KB Financial Group (KB) Competitors

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

Is KB or SAN a better dividend stock?

KB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $2.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. KB Financial Group pays out 20.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander 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. KB Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate KB or SAN?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
KB Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Banco Santander	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in KB or SAN?

11.5% of KB Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.2% of Banco Santander shares are held by institutional investors. 69.0% of KB Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Banco Santander shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is KB or SAN more profitable?

Banco Santander has a net margin of 16.92% compared to KB Financial Group's net margin of 16.03%. Banco Santander's return on equity of 12.26% beat KB Financial Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
KB Financial Group	16.03%	9.76%	0.78%
Banco Santander	16.92%	12.26%	0.72%

Which has more volatility and risk, KB or SAN?

KB Financial Group has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to KB or SAN?

In the previous week, Banco Santander had 9 more articles in the media than KB Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Banco Santander and 3 mentions for KB Financial Group. KB Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.55 indicating that KB Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
KB Financial Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco Santander	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, KB or SAN?

Banco Santander has higher revenue and earnings than KB Financial Group. KB Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco Santander, 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
KB Financial Group	$27.12B	1.15	$3.44B	$10.31	7.92
Banco Santander	$66.96B	1.83	$13.61B	$0.87	9.28

Summary

Banco Santander beats KB Financial Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.