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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
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BUY 15
HOLD 4
SELL 1
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| PRICE TARGET: $179.50 DETAILS
HIGH: $205.00
LOW: $152.00
MEDIAN: $180.00
CONSENSUS: $179.50
UPSIDE: 31.99%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 50% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Fair Value Mild
Trading 1.4% below fair value
Current Price $136.00
Bear Case $110.54 18.7% downside ($110.54 - $136.00) / $136.00 = -18.7% 3% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Fair Value $137.88 1.4% upside ($137.88 - $136.00) / $136.00 = 1.4% 6% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Bull Case $161.73 18.9% upside ($161.73 - $136.00) / $136.00 = 18.9% 7% stage 1 growth, 12% discount

Adjust Assumptions

5.6%
12.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (6% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 31%
Implied Market Multiple 14.8x
Market is pricing in (growth) 6.6% vs our 5.6% 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 $179.50 from 20 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $137.88 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $179.50 (from 20 analysts). Our estimate is 31% 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