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Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
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BUY 19
HOLD 5
SELL 0
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $85.70 DETAILS
HIGH: $98.00
LOW: $36.00
MEDIAN: $92.50
CONSENSUS: $85.70
UPSIDE: 9.13%
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 46.7% below fair value
Current Price $78.53
Bear Case $103.17 31.4% upside ($103.17 - $78.53) / $78.53 = 31.4% ROTCE 13.2% → 1.21x TBV
Fair Value $147.39 87.7% upside ($147.39 - $78.53) / $78.53 = 87.7% ROTCE 17.6% → 1.78x TBV
Bull Case $191.61 144.0% upside ($191.61 - $78.53) / $78.53 = 144.0% ROTCE 20.2% → 2.13x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

17.6%
11.6%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (17.6%) vs. cost of equity (11.6%)

Implied Market Multiple 1.56x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 17.6% vs. 11.6% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 1.78x on $50.46 tangible book, implying $147.39 per share. DDM cross-check: $21.59.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

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

Average Target (24 analysts) $85.70
Analyst Range $36.00 – $98.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 72%

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.
Dividend-based valuation: $21.59 (85% below our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.
Wall Street's average price target is $85.70 (from 24 analysts). Our estimate is 72% 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