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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
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| PRICE TARGET: $36.67 DETAILS
HIGH: $37.00
LOW: $36.00
MEDIAN: $37.00
CONSENSUS: $36.67
UPSIDE: 10.09%
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 72.6% above fair value
Current Price $33.31
Bear Case $13.51 59.5% downside ($13.51 - $33.31) / $33.31 = -59.5% ROTCE 4.0% → 0.30x TBV
Fair Value $19.30 42.1% downside ($19.30 - $33.31) / $33.31 = -42.1% ROTCE 3.9% → 0.30x TBV
Bull Case $25.08 24.7% downside ($25.08 - $33.31) / $33.31 = -24.7% ROTCE 4.5% → 0.30x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

3.9%
8.1%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (3.9%) vs. cost of equity (8.1%)

Implied Market Multiple 1.88x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 3.9% vs. 8.1% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 0.30x on $17.75 tangible book, implying $19.30 per share. DDM cross-check: $27.57.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (5 analysts) $36.67
Analyst Range $36.00 – $37.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 47%

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 (3.9%) is below the minimum investors require (8.1%). This means the bank is worth less than the net assets on its books.
Dividend-based valuation: $27.57 (43% above our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.
Wall Street's average price target is $36.67 (from 5 analysts). Our estimate is 47% 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