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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
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BUY 16
HOLD 10
SELL 1
STRONG
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| PRICE TARGET: $150.18 DETAILS
HIGH: $165.00
LOW: $139.00
MEDIAN: $150.00
CONSENSUS: $150.18
UPSIDE: 14.01%
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 71.3% above fair value
Current Price $131.72
Bear Case $53.82 59.1% downside ($53.82 - $131.72) / $131.72 = -59.1% ROTCE 5.7% → 0.30x TBV
Fair Value $76.89 41.6% downside ($76.89 - $131.72) / $131.72 = -41.6% ROTCE 7.6% → 0.56x TBV
Bull Case $99.96 24.1% downside ($99.96 - $131.72) / $131.72 = -24.1% ROTCE 8.7% → 0.74x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

7.6%
10.4%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (7.6%) vs. cost of equity (10.4%)

Implied Market Multiple 1.2x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 7.6% vs. 10.4% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 0.56x on $110.16 tangible book, implying $76.89 per share. DDM cross-check: $39.72.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (27 analysts) $150.18
Analyst Range $139.00 – $165.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 49%

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 (7.6%) is below the minimum investors require (10.4%). This means the bank is worth less than the net assets on its books.
Dividend-based valuation: $39.72 (48% below our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.
Wall Street's average price target is $150.18 (from 27 analysts). Our estimate is 49% 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