KLAR - Klarna Group plc
Price:
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CONSENSUS:
Buy
DETAILS
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PRICE TARGET:
$23.00
DETAILS
HIGH:
$27.00
LOW:
$19.00
MEDIAN:
$23.00
CONSENSUS:
$23.00
UPSIDE:
52.72%
AlphaVal
Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value
Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers
80% confidence
Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality
Adjust Assumptions
-20.4%
14.0%
Key Value Driver
ROTCE (-20.4%) vs. cost of equity (14.0%)
Implied Market Multiple
3.95x
Plain-Language Summary
With ROTCE of -20.4% vs. 14.0% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 0.30x on $3.81 tangible book, implying $1.14 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)
$23.00
Analyst Range
$19.00 – $27.00
Divergence from AlphaVal
95%
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 (-20.4%) is below the minimum investors require (14.0%). This means the bank is worth less than the net assets on its books.
Wall Street's average price target is $23.00 (from 12 analysts). Our estimate is 95% below the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.
This stock is 68% below its 52-week high, with weak or declining earnings. That combination often signals real trouble, even though the valuation below is based on other fundamentals.
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