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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
0
BUY 25
HOLD 21
SELL 6
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $348.09 DETAILS
HIGH: $415.00
LOW: $296.00
MEDIAN: $367.00
CONSENSUS: $348.09
UPSIDE: 31.06%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 50% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 43.3% above fair value
Current Price $265.60
Bear Case $104.36 60.7% downside ($104.36 - $265.60) / $265.60 = -60.7% 8% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Fair Value $185.29 30.2% downside ($185.29 - $265.60) / $265.60 = -30.2% 13% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Bull Case $269.58 1.5% upside ($269.58 - $265.60) / $265.60 = 1.5% 16% stage 1 growth, 12% discount

Adjust Assumptions

12.5%
12.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (13% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 37%
Implied Market Multiple 29.5x
Market is pricing in (growth) 16.1% vs our 12.5% base

Plain-Language Summary

Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 13% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 12%, the base-case intrinsic value is $185.29 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (52 analysts) $348.09
Analyst Range $296.00 – $415.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 47%

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $348.09 (from 52 analysts). Our estimate is 47% 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