Reviewing GBank Financial (GBFH) & Its Peers

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

47.5% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by institutional investors. 32.4% of GBank Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

GBank Financial has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GBank Financial’s competitors have a beta of 0.60, suggesting that their average share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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%	9.46%	0.92%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares GBank Financial and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
GBank Financial	$109.61 million	$20.93 million	15.82
GBank Financial Competitors	$9.82 billion	$2.39 billion	22.60

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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for GBank Financial and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GBank Financial	1	1	4	0	2.50
GBank Financial Competitors	7347	29643	27031	1351	2.34

GBank Financial currently has a consensus target price of $37.33, indicating a potential upside of 84.41%. As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 8.86%. Given GBank Financial’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe GBank Financial is more favorable than its competitors.

Summary

GBank Financial beats its competitors 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.