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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
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BUY 35
HOLD 15
SELL 4
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| PRICE TARGET: $39.08 DETAILS
HIGH: $52.00
LOW: $16.00
MEDIAN: $39.00
CONSENSUS: $39.08
DOWNSIDE: 1.06%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Oil & Gas E&P 85% confidence

Primary model: FCF at Price Deck × Multiple

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 77.1% above fair value
Current Price $39.50
Bear Case $6.22 84.2% downside ($6.22 - $39.50) / $39.50 = -84.2% FCF $496M × 8x
Fair Value $22.30 43.5% downside ($22.30 - $39.50) / $39.50 = -43.5% FCF $708M × 11x
Bull Case $43.73 10.7% upside ($43.73 - $39.50) / $39.50 = 10.7% FCF $920M × 14x

Adjust Assumptions

75.0$/bbl
11.0x

Key Value Driver

Oil price assumption ($75/bbl base case)

Implied Market Multiple 16.8x

Plain-Language Summary

At $75/bbl oil with a 11x EV/FCF multiple, intrinsic value is $22.30 per share. Range: $6.22 (bear) to $43.73 (bull).

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (54 analysts) $39.08
Analyst Range $16.00 – $52.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 43%

Warnings

⚠ If oil drops to $60/barrel, the stock could fall -84%. Check whether the company can survive at low prices and still pay its dividend.
ℹ Where you think oil prices will settle long-term drives over 80% of this valuation. The biggest risk isn't the company itself — it's getting the commodity price wrong.
ℹ Wall Street's average price target is $39.08 (from 54 analysts). Our estimate is 43% below the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.

Key Risks

  • Growth DCF inappropriate — commodity volumes do not compound
  • Geopolitical premiums are real but historically temporary
  • Reserve replacement ratio below 100% for 3 years is existential