KB vs. BSBR, BAP, BCH, NWG, BSAC, CIB, WF, BCS, LYG, and CM
Should you be buying KB Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KB Financial Group include Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Credicorp (BAP), Banco de Chile (BCH), NatWest Group (NWG), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Bancolombia (CIB), Woori Financial Group (WF), Barclays (BCS), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Banco Santander (Brasil) (NYSE:BSBR) and KB Financial Group (NYSE:KB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
KB Financial Group has a net margin of 12.94% compared to KB Financial Group's net margin of 0.00%. Banco Santander (Brasil)'s return on equity of 7.72% beat KB Financial Group's return on equity.
Banco Santander (Brasil) presently has a consensus target price of $5.60, suggesting a potential downside of 3.95%. Given KB Financial Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Banco Santander (Brasil) is more favorable than KB Financial Group.
In the previous week, Banco Santander (Brasil) had 3 more articles in the media than KB Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Banco Santander (Brasil) and 3 mentions for KB Financial Group. KB Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Banco Santander (Brasil)'s score of 0.30 indicating that Banco Santander (Brasil) is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Banco Santander (Brasil) received 11 more outperform votes than KB Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.14% of users gave KB Financial Group an outperform vote while only 55.35% of users gave Banco Santander (Brasil) an outperform vote.
Banco Santander (Brasil) pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. KB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $3.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. KB Financial Group pays out 41.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Banco Santander (Brasil) has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KB Financial Group has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
KB Financial Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Banco Santander (Brasil).
14.5% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.5% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 69.0% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Banco Santander (Brasil) and KB Financial Group tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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