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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
0
BUY 10
HOLD 11
SELL 0
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $29.75 DETAILS
HIGH: $35.00
LOW: $25.00
MEDIAN: $29.50
CONSENSUS: $29.75
UPSIDE: 22.03%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 50% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Moderate
Trading 30.4% above fair value
Current Price $24.38
Bear Case $15.50 36.4% downside ($15.50 - $24.38) / $24.38 = -36.4% 4% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $18.69 23.3% downside ($18.69 - $24.38) / $24.38 = -23.3% 6% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $21.54 11.7% downside ($21.54 - $24.38) / $24.38 = -11.7% 8% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

6.3%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (6% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 36%
Implied Market Multiple 21.4x
Market is pricing in (growth) 9.9% vs our 6.3% base

Plain-Language Summary

Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 6% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 11%, the base-case intrinsic value is $18.69 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) $29.75
Analyst Range $25.00 – $35.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 37%

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $29.75 (from 21 analysts). Our estimate is 37% 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