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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
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BUY 7
HOLD 9
SELL 1
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| PRICE TARGET: $198.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $200.00
LOW: $197.00
MEDIAN: $197.00
CONSENSUS: $198.00
UPSIDE: 18.41%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers 85% confidence

Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality

Valuation Signal Undervalued Strong
Trading 54.6% below fair value
Current Price $167.22
Bear Case $246.48 47.4% upside ($246.48 - $167.22) / $167.22 = 47.4% ROTCE 12.3% → 2.60x TBV
Fair Value $368.14 120.2% upside ($368.14 - $167.22) / $167.22 = 120.2% ROTCE 16.4% → 3.88x TBV
Bull Case $379.65 127.0% upside ($379.65 - $167.22) / $167.22 = 127.0% ROTCE 18.9% → 4.00x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

16.4%
7.2%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (16.4%) vs. cost of equity (7.2%)

Implied Market Multiple 1.76x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 16.4% vs. 7.2% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 3.88x on $94.91 tangible book, implying $368.14 per share. DDM cross-check: $518.72.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (17 analysts) $198.00
Analyst Range $197.00 – $200.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 86%

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: $518.72 (41% above our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.
ℹ Wall Street's average price target is $198.00 (from 17 analysts). Our estimate is 86% above 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