Greene County Bancorp, Inc. (GCBC) Stock

Greene County Bancorp, Inc. (GCBC) is a Financials stock trading at $35.02 (as of 2026-09-03), with a market capitalization of $596.23M and a trailing P/E of 15.8. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Greene County Bancorp, Inc. operates as a holding company for The Bank of Greene County that provides various financial services in the United States. Its deposit products include savings, NOW accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, non-interest bearing checking accounts, and individual retirement accounts. The company's loan portfolio consists of residential, construction and land, and multifamily mortgage loans; commercial real estate mortgage loans; consumer loans, such as loans on new and used automobiles, personal loans, and home equity loans, as well as other consumer installment loans, including passbook loans, unsecured home improvement loans, recreational vehicle loans, and deposit account overdrafts; and commercial loans. As of June 30, 2021, it operated a network of 17 full-service banking offices. The company was founded in 1889 and is based in Catskill, New York. Greene County Bancorp, Inc. is a subsidiary of Greene County Bancorp, MHC.

Understand Greene County Bancorp, Inc.: how it makes money

Greene County Bancorp holds The Bank of Greene County, a small U.S. community bank that earns money by lending to homeowners, businesses, and consumers while funding those loans with customer deposits. The balance sheet is deliberately conservative, prioritizing a thick liquidity cushion over maximum lending deployment, which shapes both the yield profile and the risk posture.

Every dollar of profit is the interest spread between what local depositors earn and what borrowers pay, and the 63% loan-to-deposit ratio intentionally leaves a large liquidity buffer that caps the achievable spread but shields the NIM from rate shocks.

Business quality (Strong): Strong: a 37% operating margin and 14% ROE on a conservative balance sheet indicate the community bank is converting its deposit base into earnings efficiently without taking on outsized credit risk.

Valuation: At 16× earnings, GCBC trades 23% above the Banking average (13×).

Bull case

  • Profitable community lending machine: A 37% operating margin shows the bank turns its deposit-funded loan book into earnings at a rate well above what many micro-cap peers achieve, signaling disciplined pricing and cost control.
  • Conservative lending posture: Loans to Deposits at 63.0% means the bank is not leaning heavily on borrowed funding or aggressive credit extension, leaving a meaningful liquidity cushion that limits downside if the local economy softens.

Bear case

  • Paying a premium over peers: The stock trades at 15.9x earnings versus a 13x banking-sector average, a 23% premium. For a small, single-state community bank with limited diversification, that multiple leaves little room for a growth miss before the valuation reverts to the group.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$35.02
Market Cap$596.23M
P/E Ratio15.8
EV / EBITDA10.7
Price / Book2.23
Price / Sales4.68
FCF Yield4.6%
DCF Value (model)$39.60
DCF Upside vs Price13.1%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$117.70M
Net Margin26.5%
Revenue Growth (YoY)9.4%
EPS Growth (YoY)31.9%
FCF Growth (YoY)46.9%
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E15.8
Sector P/E (Financials)15.2
Industry P/E (Banking)13.0
vs Sector3.9%
vs Industry21.5%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderBlackRock, Inc. ($15.20M)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Company
SectorFinancials
IndustryBanking
CEODonald E. Gibson
Employees189
CountryUS
IPO Date1999-06-30

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Data as of 2026-09-03.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.