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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
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BUY 5
HOLD 3
SELL 0
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| PRICE TARGET: $64.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $65.00
LOW: $62.00
MEDIAN: $65.00
CONSENSUS: $64.00
UPSIDE: 9.20%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers 85% confidence

Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality

Valuation Signal Undervalued Moderate
Trading 30.1% below fair value
Current Price $58.61
Bear Case $58.67 0.1% upside ($58.67 - $58.61) / $58.61 = 0.1% ROTCE 10.5% → 1.33x TBV
Fair Value $83.81 43.0% upside ($83.81 - $58.61) / $58.61 = 43.0% ROTCE 14.0% → 2.04x TBV
Bull Case $108.95 85.9% upside ($108.95 - $58.61) / $58.61 = 85.9% ROTCE 16.2% → 2.46x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

14.0%
8.9%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (14.0%) vs. cost of equity (8.9%)

Implied Market Multiple 1.6x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 14.0% vs. 8.9% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 2.04x on $36.55 tangible book, implying $83.81 per share. DDM cross-check: $38.59.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (8 analysts) $64.00
Analyst Range $62.00 – $65.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 31%

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: $38.59 (54% 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 $64.00 (from 8 analysts). Our estimate is 31% 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