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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
STRONG
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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: 8.70%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 50% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Moderate
Trading 27.9% above fair value
Current Price $356.70
Bear Case $193.68 45.7% downside ($193.68 - $356.70) / $356.70 = -45.7% 8% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $278.92 21.8% downside ($278.92 - $356.70) / $356.70 = -21.8% 13% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $368.27 3.2% upside ($368.27 - $356.70) / $356.70 = 3.2% 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 33.6x
Market is pricing in (growth) 15.9% 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 $278.92 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

ℹ 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