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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
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BUY 26
HOLD 7
SELL 0
STRONG
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| PRICE TARGET: $1,336.57 DETAILS
HIGH: $1,479.00
LOW: $1,200.00
MEDIAN: $1,320.00
CONSENSUS: $1,336.57
UPSIDE: 24.85%
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 12.8% above fair value
Current Price $1070.55
Bear Case $664.48 37.9% downside ($664.48 - $1,070.55) / $1,070.55 = -37.9% ROTCE 7.5% → 0.42x TBV
Fair Value $949.26 11.3% downside ($949.26 - $1,070.55) / $1,070.55 = -11.3% ROTCE 9.9% → 0.73x TBV
Bull Case $1,234.04 15.3% upside ($1,234.04 - $1,070.55) / $1,070.55 = 15.3% ROTCE 11.4% → 0.91x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

9.9%
12.2%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (9.9%) vs. cost of equity (12.2%)

Implied Market Multiple 2.97x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 9.9% vs. 12.2% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 0.73x on $360.58 tangible book, implying $949.26 per share. DDM cross-check: $271.09.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (33 analysts) $1336.57
Analyst Range $1200.00 – $1479.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 29%

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 (9.9%) is below the minimum investors require (12.2%). This means the bank is worth less than the net assets on its books.
ℹ Dividend-based valuation: $271.09 (71% 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 $1336.57 (from 33 analysts). Our estimate is 29% 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