Head-To-Head Review: GBank Financial (GBFH) vs. Its Peers

GBank Financial (NASDAQ:GBFH) is one of 925 publicly-traded companies in the “Banks” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare GBank Financial to similar companies based on the strength of its dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

47.4% of shares of all “Banks” companies are held by institutional investors. 32.4% of GBank Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of shares of all “Banks” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares GBank Financial and its peers’ 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	14.94%	9.46%	0.92%

Volatility & Risk

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

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
GBank Financial	$109.61 million	$20.93 million	14.78
GBank Financial Competitors	$13.78 billion	$2.39 billion	22.30

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for GBank Financial and its peers, 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	7373	29723	27134	1364	2.34

GBank Financial currently has a consensus price target of $37.33, indicating a potential upside of 97.32%. As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 11.31%. Given GBank Financial’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GBank Financial is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

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

About GBank Financial

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.