Financial Survey: GBank Financial (GBFH) & The Competition

GBank Financial (NASDAQ:GBFH) is one of 925 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 profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
GBank Financial	$109.61 million	$20.93 million	15.31
GBank Financial Competitors	$50.29 billion	$2.39 billion	22.06

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.

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	14.96%	9.46%	0.92%

Risk and Volatility

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for GBank Financial and its competitors, as reported 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	7378	29760	27184	1372	2.34

GBank Financial presently has a consensus target price of $37.33, indicating a potential upside of 90.53%. As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 12.62%. Given GBank Financial’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe GBank Financial is more favorable than its competitors.

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, 9.8% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.