KB Financial Group - KB Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KB Financial Group in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" KB shares.
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KB Financial Group's stock was trading at $38.66 at the beginning of the year. Since then, KB stock has increased by 18.4% and is now trading at $45.78.
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KB Financial Group saw a drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 240,400 shares, a drop of 28.9% from the December 31st total of 338,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 224,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.1 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 14th 2023.
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KB Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:KB) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February, 7th. The bank reported $0.34 EPS for the quarter. KB Financial Group had a net margin of 20.82% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.14%.

KB Financial Group (NYSE:KB) pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.48%. The dividend payout ratio is 12.45%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, KB will have a dividend payout ratio of 10.37% 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Trinity Street Asset Management LLP (0.50%), Todd Asset Management LLC (0.10%), Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.08%), Nordwand Advisors LLC (0.03%), Gilman Hill Asset Management LLC (0.02%) and Henry James International Management Inc. (0.01%).

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One share of KB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $45.78.

KB Financial Group (NYSE:KB) has a market capitalization of $18.72 billion and generates $16.45 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $3.72 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.16 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.