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Gunma Bank, Ltd.8334.TCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Japan · JPY·Financials›Regional Banks

Regional bank serving Gunma prefecture, offering retail and corporate banking services.

≈ A regional Japanese bankMomentum neutral 40
Mkt cap
$5.78B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
78%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$19.8M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.43×
price to book
ROE
10.3%
delivered
Implied ROE
7.8%
what the price asks
Next earnings
3 days
9 Nov 2026
Close · JPY¥2,394
1D-6.8%
1W-9.2%
1M-23.0%
3M-5.3%
6M+10.9%
YTD+38.6%
1Y+50.5%
ATR %4.7%
52w lowhigh25.8% off high

What Gunma Bank does

Regional bank serving Gunma prefecture, offering retail and corporate banking services.

Earns mainly from the gap between loan and deposit rates, lending to local firms and households in Gunma and holding a securities portfolio. Like other regional banks it faces a shrinking, ageing home population, which slows loan demand.

In one line: A regional Japanese bank.

Products and services

  • Retail banking
  • Corporate/SME lending

Customers

  • Gunma prefecture retail/corporate customers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Regional banking
  • Retail + corporate banking

What could go right

  • Rising Japanese interest rates aiding margins

What could go wrong

  • Regional population decline
  • Credit cycle risk

Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, distribution). Long-standing regional deposit franchise in Gunma prefecture.

Headquarters: Maebashi, Japan · Founded: 1932 · Employees: 2,899

Named competitors

Gunma Bank at a glance

Size Gunma Bank (8334.T) is a Japan Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $5.78B, the 213th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥2,394 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 10.9%, against +4.4% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 21.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.5%); the operating margin is 43.4% (peer median 40.4%).

Valuation It trades at 1.43× book value against a peer median of 1.21× (4th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 7.8%; Gunma Bank delivers 10.3%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 9 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012014011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20268334.T 111Peer median 106
Six months, rebased to 100: Gunma Bank against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Gunma Bank financials

Reported figures in JPY; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue¥251B¥264B¥219B¥200B¥176B
Revenue growth—+20%+10%+14%—
Net income¥62.4B¥58.9B¥43.9B¥31.1B¥27.9B
Free cash flown/a¥70.7B-¥3.69B¥22.8B¥12.1B
Capital expendituren/a¥8.42B¥6.06B¥7.29B¥5.81B
Total debt¥1.25T¥1.36T¥1.25T¥1.65T¥1.83T

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Gunma Bank competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-10%0%+10%-20%0%HWC5830HOMB601665601577OZKAUBABCB2834IFSGGALGBCI83775838EBC002966RILBA8359BEKN8334.T6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Gunma Bank is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

10%15%20%10×20×HWC5830HOMB601665601577OZKAUBABCB2834IFSGGALGBCI83775838RILBABEKN8334.TReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Gunma Bank is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

5%10%15%20%10%20%HWC5830HOMB601665601577OZKAUB2834IFSGGALGBCI83775838RILBA83598334.TROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Gunma Bank is the large dot.

Gunma Bank competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (8334.T vs 8359.T vs 5844.T vs 8331.T)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Gunma Bank 8334.T$5.78B+11%+22%10%1.43×7.8%
Hachijuni Nagano Bank 8359.T$6.53B+6%+20%7%0.85×5.6%
Kyoto Financial Group,Inc 5844.T$7.14B-11%+19%8%0.79×5.9%
Chiba Bank 8331.T$10.3B+9%+31%8%1.28×6.9%
Yokohama Financial 7186.T$11.1B+7%+21%8%1.21×8.1%
Shizuoka Financial 5831.T$10.0B+6%+18%8%1.21×10.5%
Musashino Bank 8336.T$1.47B-3%+31%6%0.82×6.0%

How Gunma Bank compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Gunma Bank against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure8334.TPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-23.0%+1.5%2nd lowest of 21
6-month return+10.9%+4.4%8th highest of 21
Return on equity10.3%9.6%10th highest of 21
Price / book1.43×1.21×4th most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E14.5×12.8×4th most expensive of 19
ROE the price implies7.8%9.5%7th least demanding of 20
ROE delivered10.3%9.6%10th highest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Gunma Bank 8334.TJapan$5.78B+11%+22%10%1.43×7.8%10.3%
Hancock Whitney HWCUnited States$5.73B+4%-1%9%1.34×12.2%9.4%
Iyogin Holdings,Inc 5830.TJapan$5.61B-3%+13%8%0.91×8.2%7.8%
Home BancShares HOMBUnited States$5.97B+12%+2%11%1.31×10.2%11.1%
Qilu Bank 601665.SSChina$6.02B+2%+1%12%0.75×3.2%12.2%
Bank of Changsha 601577.SSChina$6.03B0%-9%11%0.52×2.8%11.1%
Bank OZK OZKUnited States$5.53B+4%0%11%0.93×8.9%11.3%
Atlantic Union Bankshares AUBUnited States$5.51B+4%+21%11%1.09×9.5%10.7%
Ameris Bancorp ABCBUnited States$5.49B-5%+3%9%1.33×12.1%9.5%
Taiwan Business Bank 2834.TWTaiwan$5.46B+7%-16%9%1.23×4.5%9.2%
Intercorp Financial Services IFSUnited States$5.38B+4%+9%17%1.36×10.5%17.4%
Grupo Financiero Galicia SA Sponsored ADR GGALUnited States$5.36B-30%+3%2%0.76×9.6%2.0%
Glacier Bancorp GBCIUnited States$6.27B-1%+21%9%1.45×11.2%8.8%
Hokuhoku Financial 8377.TJapan$5.25B+53%+27%10%1.10×7.7%9.7%
Rakuten Bank 5838.TJapan$6.36B-9%+38%22%2.55×8.1%21.5%
Eastern Bankshares EBCUnited States$5.22B+14%+61%10%1.23×9.6%9.5%
Bank of Suzhou 002966.SZChina$6.41B+12%+5%11%0.79×2.8%10.9%
Ringkjobing Landbobank A/S RILBA.CODenmark$6.44B+16%+2%20%3.58×10.2%20.5%
Hachijuni Nagano Bank 8359.TJapan$6.53B+6%+20%7%0.85×5.6%6.5%
United Bankshares UBSIUnited States$6.57B+11%+4%9%1.20×9.7%9.4%
Berner Kantonalbank BEKN.SWSwitzerland$5.07B+17%-4%7%1.34×n/a6.6%

Questions

Who are Gunma Bank's main competitors?
Named competitors: Hachijuni Bank (8359.T), Kyoto Financial Group (5844.T), Chiba Bank (8331.T), Joyo Bank (private or unlisted), Concordia Financial Group (7186.T), Shizuoka Financial Group (5831.T). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Hancock Whitney (HWC), Iyogin Holdings,Inc (5830.T), Home BancShares (HOMB), Qilu Bank (601665.SS), Bank of Changsha (601577.SS), Bank OZK (OZK).
Is Gunma Bank expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.43× against a peer median of 1.21×, 4th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 7.8%; Gunma Bank delivers 10.3%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has Gunma Bank stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +10.9% against +4.4% for the median peer; over one year +50.5%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.