AMTB - Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Price:
--
--
|
CONSENSUS:
Hold
DETAILS
|
PRICE TARGET:
$24.33
DETAILS
HIGH:
$25.00
LOW:
$23.00
MEDIAN:
$25.00
CONSENSUS:
$24.33
DOWNSIDE:
18.03%
AlphaVal
Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value
Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers
85% confidence
Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality
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