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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
1
BUY 7
HOLD 0
SELL 0
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $56.50 DETAILS
HIGH: $58.00
LOW: $55.00
MEDIAN: $56.50
CONSENSUS: $56.50
UPSIDE: 23.36%
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 53.6% above fair value
Current Price $45.80
Bear Case $20.87 54.4% downside ($20.87 - $45.80) / $45.80 = -54.4% ROTCE 4.6% → 0.30x TBV
Fair Value $29.81 34.9% downside ($29.81 - $45.80) / $45.80 = -34.9% ROTCE 6.1% → 0.50x TBV
Bull Case $38.75 15.4% downside ($38.75 - $45.80) / $45.80 = -15.4% ROTCE 7.0% → 0.71x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

6.1%
8.2%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (6.1%) vs. cost of equity (8.2%)

Implied Market Multiple 1.32x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 6.1% vs. 8.2% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 0.50x on $34.67 tangible book, implying $29.81 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (8 analysts) $56.50
Analyst Range $55.00 – $58.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 47%

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 (6.1%) is below the minimum investors require (8.2%). This means the bank is worth less than the net assets on its books.
Wall Street's average price target is $56.50 (from 8 analysts). Our estimate is 47% 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