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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
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BUY 10
HOLD 6
SELL 0
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| PRICE TARGET: $68.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $71.00
LOW: $65.00
MEDIAN: $68.00
CONSENSUS: $68.00
UPSIDE: 12.66%
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 82.5% above fair value
Current Price $60.36
Bear Case $23.15 61.6% downside ($23.15 - $60.36) / $60.36 = -61.6% ROTCE 7.2% → 0.64x TBV
Fair Value $33.07 45.2% downside ($33.07 - $60.36) / $60.36 = -45.2% ROTCE 9.6% → 1.12x TBV
Bull Case $42.99 28.8% downside ($42.99 - $60.36) / $60.36 = -28.8% ROTCE 11.0% → 1.40x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

9.6%
9.0%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (9.6%) vs. cost of equity (9.0%)

Implied Market Multiple 2.16x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 9.6% vs. 9.0% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 1.12x on $27.99 tangible book, implying $33.07 per share. DDM cross-check: $13.86.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (16 analysts) $68.00
Analyst Range $65.00 – $71.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 51%

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 Dividend-based valuation: $13.86 (58% below our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.
ℹ Wall Street's average price target is $68.00 (from 16 analysts). Our estimate is 51% 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