Reviewing GBank Financial (GBFH) & Its Peers

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

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	14.93%	9.46%	0.92%

Earnings & Valuation

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

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 peers have a beta of 0.60, meaning that their average stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for GBank Financial and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	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 presently has a consensus price target of $37.33, suggesting 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 clearly believe GBank Financial is more favorable than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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

Summary

GBank Financial beats its peers 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.