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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
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BUY 24
HOLD 20
SELL 4
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| PRICE TARGET: $158.80 DETAILS
HIGH: $195.00
LOW: $119.00
MEDIAN: $167.00
CONSENSUS: $158.80
UPSIDE: 1.09%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 50% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 149.2% above fair value
Current Price $157.08
Bear Case $63.04 59.9% downside ($63.04 - $157.08) / $157.08 = -59.9% 3% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $63.04 59.9% downside ($63.04 - $157.08) / $157.08 = -59.9% 3% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $83.61 46.8% downside ($83.61 - $157.08) / $157.08 = -46.8% 4% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

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Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (3% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 33%
Implied Market Multiple 29.2x
Market is pricing in (growth) 14.1% vs our 3.0% 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 $158.80 from 48 analysts, using a 30% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $63.04 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $158.80 (from 48 analysts). Our estimate is 86% 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