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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
0
BUY 15
HOLD 9
SELL 3
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $17.50 DETAILS
HIGH: $20.00
LOW: $15.00
MEDIAN: $17.50
CONSENSUS: $17.50
DOWNSIDE: 5.91%
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 87.3% above fair value
Current Price $18.60
Bear Case $6.29 66.2% downside ($6.29 - $18.60) / $18.60 = -66.2% ROTCE 5.3% → 0.30x TBV
Fair Value $9.93 46.6% downside ($9.93 - $18.60) / $18.60 = -46.6% ROTCE 7.1% → 0.47x TBV
Bull Case $13.34 28.3% downside ($13.34 - $18.60) / $18.60 = -28.3% ROTCE 8.2% → 0.64x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

7.1%
10.6%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (7.1%) vs. cost of equity (10.6%)

Implied Market Multiple 0.89x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 7.1% vs. 10.6% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 0.47x on $20.96 tangible book, implying $9.93 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (27 analysts) $17.50
Analyst Range $15.00 – $20.00
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 (7.1%) is below the minimum investors require (10.6%). This means the bank is worth less than the net assets on its books.
Wall Street's average price target is $17.50 (from 27 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