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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
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BUY 4
HOLD 11
SELL 0
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| PRICE TARGET: $58.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $60.00
LOW: $57.00
MEDIAN: $57.50
CONSENSUS: $58.00
UPSIDE: 9.13%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers 85% confidence

Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality

Valuation Signal Undervalued Strong
Trading 60.9% below fair value
Current Price $53.15
Bear Case $95.19 79.1% upside ($95.19 - $53.15) / $53.15 = 79.1% ROTCE 12.4% → 1.89x TBV
Fair Value $135.98 155.8% upside ($135.98 - $53.15) / $53.15 = 155.8% ROTCE 16.5% → 2.82x TBV
Bull Case $176.77 232.6% upside ($176.77 - $53.15) / $53.15 = 232.6% ROTCE 19.0% → 3.38x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

16.5%
8.4%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (16.5%) vs. cost of equity (8.4%)

Implied Market Multiple 1.65x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 16.5% vs. 8.4% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 2.82x on $32.20 tangible book, implying $135.98 per share. DDM cross-check: $14.00.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (15 analysts) $58.00
Analyst Range $57.00 – $60.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 134%

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.
ℹ Dividend-based valuation: $14.00 (90% below our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.
ℹ Wall Street's average price target is $58.00 (from 15 analysts). Our estimate is 134% above 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