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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 $982.35. 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 | $159.84 | 17.6 | 9.08 | Mgmt | high |
| Peer EV/EBITDA | 12M | $443.81 | 14.8 | 27.94 | TTM | high |
| Peer P/FCF | 12M | $394.46 | 19.2 | 20.55 | TTM | high |
| Peer P/E | 12M | $349.96 | 17.6 | 19.88 | TTM | high |
| 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 |
| $1025.18 |
| 1.7 |
| 606.58 |
| TTM |
| high |
| PEG | 12M | $736.01 | 37.0 | 19.88 | TTM | high |
| Own P/E history | 12M | $971.87 | 48.9 | 19.88 | TTM | high |
| triangulated | 12M | $352.16 | 17.6 | 20.01 | Triangulated | high |
| Mgmt guidance | 3Y | $220.80 | 17.6 | 12.54 | Mgmt(prov.) | medium |
| Peer P/FCF | 3Y | $618.82 | 19.2 | 32.25 | Hist. CAGR(prov.) | medium |
| Peer P/E | 3Y | $483.44 | 17.6 | 27.46 | Analyst | medium |
| Peer P/S | 3Y | $1632.47 | 1.7 | 965.90 | Analyst | medium |
| PEG | 3Y | $1016.74 | 37.0 | 27.46 | Analyst | medium |
| Own P/E history | 3Y | $1342.56 | 48.9 | 27.46 | Analyst | medium |
| Mgmt guidance | 5Y | $273.88 | 17.6 | 15.56 | Mgmt(prov.) | medium |
| Peer P/FCF | 5Y | $835.48 | 19.2 | 43.54 | Hist. CAGR(prov.) | medium |
| Peer P/E | 5Y | $599.64 | 17.6 | 34.06 | Analyst | medium |
| Peer P/S | 5Y | $2226.09 | 1.7 | 1317.14 | Analyst | medium |
| PEG | 5Y | $1261.13 | 37.0 | 34.06 | Analyst | medium |
| Own P/E history | 5Y | $1665.27 | 48.9 | 34.06 | Analyst | medium |