AlphaMadera's AlphaVal page classifies Merchants Bancorp as a Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers business and values it using P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality, then compares the result to the current market price to flag MBIN as undervalued, fairly valued, or overvalued.

What is Merchants Bancorp's fair value?

Fair value for MBIN comes from a P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality model -- the approach AlphaVal selected for this company's Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers classification. The live AlphaVal page shows bear, base, and bull scenarios alongside the key assumption behind each.

How does AlphaMadera value MBIN?

AlphaVal routes each company to one of ten valuation archetypes based on its business model. MBIN was classified as Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers and is valued using P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality, built from MBIN's most recent reported fundamentals.

MBIN - Merchants Bancorp

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS | PRICE TARGET: $59.67 DETAILS

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers 90% confidence

Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality

Valuation Signal Fair Value Mild

Trading 6.8% below fair value

Current Price $48.83

Bear Case $36.65 24.9% downside ($36.65 - $48.83) / $48.83 = -24.9% ROTCE 7.2% → 0.46x TBV

Fair Value $52.36 7.2% upside ($52.36 - $48.83) / $48.83 = 7.2% ROTCE 9.6% → 0.81x TBV

Bull Case $68.07 39.4% upside ($68.07 - $48.83) / $48.83 = 39.4% ROTCE 11.1% → 1.01x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

Return on Tangible Equity

9.6%

Cost of Equity

11.0%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (9.6%) vs. cost of equity (11.0%)

Terminal Value % of EV

Implied Market Multiple 0.99x

Market is pricing in (growth)

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 9.6% vs. 11.0% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 0.81x on $49.47 tangible book, implying $52.36 per share. DDM cross-check: $13.18.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (7 analysts) $59.67

Analyst Range $51.00 – $65.00

Divergence from AlphaVal 12%

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 (11.0%). This means the bank is worth less than the net assets on its books.

ℹ Dividend-based valuation: $13.18 (75% 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