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What is Illumina, Inc. worth?

With the base-case assumptions below, a discounted cash flow model on Illumina, Inc.'s reported free cash flow gives $123.34 per share. The share price was $270.00 on September 25, 2026, 119% above that value.

Inputs from the filings

Free cash flow, fiscal 2025
$931M
Average free cash flow, last 5 years
$473.2M
Cash
$1.04B
balance sheet of June 28, 2026
Debt
$0
not reported, counted as 0
Diluted shares, fiscal 2025
156,000,000
Revenue growth per year, last 5 years
6.0%

Three sets of assumptions

CaseGrowth yrs 1-5Growth yrs 6-10After year 10Discount rateValue per shareValue vs price
Bear1.0%1.5%2.0%10.0%$78.55-71%
Base6.0%4.5%2.5%9.0%$123.34-54%
Bull11.0%7.0%3.0%8.0%$206.95-23%

Sensitivity: base case value per share

Discount rate down the side, growth after year 10 across the top. Everything else as in the base case.

1.5%2.0%2.5%3.0%3.5%
7.0%$155.59$165.43$177.46$192.50$211.83
8.0%$131.52$137.90$145.45$154.50$165.56
9.0%$113.94$118.30$123.34$129.21$136.15
10.0%$100.54$103.64$107.16$111.18$115.82
11.0%$90.00$92.28$94.82$97.68$100.93

Where the presets come from

Base: years 1 to 5 grow at Illumina, Inc.'s revenue growth rate over the last 5 fiscal years (6.0% a year), held between -5% and 15%. Years 6 to 10 grow halfway between that and the long-run rate of 2.5%. Future cash is discounted at 9% a year.

Bear: 5 points less growth, 2% long-run growth, 10% discount rate. Bull: 5 points more growth (at most 25%), 3% long-run growth, 8% discount rate.

Value per share = (present value of 10 years of free cash flow + present value of everything after + cash - debt) / diluted shares.

This is a model run on assumptions, not a recommendation or a price target. Small changes in the discount rate or growth move the result a lot, as the table above shows. Change them yourself in the calculator.

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