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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
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BUY 16
HOLD 4
SELL 1
STRONG
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| PRICE TARGET: $161.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $205.00
LOW: $145.00
MEDIAN: $160.00
CONSENSUS: $161.00
UPSIDE: 52.29%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 50% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Undervalued Strong
Trading 52.6% below fair value
Current Price $105.72
Bear Case $154.02 45.7% upside ($154.02 - $105.72) / $105.72 = 45.7% 6% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Fair Value $222.83 110.8% upside ($222.83 - $105.72) / $105.72 = 110.8% 10% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Bull Case $290.78 175.0% upside ($290.78 - $105.72) / $105.72 = 175.0% 14% stage 1 growth, 12% discount

Adjust Assumptions

10.4%
12.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (10% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 35%
Implied Market Multiple 10.9x
Market is pricing in (growth) 2.2% vs our 10.4% base

Plain-Language Summary

Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 10% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 12%, the base-case intrinsic value is $222.83 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (21 analysts) $161.00
Analyst Range $145.00 – $205.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 38%

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $161.00 (from 21 analysts). Our estimate is 38% 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