Ally Financial Inc. logo ALLY - Ally Financial Inc.

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
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BUY 26
HOLD 11
SELL 1
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| PRICE TARGET: $54.50 DETAILS
HIGH: $58.00
LOW: $49.00
MEDIAN: $55.00
CONSENSUS: $54.50
UPSIDE: 30.23%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers 80% confidence

Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality

Valuation Signal Overvalued Mild
Trading 9.3% above fair value
Current Price $41.85
Bear Case $26.80 36.0% downside ($26.80 - $41.85) / $41.85 = -36.0% ROTCE 4.1% → 0.30x TBV
Fair Value $38.28 8.5% downside ($38.28 - $41.85) / $41.85 = -8.5% ROTCE 5.5% → 0.30x TBV
Bull Case $49.76 18.9% upside ($49.76 - $41.85) / $41.85 = 18.9% ROTCE 6.3% → 0.37x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

5.5%
10.2%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (5.5%) vs. cost of equity (10.2%)

Implied Market Multiple 0.82x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 5.5% vs. 10.2% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 0.30x on $50.95 tangible book, implying $38.28 per share. DDM cross-check: $12.90.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (38 analysts) $54.50
Analyst Range $49.00 – $58.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 30%

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 (5.5%) is below the minimum investors require (10.2%). This means the bank is worth less than the net assets on its books.
Dividend-based valuation: $12.90 (66% below our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.
Wall Street's average price target is $54.50 (from 38 analysts). Our estimate is 30% 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