MBIN - Merchants Bancorp
Price:
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CONSENSUS:
Buy
DETAILS
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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
Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value
Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers
90% confidence
Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality
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