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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
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BUY 16
HOLD 7
SELL 2
STRONG
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| PRICE TARGET: $190.50 DETAILS
HIGH: $210.00
LOW: $165.00
MEDIAN: $190.50
CONSENSUS: $190.50
UPSIDE: 35.66%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 85% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 151.6% above fair value
Current Price $140.42
Bear Case $0.00 100.0% downside ($0.00 - $140.42) / $140.42 = -100.0% 5% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $55.80 60.3% downside ($55.80 - $140.42) / $140.42 = -60.3% 8% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $111.45 20.6% downside ($111.45 - $140.42) / $140.42 = -20.6% 10% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

7.7%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (8% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 37%
Implied Market Multiple 59.3x
Market is pricing in (growth) 23.5% vs our 7.8% 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 $190.50 from 26 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $55.80 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $190.50 (from 26 analysts). Our estimate is 94% 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