Amerant Bancorp Inc. logo AMTB - Amerant Bancorp Inc.

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
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BUY 2
HOLD 5
SELL 0
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| PRICE TARGET: $24.33 DETAILS
HIGH: $25.00
LOW: $23.00
MEDIAN: $25.00
CONSENSUS: $24.33
DOWNSIDE: 18.03%
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 114.1% above fair value
Current Price $29.68
Bear Case $9.70 67.3% downside ($9.70 - $29.68) / $29.68 = -67.3% ROTCE 4.3% → 0.30x TBV
Fair Value $13.86 53.3% downside ($13.86 - $29.68) / $29.68 = -53.3% ROTCE 5.7% → 0.35x TBV
Bull Case $18.02 39.3% downside ($18.02 - $29.68) / $29.68 = -39.3% ROTCE 6.6% → 0.52x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

5.7%
8.9%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (5.7%) vs. cost of equity (8.9%)

Implied Market Multiple 1.26x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 5.7% vs. 8.9% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 0.35x on $23.47 tangible book, implying $13.86 per share. DDM cross-check: $5.13.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (7 analysts) $24.33
Analyst Range $23.00 – $25.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 43%

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 (5.7%) is below the minimum investors require (8.9%). This means the bank is worth less than the net assets on its books.
Dividend-based valuation: $5.13 (63% below our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.
Wall Street's average price target is $24.33 (from 7 analysts). Our estimate is 43% 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