Critical Survey: GBank Financial (GBFH) versus Its Rivals

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

Risk & Volatility

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for GBank Financial and its rivals, 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	7359	29671	27082	1356	2.34

GBank Financial currently has a consensus target price of $37.33, indicating a potential upside of 87.32%. As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 10.58%. Given GBank Financial’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe GBank Financial is more favorable than its rivals.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
GBank Financial	$109.61 million	$20.93 million	15.57
GBank Financial Competitors	$9.83 billion	$2.39 billion	22.45

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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

47.5% of shares of all “Banks” companies are held by institutional investors. 32.4% of GBank Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of shares of all “Banks” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Summary

GBank Financial beats its rivals 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.