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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
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BUY 4
HOLD 9
SELL 0
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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

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers 90% confidence

Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality

Valuation Signal Undervalued Moderate
Trading 31.7% below fair value
Current Price $4.01
Bear Case $4.12 2.5% upside ($4.12 - $4.01) / $4.01 = 2.5% ROTCE 4.0% → 0.30x TBV
Fair Value $5.88 46.5% upside ($5.88 - $4.01) / $4.01 = 46.5% ROTCE -14.9% → 0.30x TBV
Bull Case $7.64 90.4% upside ($7.64 - $4.01) / $4.01 = 90.4% ROTCE -17.1% → 0.30x TBV

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.
ℹ 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