Eastern Bankshares, Inc. logo EBC - Eastern Bankshares, Inc.

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
0
BUY 5
HOLD 3
SELL 0
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $25.60 DETAILS
HIGH: $27.00
LOW: $24.00
MEDIAN: $26.00
CONSENSUS: $25.60
UPSIDE: 15.11%
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 124.6% above fair value
Current Price $22.24
Bear Case $6.93 68.8% downside ($6.93 - $22.24) / $22.24 = -68.8% ROTCE 4.0% → 0.30x TBV
Fair Value $9.90 55.5% downside ($9.90 - $22.24) / $22.24 = -55.5% ROTCE 2.9% → 0.30x TBV
Bull Case $12.87 42.1% downside ($12.87 - $22.24) / $22.24 = -42.1% ROTCE 3.3% → 0.30x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

2.9%
8.0%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (2.9%) vs. cost of equity (8.0%)

Implied Market Multiple 1.69x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 2.9% vs. 8.0% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 0.30x on $13.15 tangible book, implying $9.90 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (8 analysts) $25.60
Analyst Range $24.00 – $27.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 61%

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 (2.9%) is below the minimum investors require (8.0%). This means the bank is worth less than the net assets on its books.
Wall Street's average price target is $25.60 (from 8 analysts). Our estimate is 61% 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