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Price, valuation, and the composite score on the same time axis. Scroll over the price chart to zoom.
Daily closes. Earnings/event dots inline.
A consensus fair price across 8 valuation methods, at three horizons. Current price $910.57. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
No-growth: today's peer multiple on trailing earnings. The headline read.
Embeds projected growth. Leans optimistic by design. Upside context.
Each method's implied share price per horizon. Provisional rows use a projected (historical-CAGR) growth input rather than analyst or management guidance.
| Method | Horizon | Est. price | Multiple | Per-share input | EPS source | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mgmt guidance | 12M | $146.13 | 26.4 | 5.54 | Mgmt | medium |
| Peer EV/EBITDA | 12M | $504.66 | 18.3 | 32.13 | TTM | medium |
| Peer P/FCF | 12M | $509.52 | 27.5 | 18.53 | TTM | medium |
| Peer P/E | 12M | $537.30 | 26.4 | 20.37 | TTM | medium |
| Peer P/S |
Monthly trailing P/E with quartile reference lines.
A “consensus-then vs. actual-now” overlay is on the way — what our valuation estimate said on a past date versus where the price actually landed.
Not investment advice. Scores describe historical and current data; they are not forecasts of future returns. Consult a licensed advisor before making investment decisions.
Long-thesis check; widest uncertainty.
| 12M |
| $523.08 |
| 3.7 |
| 140.71 |
| TTM |
| medium |
| PEG | 12M | $1613.00 | 79.2 | 20.37 | TTM | medium |
| Own P/E history | 12M | $384.24 | 18.9 | 20.37 | TTM | medium |
| triangulated | 12M | $564.22 | 26.4 | 21.39 | Triangulated | medium |
| Mgmt guidance | 3Y | $311.01 | 26.4 | 11.79 | Mgmt(prov.) | low |
| Peer P/FCF | 3Y | $762.25 | 27.5 | 27.71 | Hist. CAGR(prov.) | low |
| Peer P/E | 3Y | $1143.56 | 26.4 | 43.35 | Analyst | low |
| Peer P/S | 3Y | $849.18 | 3.7 | 228.44 | Analyst | low |
| PEG | 3Y | $3432.98 | 79.2 | 43.35 | Analyst | low |
| Own P/E history | 3Y | $817.79 | 18.9 | 43.35 | Analyst | low |
| Mgmt guidance | 5Y | $514.60 | 26.4 | 19.51 | Mgmt(prov.) | low |
| Peer P/FCF | 5Y | $997.05 | 27.5 | 36.25 | Hist. CAGR(prov.) | low |
| Peer P/E | 5Y | $1892.12 | 26.4 | 71.73 | Analyst | low |
| Peer P/S | 5Y | $1172.98 | 3.7 | 315.54 | Analyst | low |
| PEG | 5Y | $5680.19 | 79.2 | 71.73 | Analyst | low |
| Own P/E history | 5Y | $1353.12 | 18.9 | 71.73 | Analyst | low |