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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
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BUY 3
HOLD 2
SELL 0
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| PRICE TARGET: $141.50 DETAILS
HIGH: $143.00
LOW: $140.00
MEDIAN: $141.50
CONSENSUS: $141.50
UPSIDE: 26.80%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 65% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Undervalued Moderate
Trading 39.8% below fair value
Current Price $111.59
Bear Case $129.73 16.3% upside ($129.73 - $111.59) / $111.59 = 16.3% 6% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $185.28 66.0% upside ($185.28 - $111.59) / $111.59 = 66.0% 11% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $240.56 115.6% upside ($240.56 - $111.59) / $111.59 = 115.6% 14% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

10.5%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (11% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 39%
Implied Market Multiple 14.4x
Market is pricing in (growth) 4.6% vs our 10.5% base

Plain-Language Summary

Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 11% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 11%, the base-case intrinsic value is $185.28 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (5 analysts) $141.50
Analyst Range $140.00 – $143.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 31%

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $141.50 (from 5 analysts). Our estimate is 31% above 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