ALLY - Ally Financial Inc.
Price:
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CONSENSUS:
Buy
DETAILS
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PRICE TARGET:
$49.70
DETAILS
HIGH:
$58.00
LOW:
$42.00
MEDIAN:
$50.00
CONSENSUS:
$49.70
UPSIDE:
31.90%
AlphaVal
Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value
Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers
80% confidence
Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality
Adjust Assumptions
5.5%
10.3%
Key Value Driver
ROTCE (5.5%) vs. cost of equity (10.3%)
Implied Market Multiple
0.74x
Plain-Language Summary
With ROTCE of 5.5% vs. 10.3% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 0.30x on $50.95 tangible book, implying $38.28 per share. DDM cross-check: $12.76.
Analyst Consensus (External Reference)
Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above -- shown only as an outside comparison.
Average Target (38 analysts)
$49.70
Analyst Range
$42.00 – $58.00
Divergence from AlphaVal
23%
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 (10.3%). This means the bank is worth less than the net assets on its books.
Dividend-based valuation: $12.76 (67% below our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.
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