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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
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BUY 13
HOLD 10
SELL 0
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| PRICE TARGET: $79.50 DETAILS
HIGH: $84.00
LOW: $75.00
MEDIAN: $79.50
CONSENSUS: $79.50
UPSIDE: 13.39%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers 85% confidence

Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality

Valuation Signal Undervalued Strong
Trading 54.1% below fair value
Current Price $70.11
Bear Case $107.02 52.6% upside ($107.02 - $70.11) / $70.11 = 52.6% ROTCE 11.6% → 1.30x TBV
Fair Value $152.88 118.1% upside ($152.88 - $70.11) / $70.11 = 118.1% ROTCE 15.5% → 1.96x TBV
Bull Case $198.74 183.5% upside ($198.74 - $70.11) / $70.11 = 183.5% ROTCE 17.8% → 2.36x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

15.5%
9.9%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (15.5%) vs. cost of equity (9.9%)

Implied Market Multiple 2.41x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 15.5% vs. 9.9% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 1.96x on $29.06 tangible book, implying $152.88 per share. DDM cross-check: $57.21.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (23 analysts) $79.50
Analyst Range $75.00 – $84.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 92%

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.
ℹ Dividend-based valuation: $57.21 (63% 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 $79.50 (from 23 analysts). Our estimate is 92% 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