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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
0
BUY 11
HOLD 7
SELL 1
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $70.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $80.00
LOW: $62.00
MEDIAN: $68.00
CONSENSUS: $70.00
UPSIDE: 7.21%
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 43.1% below fair value
Current Price $65.29
Bear Case $72.02 10.3% upside ($72.02 - $65.29) / $65.29 = 10.3% ROTCE 9.1% → 1.14x TBV
Fair Value $114.76 75.8% upside ($114.76 - $65.29) / $65.29 = 75.8% ROTCE 12.2% → 1.82x TBV
Bull Case $140.40 115.0% upside ($140.40 - $65.29) / $65.29 = 115.0% ROTCE 14.0% → 2.23x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

12.2%
8.5%

Key Value Driver

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

Implied Market Multiple 1.04x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 12.2% vs. 8.5% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 1.82x on $63.08 tangible book, implying $114.76 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 64%

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 Wall Street's average price target is $70.00 (from 19 analysts). Our estimate is 64% 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