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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
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BUY 14
HOLD 30
SELL 4
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| PRICE TARGET: $259.17 DETAILS
HIGH: $300.00
LOW: $224.00
MEDIAN: $257.50
CONSENSUS: $259.17
UPSIDE: 3.05%
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 37.9% below fair value
Current Price $251.50
Bear Case $262.34 4.3% upside ($262.34 - $251.50) / $251.50 = 4.3% ROTCE 10.4% → 1.84x TBV
Fair Value $404.82 61.0% upside ($404.82 - $251.50) / $251.50 = 61.0% ROTCE 13.8% → 2.84x TBV
Bull Case $490.31 95.0% upside ($490.31 - $251.50) / $251.50 = 95.0% ROTCE 15.9% → 3.44x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

13.8%
7.5%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (13.8%) vs. cost of equity (7.5%)

Implied Market Multiple 1.77x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 13.8% vs. 7.5% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 2.84x on $142.47 tangible book, implying $404.82 per share. DDM cross-check: $257.54.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (48 analysts) $259.17
Analyst Range $224.00 – $300.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 56%

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: $257.54 (36% below our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.
Wall Street's average price target is $259.17 (from 48 analysts). Our estimate is 56% 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