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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: 5.99%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 85% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Fair Value Moderate
Trading 16.1% below fair value
Current Price $143.18
Bear Case $112.30 21.6% downside ($112.30 - $143.18) / $143.18 = -21.6% 9% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $170.56 19.1% upside ($170.56 - $143.18) / $143.18 = 19.1% 14% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $234.42 63.7% upside ($234.42 - $143.18) / $143.18 = 63.7% 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 23.8x
Market is pricing in (growth) 11.3% vs our 14.3% 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 $151.75 from 36 analysts, using a 30% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $170.56 per share.

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