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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
1
BUY 5
HOLD 4
SELL 0
STRONG
SELL
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| PRICE TARGET: $26.50 DETAILS
HIGH: $27.00
LOW: $26.00
MEDIAN: $26.50
CONSENSUS: $26.50
UPSIDE: 11.72%
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 33.0% below fair value
Current Price $23.72
Bear Case $23.10 2.6% downside ($23.10 - $23.72) / $23.72 = -2.6% ROTCE 10.6% → 1.47x TBV
Fair Value $35.43 49.4% upside ($35.43 - $23.72) / $23.72 = 49.4% ROTCE 14.2% → 2.25x TBV
Bull Case $42.83 80.6% upside ($42.83 - $23.72) / $23.72 = 80.6% ROTCE 16.3% → 2.72x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

14.2%
8.5%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (14.2%) vs. cost of equity (8.5%)

Implied Market Multiple 1.51x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 14.2% vs. 8.5% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 2.25x on $15.74 tangible book, implying $35.43 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (10 analysts) $26.50
Analyst Range $26.00 – $27.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 34%

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.
Wall Street's average price target is $26.50 (from 10 analysts). Our estimate is 34% 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