Horizon Bancorp, Inc. logo HBNC - Horizon Bancorp, Inc.

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
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BUY 6
HOLD 3
SELL 0
STRONG
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| PRICE TARGET: $21.50 DETAILS
HIGH: $23.00
LOW: $20.00
MEDIAN: $21.50
CONSENSUS: $21.50
UPSIDE: 10.09%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers 85% confidence

Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality

Valuation Signal Overvalued Mild
Trading 0.2% above fair value
Current Price $19.53
Bear Case $13.65 30.1% downside ($13.65 - $19.53) / $19.53 = -30.1% ROTCE 4.0% → 0.30x TBV
Fair Value $19.50 0.2% downside ($19.50 - $19.53) / $19.53 = -0.2% ROTCE -28.6% → 0.30x TBV
Bull Case $25.35 29.8% upside ($25.35 - $19.53) / $19.53 = 29.8% ROTCE -32.9% → 0.30x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

-28.6%
8.7%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (-28.6%) vs. cost of equity (8.7%)

Implied Market Multiple 1.91x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of -28.6% vs. 8.7% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 0.30x on $10.24 tangible book, implying $19.50 per share. DDM cross-check: $8.30.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (9 analysts) $21.50
Analyst Range $20.00 – $23.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 9%

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.
Return on equity (-28.6%) is below the minimum investors require (8.7%). This means the bank is worth less than the net assets on its books.
Dividend-based valuation: $8.30 (57% below our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.

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