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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
1
BUY 9
HOLD 6
SELL 0
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $70.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $75.00
LOW: $65.00
MEDIAN: $70.00
CONSENSUS: $70.00
UPSIDE: 10.36%
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 91.8% above fair value
Current Price $63.43
Bear Case $23.15 63.5% downside ($23.15 - $63.43) / $63.43 = -63.5% ROTCE 7.2% → 0.66x TBV
Fair Value $33.07 47.9% downside ($33.07 - $63.43) / $63.43 = -47.9% ROTCE 9.6% → 1.16x TBV
Bull Case $42.99 32.2% downside ($42.99 - $63.43) / $63.43 = -32.2% ROTCE 11.0% → 1.46x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

9.6%
8.8%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (9.6%) vs. cost of equity (8.8%)

Implied Market Multiple 2.27x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 9.6% vs. 8.8% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 1.16x on $27.99 tangible book, implying $33.07 per share. DDM cross-check: $14.71.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (16 analysts) $70.00
Analyst Range $65.00 – $75.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 53%

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.
Dividend-based valuation: $14.71 (56% below our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.
Wall Street's average price target is $70.00 (from 16 analysts). Our estimate is 53% 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