EBC - Eastern Bankshares, Inc.
Price:
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CONSENSUS:
Buy
DETAILS
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PRICE TARGET:
$25.60
DETAILS
HIGH:
$27.00
LOW:
$24.00
MEDIAN:
$26.00
CONSENSUS:
$25.60
UPSIDE:
15.11%
AlphaVal
Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value
Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers
85% confidence
Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality
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