Analyzing GBank Financial (GBFH) and Its Peers

GBank Financial (NASDAQ:GBFH) is one of 926 publicly-traded companies in the “Banks” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare GBank Financial to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

47.6% of shares of all “Banks” companies are held by institutional investors. 32.4% of GBank Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of shares of all “Banks” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for GBank Financial and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GBank Financial	1	1	4	0	2.50
GBank Financial Competitors	7405	29844	27263	1376	2.34

GBank Financial presently has a consensus target price of $37.33, suggesting a potential upside of 105.35%. As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 14.28%. Given GBank Financial’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe GBank Financial is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares GBank Financial and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GBank Financial	15.44%	14.42%	1.75%
GBank Financial Competitors	14.93%	9.33%	0.92%

Risk and Volatility

GBank Financial has a beta of 0.03, meaning that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GBank Financial’s competitors have a beta of 0.59, meaning that their average stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares GBank Financial and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
GBank Financial	$109.61 million	$20.93 million	14.20
GBank Financial Competitors	$9.82 billion	$2.39 billion	20.18

GBank Financial’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than GBank Financial. GBank Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

GBank Financial beats its competitors on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

GBank Financial Company Profile

GBank Financial Holdings Inc. operates as a bank holding company for GBank which provides banking services to commercial and consumer customers principally in Nevada. The company offers business and personal checking and savings accounts. GBank Financial Holdings Inc. is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.