NYSE:KB - KB Financial Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

KB Financial Group announced an annual dividend on Tuesday, April 9th. Investors of record on Friday, December 28th will be paid a dividend of $1.375 per share on Tuesday, April 16th. This represents a dividend yield of 3.46%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 27th. View KB Financial Group's Dividend History.

KB Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:KB) issued its earnings results on Friday, February, 7th. The bank reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter. KB Financial Group had a return on equity of 10.86% and a net margin of 17.16%. View KB Financial Group's Earnings History.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KB Financial Group in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for KB Financial Group.

Media stories about KB stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. KB Financial Group earned a news sentiment score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for KB Financial Group.

KB Financial Group saw a decline in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 182,800 shares, a decline of 50.0% from the January 15th total of 365,500 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 135,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. View KB Financial Group's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to KB Financial Group include ANZ (ANZBY), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), ICICI Bank (IBN), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Grp (SMFG), ING Groep (ING), CR AGRICOLE S A/ADR (CRARY), HANG SENG BK LT/S (HSNGY), Barclays (BCS), Boc Hong Kong (BHKLY), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), NORDEA Bk AB SW/S (NRDBY), Banco Santander Brasil (BSBR) and OVERSEA-CHINESE/ADR (OVCHY).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other KB Financial Group investors own include Alibaba Group (BABA), AbbVie (ABBV), Micron Technology (MU), QUALCOMM (QCOM), JD.Com (JD), PepsiCo (PEP), Xilinx (XLNX), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), CVS Health (CVS) and HUYA (HUYA).

KB Financial Group's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Franklin Resources Inc. (1.92%), Trinity Street Asset Management LLP (0.31%), Bank of America Corp DE (0.07%), Credit Suisse AG (0.05%), Thomas White International Ltd. (0.04%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.04%).

KB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Franklin Resources Inc., Credit Suisse AG, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., Deltec Asset Management LLC, Thomas White International Ltd., Greenleaf Trust, Assetmark Inc. and State Street Corp.

KB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Marshall Wace North America L.P., Bank of America Corp DE, Trinity Street Asset Management LLP, Citigroup Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Marshall Wace LLP, Pzena Investment Management LLC and Profund Advisors LLC.

Shares of KB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.83.

KB Financial Group has a market capitalization of $14.56 billion and generates $14.54 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $2.75 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.99 on an earnings per share basis. View Additional Information About KB Financial Group.

The official website for KB Financial Group is http://www.kbfg.com/.

KB Financial Group's mailing address is 26 Gukjegeumyung-ro 8-gil Yeongdeungpo-gu, SEOUL M5, 07331. The bank can be reached via phone at 82-2-2073-2824 or via email at [email protected]