One is a 12-month price target for the stock, the other is a takeover price (based on the long term) where GS is acting on behalf of the company and its existing shareholders. This is really not "gotcha" like ZH try to pretend it is.
If you expect a certain price in the future, then you should want to buy/sell toward a similar price (minus interest) in the present, shouldn't you?
> where GS is acting on behalf of the company and its existing shareholders.
That explains wanting some premium. It doesn't explain the difference between 30 and >54.
Well, that's the obvious reason it wasn't a typo.
But they're trying to measure roughly the same number. It's the opposite of obvious that two competent groups would have such wildly different results.
No. There is a control/takeover/acquisition premium [1]. Owning a whole company is more valuable than owning part of one since you can control it without consideration for minority interests.
[1] https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/acquisitionpremium.asp