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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
0
BUY 19
HOLD 9
SELL 1
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $278.45 DETAILS
HIGH: $300.00
LOW: $225.00
MEDIAN: $284.00
CONSENSUS: $278.45
UPSIDE: 18.80%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers 85% confidence

Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 255.1% above fair value
Current Price $234.39
Bear Case $27.23 88.4% downside ($27.23 - $234.39) / $234.39 = -88.4% ROTCE 4.8% → 0.30x TBV
Fair Value $66.01 71.8% downside ($66.01 - $234.39) / $234.39 = -71.8% ROTCE 6.4% → 0.73x TBV
Bull Case $92.38 60.6% downside ($92.38 - $234.39) / $234.39 = -60.6% ROTCE 7.4% → 1.02x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

6.4%
7.3%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (6.4%) vs. cost of equity (7.3%)

Implied Market Multiple 2.58x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 6.4% vs. 7.3% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 0.73x on $90.78 tangible book, implying $66.01 per share. DDM cross-check: $349.19.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above -- shown only as an outside comparison.

Average Target (29 analysts) $278.45
Analyst Range $225.00 – $300.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 76%

Warnings

⚠ Traditional cash flow models don't work well for banks — lending activity distorts how much cash the business actually generates.
⚠ Common valuation shortcuts don't apply here — for banks, interest payments are a core business cost, not overhead.
⚠ Return on equity (6.4%) is below the minimum investors require (7.3%). This means the bank is worth less than the net assets on its books.
ℹ Dividend-based valuation: $349.19 (429% above our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.
ℹ Wall Street's average price target is $278.45 (from 29 analysts). Our estimate is 76% below the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.

Key Risks

  • Book value quality matters as much as level — check loan loss reserves
  • Interest rate sensitivity creates non-linear earnings surprises
  • Insurance reserving is actuarial, not financial — errors emerge slowly