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

0 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for KB Financial Group's shares. Their KB share price forecasts range from $46.15 to $46.15. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $46.15 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.1% from the stock's current price.
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KB Financial Group's stock was trading at $38.66 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, KB stock has decreased by 3.8% and is now trading at $37.20.
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KB Financial Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 205,400 shares, an increase of 29.3% from the April 30th total of 158,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 241,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.8 days. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 15th 2023.
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KB Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:KB) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February, 7th. The bank reported $0.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. KB Financial Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.56% and a net margin of 15.59%.

ETFs with the largest weight of KB Financial Group (NYSE:KB) stock in their portfolio include Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF (AVES).SPDR MSCI Emerging Markets StrategicFactors ETF (QEMM).

KB Financial Group (NYSE:KB) pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.34%. The dividend payout ratio is 14.37%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, KB will have a dividend payout ratio of 12.53% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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7 employees have rated KB Financial Group Chief Executive Officer Yoon-Dae Euh on Glassdoor.com. Yoon-Dae Euh has an approval rating of 33% among the company's employees. This puts Yoon-Dae Euh in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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KB Financial Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KB."

KB Financial Group's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.72%), Trinity Street Asset Management LLP (0.52%), BlackRock Inc. (0.44%), Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership (0.29%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.25%) and Orbis Allan Gray Ltd (0.21%).

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One share of KB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $37.20.

KB Financial Group (NYSE:KB) has a market capitalization of $15.01 billion and generates $20.05 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $3.49 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.35 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,020 workers across the globe.

KB Financial Group's mailing address is 26 Gukjegeumyung-ro 8-gil Yeongdeungpo-gu, SEOUL M5, 07331. The official website for the company is www.kbfg.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (222) 073-7114, via email at kbir@kbfg.com, or via fax at 82-2-2073-2848.