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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
0
BUY 11
HOLD 7
SELL 1
STRONG
SELL
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| PRICE TARGET: $70.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $80.00
LOW: $62.00
MEDIAN: $68.00
CONSENSUS: $70.00
UPSIDE: 1.19%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers 85% confidence

Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality

Valuation Signal Undervalued Moderate
Trading 38.5% below fair value
Current Price $69.18
Bear Case $70.59 2.0% upside ($70.59 - $69.18) / $69.18 = 2.0% ROTCE 9.1% → 1.15x TBV
Fair Value $112.48 62.6% upside ($112.48 - $69.18) / $69.18 = 62.6% ROTCE 12.2% → 1.83x TBV
Bull Case $137.61 98.9% upside ($137.61 - $69.18) / $69.18 = 98.9% ROTCE 14.0% → 2.24x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

12.2%
8.5%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (12.2%) vs. cost of equity (8.5%)

Implied Market Multiple 1.12x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 12.2% vs. 8.5% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 1.83x on $61.52 tangible book, implying $112.48 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (19 analysts) $70.00
Analyst Range $62.00 – $80.00
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.
Wall Street's average price target is $70.00 (from 19 analysts). Our estimate is 61% 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