LPL Financial Holdings Inc. logo LPLA - LPL Financial Holdings Inc.

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
0
BUY 15
HOLD 9
SELL 1
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $408.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $454.00
LOW: $387.00
MEDIAN: $395.50
CONSENSUS: $408.00
UPSIDE: 10.07%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers 85% confidence

Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality

Valuation Signal Overvalued Moderate
Trading 30.6% above fair value
Current Price $370.69
Bear Case $198.74 46.4% downside ($198.74 - $370.69) / $370.69 = -46.4% ROTCE 12.1% → 2.76x TBV
Fair Value $283.92 23.4% downside ($283.92 - $370.69) / $370.69 = -23.4% ROTCE 16.1% → 4.00x TBV
Bull Case $369.10 0.4% downside ($369.10 - $370.69) / $370.69 = -0.4% ROTCE 18.6% → 4.00x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

16.1%
6.9%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (16.1%) vs. cost of equity (6.9%)

Implied Market Multiple 5.55x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 16.1% vs. 6.9% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 4.00x on $66.82 tangible book, implying $283.92 per share. DDM cross-check: $38.64.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (25 analysts) $408.00
Analyst Range $387.00 – $454.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 30%

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.
Dividend-based valuation: $38.64 (86% below our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.
Wall Street's average price target is $408.00 (from 25 analysts). Our estimate is 30% 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