Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. logo LOB - Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
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BUY 6
HOLD 4
SELL 0
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $43.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $45.00
LOW: $41.00
MEDIAN: $43.00
CONSENSUS: $43.00
UPSIDE: 7.55%
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 63.7% above fair value
Current Price $39.98
Bear Case $17.09 57.2% downside ($17.09 - $39.98) / $39.98 = -57.2% ROTCE 6.2% → 0.30x TBV
Fair Value $24.42 38.9% downside ($24.42 - $39.98) / $39.98 = -38.9% ROTCE 8.3% → 0.43x TBV
Bull Case $31.75 20.6% downside ($31.75 - $39.98) / $39.98 = -20.6% ROTCE 9.5% → 0.55x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

8.3%
14.0%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (8.3%) vs. cost of equity (14.0%)

Implied Market Multiple 1.48x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 8.3% vs. 14.0% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 0.43x on $27.02 tangible book, implying $24.42 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (10 analysts) $43.00
Analyst Range $41.00 – $45.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 43%

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 (8.3%) 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 $43.00 (from 10 analysts). Our estimate is 43% 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