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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
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BUY 16
HOLD 5
SELL 0
STRONG
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| PRICE TARGET: $149.33 DETAILS
HIGH: $168.00
LOW: $134.00
MEDIAN: $147.50
CONSENSUS: $149.33
UPSIDE: 4.77%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers 90% confidence

Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 164.8% above fair value
Current Price $142.53
Bear Case $37.67 73.6% downside ($37.67 - $142.53) / $142.53 = -73.6% ROTCE 9.3% → 0.61x TBV
Fair Value $53.82 62.2% downside ($53.82 - $142.53) / $142.53 = -62.2% ROTCE 12.3% → 0.97x TBV
Bull Case $69.97 50.9% downside ($69.97 - $142.53) / $142.53 = -50.9% ROTCE 14.2% → 1.19x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

12.3%
12.6%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (12.3%) vs. cost of equity (12.6%)

Implied Market Multiple 10.95x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 12.3% vs. 12.6% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 0.97x on $13.02 tangible book, implying $53.82 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (22 analysts) $149.33
Analyst Range $134.00 – $168.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 64%

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 (12.3%) is below the minimum investors require (12.6%). This means the bank is worth less than the net assets on its books.
Wall Street's average price target is $149.33 (from 22 analysts). Our estimate is 64% 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