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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
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BUY 9
HOLD 14
SELL 0
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| PRICE TARGET: $14.04 DETAILS
HIGH: $19.00
LOW: $10.00
MEDIAN: $14.00
CONSENSUS: $14.04
UPSIDE: 48.57%
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 69.0% below fair value
Current Price $9.45
Bear Case $25.10 165.6% upside ($25.10 - $9.45) / $9.45 = 165.6% $1.73 FFO × 17x
Fair Value $30.48 222.5% upside ($30.48 - $9.45) / $9.45 = 222.5% $1.73 FFO × 21x
Bull Case $35.85 279.4% upside ($35.85 - $9.45) / $9.45 = 279.4% $1.73 FFO × 24x

Adjust Assumptions

20.8x
1.73$

Key Value Driver

FFO/share ($1.73) × default P/FFO multiple

Implied Market Multiple 5.5x

Plain-Language Summary

Our base-case estimate uses P/FFO × Default REIT Multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $14.04 from 23 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $30.48 per share.

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 15.2% is unusually high — make sure the company generates enough cash to keep paying it.
Wall Street's average price target is $14.04 (from 23 analysts). Our estimate is 156% 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