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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
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BUY 35
HOLD 18
SELL 1
STRONG
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| PRICE TARGET: $66.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $75.00
LOW: $60.00
MEDIAN: $65.00
CONSENSUS: $66.00
UPSIDE: 28.83%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers 85% confidence

Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality

Valuation Signal Overvalued Mild
Trading 6.1% above fair value
Current Price $51.23
Bear Case $33.81 34.0% downside ($33.81 - $51.23) / $51.23 = -34.0% ROTCE 9.8% → 0.83x TBV
Fair Value $48.30 5.7% downside ($48.30 - $51.23) / $51.23 = -5.7% ROTCE 13.0% → 1.29x TBV
Bull Case $62.79 22.6% upside ($62.79 - $51.23) / $51.23 = 22.6% ROTCE 15.0% → 1.57x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

13.0%
11.0%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (13.0%) vs. cost of equity (11.0%)

Implied Market Multiple 1.53x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 13.0% vs. 11.0% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 1.29x on $33.49 tangible book, implying $48.30 per share. DDM cross-check: $27.07.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (54 analysts) $66.00
Analyst Range $60.00 – $75.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 27%

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.
ℹ Dividend-based valuation: $27.07 (44% below our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.
ℹ Wall Street's average price target is $66.00 (from 54 analysts). Our estimate is 27% 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