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STRONG
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BUY 12
HOLD 8
SELL 1
STRONG
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| PRICE TARGET: $217.20 DETAILS
HIGH: $260.00
LOW: $185.00
MEDIAN: $225.00
CONSENSUS: $217.20
UPSIDE: 15.84%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 50% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 60.9% above fair value
Current Price $187.50
Bear Case $87.43 53.4% downside ($87.43 - $187.50) / $187.50 = -53.4% 4% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $116.51 37.9% downside ($116.51 - $187.50) / $187.50 = -37.9% 7% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $142.92 23.8% downside ($142.92 - $187.50) / $187.50 = -23.8% 9% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

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Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (7% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 36%
Implied Market Multiple 25.2x
Market is pricing in (growth) 12.1% vs our 7.0% 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 $116.51 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (21 analysts) $217.20
Analyst Range $185.00 – $260.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 46%

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $217.20 (from 21 analysts). Our estimate is 46% 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