PGC - Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation
Price:
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CONSENSUS:
Buy
DETAILS
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PRICE TARGET:
$56.50
DETAILS
HIGH:
$58.00
LOW:
$55.00
MEDIAN:
$56.50
CONSENSUS:
$56.50
UPSIDE:
23.36%
AlphaVal
Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value
Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers
85% confidence
Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality
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