SFNC - Simmons First National Corporation
Price:
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CONSENSUS:
Buy
DETAILS
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PRICE TARGET:
$25.00
DETAILS
HIGH:
$25.00
LOW:
$25.00
MEDIAN:
$25.00
CONSENSUS:
$25.00
UPSIDE:
10.18%
AlphaVal
Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value
Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers
85% confidence
Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality
Adjust Assumptions
-19.7%
9.3%
Key Value Driver
ROTCE (-19.7%) vs. cost of equity (9.3%)
Implied Market Multiple
1.63x
Plain-Language Summary
With ROTCE of -19.7% vs. 9.3% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 0.30x on $13.88 tangible book, implying $28.11 per share. DDM cross-check: $13.29.
Analyst Consensus (External Reference)
Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above -- shown only as an outside comparison.
Average Target (9 analysts)
$25.00
Analyst Range
$25.00 – $25.00
Divergence from AlphaVal
12%
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 (-19.7%) is below the minimum investors require (9.3%). This means the bank is worth less than the net assets on its books.
Dividend-based valuation: $13.29 (53% 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