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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
0
BUY 17
HOLD 18
SELL 1
STRONG
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| PRICE TARGET: $201.18 DETAILS
HIGH: $270.00
LOW: $130.00
MEDIAN: $208.00
CONSENSUS: $201.18
DOWNSIDE: 15.58%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 85% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Mild
Trading 2.1% above fair value
Current Price $238.32
Bear Case $149.41 37.3% downside ($149.41 - $238.32) / $238.32 = -37.3% 9% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $233.51 2.0% downside ($233.51 - $238.32) / $238.32 = -2.0% 15% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $327.86 37.6% upside ($327.86 - $238.32) / $238.32 = 37.6% 20% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

15.3%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (15% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 43%
Implied Market Multiple 32.7x
Market is pricing in (growth) 15.6% vs our 15.3% base

Plain-Language Summary

Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 15% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 11%, the base-case intrinsic value is $233.51 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (36 analysts) $201.18
Analyst Range $130.00 – $270.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 16%

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