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Fair Value for Upstart Holdings (UPST)

See growth priced into Upstart Holdings (UPST): reverse DCF, implied rate vs history and analysts, FCF view. Free intrinsic value calculator for education.

Fair value (multi-method)

Four independent methods triangulate what UPST is worth. The headline is the Forward-DCF intrinsic value at a normalized growth rate; the margin of safety compares it to the current price.

Estimated fair value (Forward DCF)

$7.09

Above fair value
-319.62% vs current price $29.74

Method range

$5.93 $175.70

median $22.69

Methods disagree

Valuation methods

Each method’s implied fair value per share and its upside versus the current price. Missing methods (no analyst coverage, negative earnings, etc.) are shown as “—”.

  • Forward DCF$7.09
  • Exit multiple$175.70
  • Analyst target$38.29
  • Graham number$5.93

Stock price

$29.74

EPS (TTM)

$0.41

5Y EPS CAGR

14.4%

Fair value @ hist. growth

$7.09

This analysis is for informational purposes only and is not financial advice. Scenario prices and DCF-style figures depend on your assumptions and data from public filings and estimates. They are not forecasts of future returns.

Implied EPS growth

36.3%

per year over your projection horizon

Premium vs DCF

Margin of safety -319.6% vs hist-growth DCF

Historical 5Y CAGR

14.4%

Your model implies

36.3%

Analyst consensus for next year implies 471% — beyond the model's annualised scale. Consensus reflects a one-step EPS estimate vs TTM, not a multi-year CAGR.

Model inputs

Move sliders to test how the reverse DCF reacts. Historical-growth markers show where the company has actually grown over the last cycle.

Discount rate (cost of equity proxy)15.0%
Terminal growth2.50%
Projection years10 yr

Sensitivity — implied growth vs your assumptions

Each cell shows the per-share growth rate the market would need to justify the current price at that combination of discount rate (rows) and terminal growth (columns). Your selected inputs are highlighted.

Row axis: discount rate. Column axis: terminal growth.Terminal g →↓ Discount1.5%2.0%2.5%3.0%3.5%
13.0%33.2%32.7%32.2%31.7%31.2%
14.0%35.2%34.7%34.3%33.8%33.3%
15.0%37.1%36.7%36.3%35.8%35.4%
15.0%37.1%36.7%36.3%35.8%35.4%
15.0%37.1%36.7%36.3%35.8%35.4%
Color≤ historical CAGRModerate premiumHigh premium (≥ 15pp above hist)Your inputs

Historical multiples

Each bar is the trailing five-year range (low left, high right). Filled portion runs from low to today; the dot marks today; the small tick marks the five-year median. Low, median, and high are listed under each bar.

P/EToday78.3· at low
5Y low78.3
Median87.3
5Y high148.4
P/SToday3.9
5Y low1.3
Median6.2
5Y high13.9
EV/EBITDAToday68.1
5Y low44.9
Median75.2
5Y high86.4

PEG

0.69

Low vs growth

Net debt

$1.2B

Total debt − cash

Beta

2.28

Vs market benchmark

Annual diluted EPS

Per-share earnings by fiscal year — last 5 years anchor the CAGR reference above.

Scale: -2.87 to 1.43 EPS; horizontal line at 0. Fiscal years with no row in the database are omitted.

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