
Dividend yield of 16.3% is unusually high — make sure the company generates enough cash to keep paying it.
Wall Street's average price target is $10.75 (from 23 analysts). Our estimate is 239% above the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.

Key Risks

  • P/E and EV/EBITDA are structurally wrong for REITs — use P/FFO and NAV
  • Interest rate sensitivity: REIT multiples compress when rates rise
  • FFO approximation (NI + D&A) may include gains on property sales — verify