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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
STRONG
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BUY 10
HOLD 11
SELL 0
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| PRICE TARGET: $32.25 DETAILS
HIGH: $35.00
LOW: $29.00
MEDIAN: $32.50
CONSENSUS: $32.25
UPSIDE: 27.42%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 50% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Moderate
Trading 20.0% above fair value
Current Price $25.31
Bear Case $17.37 31.4% downside ($17.37 - $25.31) / $25.31 = -31.4% 4% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $21.10 16.6% downside ($21.10 - $25.31) / $25.31 = -16.6% 7% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $24.42 3.5% downside ($24.42 - $25.31) / $25.31 = -3.5% 9% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

6.6%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (7% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 36%
Implied Market Multiple 24.3x

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 $32.25 from 21 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $21.10 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $32.25 (from 21 analysts). Our estimate is 46% 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