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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
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| PRICE TARGET: $19.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $19.00
LOW: $19.00
MEDIAN: $19.00
CONSENSUS: $19.00
DOWNSIDE: 2.21%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers 85% confidence

Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality

Valuation Signal Overvalued Mild
Trading 3.9% above fair value
Current Price $19.43
Bear Case $13.09 32.6% downside ($13.09 - $19.43) / $19.43 = -32.6% ROTCE 4.7% → 0.30x TBV
Fair Value $18.70 3.8% downside ($18.70 - $19.43) / $19.43 = -3.8% ROTCE 6.2% → 0.41x TBV
Bull Case $24.31 25.1% upside ($24.31 - $19.43) / $19.43 = 25.1% ROTCE 7.2% → 0.57x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

6.2%
9.5%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (6.2%) vs. cost of equity (9.5%)

Implied Market Multiple 1.03x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 6.2% vs. 9.5% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 0.41x on $18.84 tangible book, implying $18.70 per share. DDM cross-check: $11.50.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (8 analysts) $19.00
Analyst Range $19.00 – $19.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 2%

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 (9.5%). This means the bank is worth less than the net assets on its books.
Dividend-based valuation: $11.50 (39% below our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.

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