Contrasting KB Financial Group (KB) & Its Competitors

KB Financial Group (NYSE:KB) is one of 919 publicly-traded companies in the “Banks” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare KB Financial Group to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for KB Financial Group and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
KB Financial Group	0	0	2	1	3.33
KB Financial Group Competitors	7470	30209	27786	1473	2.35

As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 17.08%. Given KB Financial Group’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe KB Financial Group has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares KB Financial Group and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
KB Financial Group	17.67%	10.11%	0.76%
KB Financial Group Competitors	15.64%	9.43%	0.93%

Dividends

KB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. KB Financial Group pays out 23.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Banks” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.3% and pay out 28.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
KB Financial Group	$22,365.26 billion	$4.04 billion	9.55
KB Financial Group Competitors	$297.20 billion	$2.42 billion	20.33

KB Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than its rivals. KB Financial Group 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.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

11.5% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.0% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by institutional investors. 69.0% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

KB Financial Group has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KB Financial Group’s rivals have a beta of 0.61, indicating that their average share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

KB Financial Group beats its rivals on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

KB Financial Group Company Profile

KB Financial Group Inc. provides a range of banking and related financial services to consumers and corporations in South Korea, the United States, New Zealand, China, Cambodia, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, and internationally. The company operates through Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, Other Banking Services, Credit Card, Securities, Life Insurance, and Non-Life Insurance segments. It offers loans, deposit products, and other related financial products and services to large, small, medium-sized enterprises, and small office/home office, as well as individuals and households; investment banking, and brokerage and supporting services; life insurance products; non-life insurance products, including fire, maritime, injury, technology, liability, package, title, guarantee, other special type insurances, automobile, long-term nonlife, property damage, injury, driver, savings, illness, nursing, pension, and others; and credit sale, cash service, card loan, and other supporting services. The company also engages in securities and derivatives trading, funding, and other supporting activities. In addition, it offers foreign exchange transaction; financial investment; credit card and installment financing; financial leasing; auto Installment finance; real estate trust management; capital and collective investment; collection of receivables or credit investigation; software advisory, development, and supply; microfinance; investment advisory; claim; management; savings banking; information and communication; e-commerce; and general advisory services. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.