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German American Bancorp, Inc.GABCCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Regional Banks

Southern Indiana community bank offering commercial, retail, insurance and wealth-management banking services.

Momentum strong 69
Mkt cap
$1.88B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
97%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$7.60M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.63×
price to book
ROE
12.8%
delivered
Implied ROE
11.0%
what the price asks
Next earnings
87 days
1 Feb 2027
Close · USD$50.08
1D-0.9%
1W+2.3%
1M+2.6%
3M+0.8%
6M+14.9%
YTD+27.8%
1Y+25.8%
ATR %2.5%
Beta0.22
52w lowhigh4.4% off high

What German American Bancorp does

Southern Indiana community bank offering commercial, retail, insurance and wealth-management banking services.

Earns mostly from the spread between interest on loans and what it pays on deposits, with fees from insurance agency commissions, trust and wealth management, and service charges as a smaller second stream. Its business is concentrated in Indiana, where it is headquartered in Jasper.

Products and services

  • Commercial banking
  • Retail banking
  • Insurance
  • Wealth management

Customers

  • Southern Indiana small businesses and consumers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Regional banks
  • Southern Indiana community banking

What could go right

  • Regional commercial loan growth

What could go wrong

  • Net interest margin compression
  • Regional economic slowdown

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution). Long-standing local branch franchise with diversified insurance and wealth cross-sell.

Headquarters: Jasper, Indiana, US · Founded: 1910 · Employees: 984

Named competitors

German American Bancorp at a glance

Size German American Bancorp (GABC) is a United States Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $1.88B, the 1838th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $50.08 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 14.9%, against +4.8% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 12.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.1%); the operating margin is 46.2% (peer median 38.8%).

Valuation It trades at 1.63× book value against a peer median of 0.93× (2nd most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 11.0%; German American Bancorp delivers 12.8%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Short interest Short interest is 3.6% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 1 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026GABC 117Peer median 105
Six months, rebased to 100: German American Bancorp against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

German American Bancorp financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$506M$487M$353M$317M$278M
Revenue growth—+38%+12%+14%—
Net income$146M$113M$83.8M$85.9M$81.8M
Free cash flown/a$154M$90.6M$95.7M$93.6M
Capital expendituren/a$5.32M$5.05M$5.75M$7.85M
Total debt$268M$188M$215M$199M$210M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

German American Bancorp 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

0%+20%+40%-20%0%DCOM60090883700012278381PAG0440TBBKSTBA00280761998361FCFHTHSRCE85228367GABC6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. German American Bancorp is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

6%8%10%12%14%0.50×10×1.50×DCOM60090883700012278381PAG0440TBBKSTBA00280761998361FCFHTHBYSRCETCBK85228367GABCReturn 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. German American Bancorp is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

10%20%30%10%20%30%DCOM60090883700012278381PAG0440TBBKSTBA002807SRCETCBKGABCROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. German American Bancorp is the large dot.

German American Bancorp competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (GABC vs ONB vs FFBC vs FMBH)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
German American Bancorp GABC$1.88B+15%+12%13%1.63×11.0%
Old National Bancorp ONB$9.43B+3%+18%12%1.17×10.3%
First Financial Bancorp FFBC$3.43B+6%+13%11%1.19×10.9%
First Mid Bancshares FMBH$1.35B+15%+15%11%1.23×10.1%

How German American Bancorp 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.

German American Bancorp against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureGABCPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+2.6%+2.6%11th highest of 21
6-month return+14.9%+4.8%5th highest of 21
Return on equity12.8%9.4%3rd highest of 21
Price / book1.63×0.93×2nd most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E12.9×11.7×5th most expensive of 21
ROE the price implies11.0%7.3%4th most demanding of 21
ROE delivered12.8%9.4%3rd highest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
German American Bancorp GABCUnited States$1.88B+15%+12%13%1.63×11.0%12.8%
Dime Commercial Bancshares DCOMUnited States$1.85B+13%+14%9%1.39×12.4%9.4%
Wuxi Rural Commercial Bank 600908.SSChina$1.94B+3%-5%10%0.54×2.8%10.1%
Kiyo Bank 8370.TJapan$1.83B+39%+20%9%1.13×8.6%9.4%
Bank of Lanzhou 001227.SZChina$1.82B-4%0%6%0.38×2.5%5.5%
San-in Godo Bank 8381.TJapan$1.95B+5%+27%8%0.91×5.9%8.1%
Paragon Banking PAG.LUnited Kingdom$1.81B+5%-7%12%0.95×14.0%12.0%
Dah Sing Financial 0440.HKHong Kong$1.81B+4%-8%6%0.36×4.7%5.6%
Bancorp TBBKUnited States$1.97B-15%-7%33%2.96×26.3%33.0%
S&T Bancorp STBAUnited States$1.79B+14%+2%10%1.27×10.8%10.0%
Jiangsu Jiangyin Rural Commercial Bank 002807.SZChina$1.77B+5%-3%10%0.57×2.9%10.5%
Bank of Guizhou 6199.HKHong Kong$1.77B-4%-2%8%0.24×3.6%8.0%
Bank of Zhengzhou 002936.SZChina$2.01B-3%+1%3%0.34×2.6%n/a
Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank 8361.TJapan$1.75B+45%+39%6%0.66×6.1%5.6%
First Commonwealth Financial FCFUnited States$2.03B+13%+4%11%1.37×10.4%11.4%
Hilltop HTHUnited States$2.07B-4%-2%7%0.98×9.1%6.6%
Byline Bancorp BYUnited States$1.70B+15%+2%12%1.34×10.3%12.3%
1st Source SRCEUnited States$2.09B+18%+4%14%1.59×10.5%13.9%
TriCo Bancshares TCBKUnited States$1.67B+2%+4%11%1.26×9.6%10.6%
Bank of Nagoya 8522.TJapan$1.67B-8%+25%7%0.83×6.1%7.3%
Nanto Bank 8367.TJapan$1.65B+7%+13%6%0.81×5.9%6.1%

Questions

Who are German American Bancorp's main competitors?
Named competitors: Old National Bancorp (ONB), First Financial Bancorp (FFBC), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Dime Commercial Bancshares (DCOM), Wuxi Rural Commercial Bank (600908.SS), Kiyo Bank (8370.T), Bank of Lanzhou (001227.SZ), San-in Godo Bank (8381.T), Paragon Banking (PAG.L).
Is German American Bancorp expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.63× against a peer median of 0.93×, 2nd most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 11.0%; German American Bancorp delivers 12.8%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has German American Bancorp stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +14.9% against +4.8% for the median peer; over one year +25.8%.

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.