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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
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BUY 7
HOLD 5
SELL 0
STRONG
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| PRICE TARGET: $14.50 DETAILS
HIGH: $15.00
LOW: $14.00
MEDIAN: $14.50
CONSENSUS: $14.50
UPSIDE: 20.73%
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 67.5% below fair value
Current Price $12.01
Bear Case $25.84 115.2% upside ($25.84 - $12.01) / $12.01 = 115.2% ROTCE 7.1% → 1.13x TBV
Fair Value $36.92 207.4% upside ($36.92 - $12.01) / $12.01 = 207.4% ROTCE 9.4% → 1.99x TBV
Bull Case $48.00 299.6% upside ($48.00 - $12.01) / $12.01 = 299.6% ROTCE 10.9% → 2.51x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

9.4%
6.7%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (9.4%) vs. cost of equity (6.7%)

Implied Market Multiple 0.79x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 9.4% vs. 6.7% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 1.99x on $15.29 tangible book, implying $36.92 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (12 analysts) $14.50
Analyst Range $14.00 – $15.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 155%

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 $14.50 (from 12 analysts). Our estimate is 155% 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