KB Financial Group (KB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

KB Financial Group Inc. is a South Korean financial holding company headquartered in Seoul. Established in 2008, the group provides a broad range of financial products and services through subsidiaries serving individuals, businesses, and institutional customers in South Korea and selected international markets.

Its principal subsidiary is KB Kookmin Bank, one of South Korea’s major commercial banks, which offers deposits, consumer and commercial lending, payments, wealth management, foreign exchange, and related banking services. The group’s other businesses include securities brokerage and investment banking, credit cards through KB Kookmin Card, life and general insurance, asset management, consumer finance, and other specialized financial services.

KB Financial Group serves customers through branch networks, digital banking platforms, and overseas operations and partnerships, particularly in Asian markets. Its shares trade on the Korea Exchange, while American depositary shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “KB.”

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $122.18 to $124.71
• 50-Day Range: $112.31 to $132.83
• 52-Week Range: $77.44 to $133.29
• Volume: 260,487 shs
• Average Volume: 138,663 shs
• Market Capitalization: $43.91 billion
• P/E Ratio: 10.63
• Dividend Yield: 2.18%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

KB Financial Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

KB Financial Group scored higher than 84% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 251st out of 843 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

KB Financial Group has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

KB Financial Group has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.14%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for KB Financial Group are expected to grow by 9.14% in the coming year, from $12.91 to $14.09 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of KB Financial Group is 10.63, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.90.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of KB Financial Group is 10.63, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.49.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

KB Financial Group has a PEG Ratio of 0.74. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

KB Financial Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.12. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.43% of the float of KB Financial Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

KB Financial Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.75, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in KB Financial Group has recently decreased by 2.94%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

KB Financial Group pays a meaningful dividend of 2.20%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

KB Financial Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of KB Financial Group is 23.18%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, KB Financial Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.16% next year. This indicates that KB Financial Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.03

News Sentiment

KB Financial Group has a news sentiment score of 1.03. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.64 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for KB Financial Group this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for KB on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added KB Financial Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, KB Financial Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

69.00% of the stock of KB Financial Group is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

11.52% of the stock of KB Financial Group is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/14/2026
• Today: 10/02/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/29/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Diversified Banks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:KB
• CIK: 1445930
• Web: www.kbfg.com
• Phone: (222) 073-7114
• Fax: 82-2-2073-2848
• Employees: 141
• Year Founded: 2008

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $11.65
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.63
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.59
• P/E Growth: 0.73
• Net Income: $4.04 billion
• Net Margins: 17.67%
• Pretax Margin: 25.09%
• Return on Equity: 10.11%
• Return on Assets: 0.76%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 2.53
• Current Ratio: 1.64
• Quick Ratio: 1.64

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $23.41 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.88
• Cash Flow: $12.60 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.83
• Book Value: $110.39 per share
• Price / Book: 1.12

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 354,690,000
• Free Float: 109,953,000
• Market Cap: $43.91 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.05