GBank Financial (GBFH) vs. Its Competitors Critical Review

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for GBank Financial and its rivals, 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	7350	29652	27040	1353	2.34

GBank Financial presently has a consensus target price of $37.33, suggesting a potential upside of 83.82%. As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 8.89%. Given GBank Financial’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GBank Financial is more favorable than its rivals.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

47.5% of shares of all “Banks” companies are held by institutional investors. 32.4% of GBank Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of shares of all “Banks” companies are held 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 stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GBank Financial’s rivals have a beta of 0.59, suggesting that their average stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares GBank Financial and its rivals’ 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%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares GBank Financial and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
GBank Financial	$109.61 million	$20.93 million	15.87
GBank Financial Competitors	$159.75 billion	$2.39 billion	22.60

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

Summary

GBank Financial beats its rivals 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.