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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
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BUY 18
HOLD 10
SELL 1
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| PRICE TARGET: $22.75 DETAILS
HIGH: $23.00
LOW: $22.50
MEDIAN: $22.75
CONSENSUS: $22.75
UPSIDE: 45.55%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers 80% confidence

Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 41.1% above fair value
Current Price $15.63
Bear Case $7.75 50.4% downside ($7.75 - $15.63) / $15.63 = -50.4% ROTCE 7.2% → 0.32x TBV
Fair Value $11.08 29.1% downside ($11.08 - $15.63) / $15.63 = -29.1% ROTCE 9.6% → 0.56x TBV
Bull Case $14.39 7.9% downside ($14.39 - $15.63) / $15.63 = -7.9% ROTCE 11.0% → 0.70x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

9.6%
14.0%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (9.6%) vs. cost of equity (14.0%)

Implied Market Multiple 1.27x

Plain-Language Summary

Our base-case estimate uses P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $22.75 from 29 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $11.08 per share.

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 (9.6%) 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 $22.75 (from 29 analysts). Our estimate is 68% 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