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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
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BUY 17
HOLD 18
SELL 1
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| PRICE TARGET: $151.75 DETAILS
HIGH: $195.00
LOW: $115.00
MEDIAN: $144.00
CONSENSUS: $151.75
UPSIDE: 10.21%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 85% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Undervalued Moderate
Trading 32.7% below fair value
Current Price $137.69
Bear Case $134.42 2.4% downside ($134.42 - $137.69) / $137.69 = -2.4% 9% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $204.68 48.7% upside ($204.68 - $137.69) / $137.69 = 48.7% 14% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $281.69 104.6% upside ($281.69 - $137.69) / $137.69 = 104.6% 19% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

14.3%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (14% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 42%
Implied Market Multiple 17.9x

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 $151.75 from 36 analysts, using a 30% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $204.68 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $151.75 (from 36 analysts). Our estimate is 50% above 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