TCPC - BlackRock TCP Capital Corp.
Price:
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CONSENSUS:
Hold
DETAILS
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PRICE TARGET:
$4.00
DETAILS
HIGH:
$4.00
LOW:
$4.00
MEDIAN:
$4.00
CONSENSUS:
$4.00
DOWNSIDE:
0.37%
AlphaVal
Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value
Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers
90% confidence
Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality
Adjust Assumptions
-14.9%
10.1%
Key Value Driver
ROTCE (-14.9%) vs. cost of equity (10.1%)
Implied Market Multiple
0.56x
Plain-Language Summary
With ROTCE of -14.9% vs. 10.1% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 0.30x on $7.13 tangible book, implying $5.88 per share.
Analyst Consensus (External Reference)
Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above -- shown only as an outside comparison.
Average Target (13 analysts)
$4.00
Analyst Range
$4.00 – $4.00
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 (-14.9%) is below the minimum investors require (10.1%). This means the bank is worth less than the net assets on its books.
Wall Street's average price target is $4.00 (from 13 analysts). Our estimate is 47% 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