Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. logo MCB - Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
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| PRICE TARGET: $97.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $97.00
LOW: $97.00
MEDIAN: $97.00
CONSENSUS: $97.00
DOWNSIDE: 1.03%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers 85% confidence

Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality

Valuation Signal Overvalued Moderate
Trading 38.1% above fair value
Current Price $98.01
Bear Case $49.66 49.3% downside ($49.66 - $98.01) / $98.01 = -49.3% ROTCE 7.2% → 0.55x TBV
Fair Value $70.95 27.6% downside ($70.95 - $98.01) / $98.01 = -27.6% ROTCE 9.6% → 0.96x TBV
Bull Case $92.24 5.9% downside ($92.24 - $98.01) / $98.01 = -5.9% ROTCE 11.0% → 1.21x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

9.6%
9.8%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (9.6%) vs. cost of equity (9.8%)

Implied Market Multiple 1.38x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 9.6% vs. 9.8% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 0.96x on $71.05 tangible book, implying $70.95 per share.

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 (9.8%). This means the bank is worth less than the net assets on its books.

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