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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
1
BUY 18
HOLD 7
SELL 1
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $202.36 DETAILS
HIGH: $221.00
LOW: $165.00
MEDIAN: $209.00
CONSENSUS: $202.36
UPSIDE: 74.24%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 85% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 90.4% above fair value
Current Price $116.14
Bear Case $40.13 65.4% downside ($40.13 - $116.14) / $116.14 = -65.4% 4% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $61.01 47.5% downside ($61.01 - $116.14) / $116.14 = -47.5% 7% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $80.13 31.0% downside ($80.13 - $116.14) / $116.14 = -31.0% 10% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

7.3%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (7% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 37%
Implied Market Multiple 26.7x
Market is pricing in (growth) 12.9% vs our 7.3% base

Plain-Language Summary

Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 7% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 11%, the base-case intrinsic value is $61.01 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above -- shown only as an outside comparison.

Average Target (27 analysts) $202.36
Analyst Range $165.00 – $221.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 70%

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $202.36 (from 27 analysts). Our estimate is 70% 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