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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
0
BUY 13
HOLD 9
SELL 1
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $16.53 DETAILS
HIGH: $19.00
LOW: $13.00
MEDIAN: $17.60
CONSENSUS: $16.53
UPSIDE: 2.54%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers 85% confidence

Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 100.8% above fair value
Current Price $16.12
Bear Case $6.12 62.1% downside ($6.12 - $16.12) / $16.12 = -62.1% ROTCE 20.0% → 2.88x TBV
Fair Value $8.03 50.2% downside ($8.03 - $16.12) / $16.12 = -50.2% ROTCE 25.0% → 3.78x TBV
Bull Case $8.49 47.3% downside ($8.49 - $16.12) / $16.12 = -47.3% ROTCE 30.0% → 4.00x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

27.9%
9.6%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (27.9%) vs. cost of equity (9.6%)

Implied Market Multiple 7.59x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 27.9% vs. 9.6% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 3.78x on $2.12 tangible book, implying $8.03 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (23 analysts) $16.53
Analyst Range $13.00 – $19.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 51%

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 Wall Street's average price target is $16.53 (from 23 analysts). Our estimate is 51% below 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