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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
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BUY 5
HOLD 3
SELL 0
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| PRICE TARGET: $63.50 DETAILS
HIGH: $65.00
LOW: $62.00
MEDIAN: $63.50
CONSENSUS: $63.50
UPSIDE: 6.26%
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 28.7% below fair value
Current Price $59.76
Bear Case $58.67 1.8% downside ($58.67 - $59.76) / $59.76 = -1.8% ROTCE 10.5% → 1.37x TBV
Fair Value $83.81 40.2% upside ($83.81 - $59.76) / $59.76 = 40.2% ROTCE 14.0% → 2.10x TBV
Bull Case $108.95 82.3% upside ($108.95 - $59.76) / $59.76 = 82.3% ROTCE 16.2% → 2.54x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

14.0%
8.8%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (14.0%) vs. cost of equity (8.8%)

Implied Market Multiple 1.63x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 14.0% vs. 8.8% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 2.10x on $36.58 tangible book, implying $83.81 per share. DDM cross-check: $40.05.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (8 analysts) $63.50
Analyst Range $62.00 – $65.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 32%

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.
Dividend-based valuation: $40.05 (52% below our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.
Wall Street's average price target is $63.50 (from 8 analysts). Our estimate is 32% 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