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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
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HOLD 5
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| PRICE TARGET: $18.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $18.00
LOW: $18.00
MEDIAN: $18.00
CONSENSUS: $18.00
UPSIDE: 11.80%
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 36.9% below fair value
Current Price $16.10
Bear Case $17.85 10.9% upside ($17.85 - $16.10) / $16.10 = 10.9% ROTCE 4.7% → 0.30x TBV
Fair Value $25.50 58.4% upside ($25.50 - $16.10) / $16.10 = 58.4% ROTCE 6.2% → 0.39x TBV
Bull Case $33.15 105.9% upside ($33.15 - $16.10) / $16.10 = 105.9% ROTCE 7.2% → 0.55x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

6.2%
9.8%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (6.2%) vs. cost of equity (9.8%)

Implied Market Multiple 1.37x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 6.2% vs. 9.8% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 0.39x on $11.75 tangible book, implying $25.50 per share. DDM cross-check: $11.12.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (8 analysts) $18.00
Analyst Range $18.00 – $18.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 42%

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 (6.2%) is below the minimum investors require (9.8%). This means the bank is worth less than the net assets on its books.
ℹ Dividend-based valuation: $11.12 (56% below our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.
ℹ Wall Street's average price target is $18.00 (from 8 analysts). Our estimate is 42% 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