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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
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BUY 31
HOLD 12
SELL 4
STRONG
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| PRICE TARGET: $244.45 DETAILS
HIGH: $290.00
LOW: $200.00
MEDIAN: $245.00
CONSENSUS: $244.45
UPSIDE: 4.11%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 50% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 58.2% above fair value
Current Price $234.81
Bear Case $121.06 48.4% downside ($121.06 - $234.81) / $234.81 = -48.4% 4% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $148.43 36.8% downside ($148.43 - $234.81) / $234.81 = -36.8% 7% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $173.14 26.3% downside ($173.14 - $234.81) / $234.81 = -26.3% 9% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

6.8%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (7% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 36%
Implied Market Multiple 36.9x

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 $244.45 from 47 analysts, using a 30% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $148.43 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $244.45 (from 47 analysts). Our estimate is 56% 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