KB Financial Group (KB) Competitors

UBS Group (NYSE:UBS) and KB Financial Group (NYSE:KB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, UBS or KB?

UBS Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than KB Financial Group. KB Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UBS Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UBS Group	$44.79B	2.35	$5.09B	$1.51	21.72
KB Financial Group	$19.92T	0.00	$3.59B	$10.31	7.56

Does the media prefer UBS or KB?

In the previous week, UBS Group had 64 more articles in the media than KB Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for UBS Group and 9 mentions for KB Financial Group. KB Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat UBS Group's score of 0.87 indicating that KB Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UBS Group	24 Very Positive mention(s)	18 Positive mention(s)	19 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
KB Financial Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is UBS or KB more profitable?

KB Financial Group has a net margin of 12.33% compared to UBS Group's net margin of 6.93%. KB Financial Group's return on equity of 7.71% beat UBS Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UBS Group	6.93%	5.93%	0.32%
KB Financial Group	12.33%	7.71%	0.62%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in UBS or KB?

UBS Group received 491 more outperform votes than KB Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.77% of users gave KB Financial Group an outperform vote while only 54.14% of users gave UBS Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
UBS Group	Outperform Votes 759 54.14%	Underperform Votes 643 45.86%
KB Financial Group	Outperform Votes 268 60.77%	Underperform Votes 173 39.23%

Which has more volatility and risk, UBS or KB?

UBS Group has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KB Financial Group has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is UBS or KB a better dividend stock?

UBS Group pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. KB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $2.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. UBS Group pays out 14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KB Financial Group pays out 20.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. UBS Group has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate UBS or KB?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UBS Group	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
KB Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in UBS or KB?

11.5% of KB Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of UBS Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 69.0% of KB Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

KB Financial Group beats UBS Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.