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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
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BUY 10
HOLD 10
SELL 2
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| PRICE TARGET: $38.29 DETAILS
HIGH: $46.00
LOW: $30.00
MEDIAN: $37.00
CONSENSUS: $38.29
UPSIDE: 34.07%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers 80% confidence

Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 85.7% above fair value
Current Price $28.56
Bear Case $10.77 62.3% downside ($10.77 - $28.56) / $28.56 = -62.3% ROTCE 5.6% → 0.30x TBV
Fair Value $15.38 46.2% downside ($15.38 - $28.56) / $28.56 = -46.2% ROTCE 7.4% → 0.34x TBV
Bull Case $19.99 30.0% downside ($19.99 - $28.56) / $28.56 = -30.0% ROTCE 8.5% → 0.45x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

7.4%
14.0%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (7.4%) vs. cost of equity (14.0%)

Implied Market Multiple 3.78x

Plain-Language Summary

Our base-case estimate uses P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $38.29 from 22 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $15.38 per share.

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 (7.4%) is below the minimum investors require (14.0%). This means the bank is worth less than the net assets on its books.
Wall Street's average price target is $38.29 (from 22 analysts). Our estimate is 80% 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