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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
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BUY 9
HOLD 14
SELL 0
STRONG
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| PRICE TARGET: $387.75 DETAILS
HIGH: $425.00
LOW: $320.00
MEDIAN: $401.50
CONSENSUS: $387.75
UPSIDE: 6.02%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 50% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Moderate
Trading 31.2% above fair value
Current Price $365.75
Bear Case $193.63 47.1% downside ($193.63 - $365.75) / $365.75 = -47.1% 8% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $278.86 23.8% downside ($278.86 - $365.75) / $365.75 = -23.8% 13% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $368.18 0.7% upside ($368.18 - $365.75) / $365.75 = 0.7% 16% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

12.6%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (13% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 41%
Implied Market Multiple 34.4x
Market is pricing in (growth) 16.2% vs our 12.6% base

Plain-Language Summary

Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 13% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 11%, the base-case intrinsic value is $278.86 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (23 analysts) $387.75
Analyst Range $320.00 – $425.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 28%

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $387.75 (from 23 analysts). Our estimate is 28% 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