MFC - Manulife Financial Corporation
Price:
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CONSENSUS:
Buy
DETAILS
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PRICE TARGET:
$34.24
DETAILS
HIGH:
$51.00
LOW:
$22.28
MEDIAN:
$29.44
CONSENSUS:
$34.24
DOWNSIDE:
19.45%
AlphaVal
Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value
Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers
85% confidence
Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality
Adjust Assumptions
15.0%
8.6%
Key Value Driver
ROTCE (15.0%) vs. cost of equity (8.6%)
Implied Market Multiple
2.53x
Plain-Language Summary
With ROTCE of 15.0% vs. 8.6% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 2.39x on $16.82 tangible book, implying $40.13 per share. DDM cross-check: $54.97.
Analyst Consensus (External Reference)
Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above -- shown only as an outside comparison.
Average Target (14 analysts)
$34.24
Analyst Range
$22.28 – $51.00
Divergence from AlphaVal
17%
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: $54.97 (37% above our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.
Financial statements were converted from CAD into USD using USDCAD at 0.7265 USD per CAD.
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