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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
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BUY 4
HOLD 3
SELL 0
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| PRICE TARGET: $54.67 DETAILS
HIGH: $64.00
LOW: $49.00
MEDIAN: $51.00
CONSENSUS: $54.67
UPSIDE: 2.36%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers 90% confidence

Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality

Valuation Signal Overvalued Mild
Trading 2.0% above fair value
Current Price $53.41
Bear Case $36.65 31.4% downside ($36.65 - $53.41) / $53.41 = -31.4% ROTCE 7.2% → 0.48x TBV
Fair Value $52.36 2.0% downside ($52.36 - $53.41) / $53.41 = -2.0% ROTCE 9.6% → 0.85x TBV
Bull Case $68.07 27.4% upside ($68.07 - $53.41) / $53.41 = 27.4% ROTCE 11.1% → 1.06x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

9.6%
10.7%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (9.6%) vs. cost of equity (10.7%)

Implied Market Multiple 1.08x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 9.6% vs. 10.7% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 0.85x on $49.47 tangible book, implying $52.36 per share. DDM cross-check: $14.50.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (7 analysts) $54.67
Analyst Range $49.00 – $64.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 4%

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 (10.7%). This means the bank is worth less than the net assets on its books.
Dividend-based valuation: $14.50 (72% below our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.

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