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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
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BUY 23
HOLD 17
SELL 3
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| PRICE TARGET: $92.17 DETAILS
HIGH: $105.00
LOW: $77.00
MEDIAN: $92.50
CONSENSUS: $92.17
DOWNSIDE: 5.36%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 65% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 50.9% above fair value
Current Price $97.39
Bear Case $45.47 53.3% downside ($45.47 - $97.39) / $97.39 = -53.3% 8% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $64.52 33.8% downside ($64.52 - $97.39) / $97.39 = -33.8% 13% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $84.46 13.3% downside ($84.46 - $97.39) / $97.39 = -13.3% 16% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

12.5%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (13% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 41%
Implied Market Multiple 49.4x
Market is pricing in (growth) 21.0% vs our 12.5% 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 $92.17 from 44 analysts, using a 30% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $64.52 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $92.17 (from 44 analysts). Our estimate is 43% 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