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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
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BUY 19
HOLD 9
SELL 1
STRONG
SELL
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| PRICE TARGET: $284.50 DETAILS
HIGH: $300.00
LOW: $225.00
MEDIAN: $291.00
CONSENSUS: $284.50
UPSIDE: 6.51%
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 274.4% above fair value
Current Price $267.11
Bear Case $27.23 89.8% downside ($27.23 - $267.11) / $267.11 = -89.8% ROTCE 4.8% → 0.30x TBV
Fair Value $71.35 73.3% downside ($71.35 - $267.11) / $267.11 = -73.3% ROTCE 6.4% → 0.79x TBV
Bull Case $99.84 62.6% downside ($99.84 - $267.11) / $267.11 = -62.6% ROTCE 7.4% → 1.10x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

6.4%
7.1%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (6.4%) vs. cost of equity (7.1%)

Implied Market Multiple 2.94x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 6.4% vs. 7.1% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 0.79x on $90.78 tangible book, implying $71.35 per share. DDM cross-check: $495.43.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (29 analysts) $284.50
Analyst Range $225.00 – $300.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 75%

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 (7.1%). This means the bank is worth less than the net assets on its books.
Dividend-based valuation: $495.43 (594% above our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.
Wall Street's average price target is $284.50 (from 29 analysts). Our estimate is 75% 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