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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
1
BUY 23
HOLD 17
SELL 3
STRONG
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0
| PRICE TARGET: $86.60 DETAILS
HIGH: $100.00
LOW: $70.00
MEDIAN: $86.00
CONSENSUS: $86.60
DOWNSIDE: 0.22%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 65% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Moderate
Trading 38.1% above fair value
Current Price $86.79
Bear Case $44.29 49.0% downside ($44.29 - $86.79) / $86.79 = -49.0% 8% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $62.85 27.6% downside ($62.85 - $86.79) / $86.79 = -27.6% 13% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $82.28 5.2% downside ($82.28 - $86.79) / $86.79 = -5.2% 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 43.9x

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 $86.60 from 44 analysts, using a 30% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $62.85 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $86.60 (from 44 analysts). Our estimate is 39% 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