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KB vs. UBS, IBN, BBVA, SMFG, BMO, IBIT, BNS, MFG, ING, and ITUB

Should you be buying KB Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KB Financial Group include UBS Group (UBS), ICICI Bank (IBN), Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria (BBVA), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Bank Of Montreal (BMO), iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), ING Group (ING), and Itau Unibanco (ITUB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

KB Financial Group vs. Its Competitors

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

11.5% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 69.0% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of UBS Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

KB Financial Group has a net margin of 16.16% compared to UBS Group's net margin of 9.21%. KB Financial Group's return on equity of 9.79% beat UBS Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KB Financial Group16.16% 9.79% 0.77%
UBS Group 9.21%7.17%0.39%

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
KB Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
UBS Group
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69

In the previous week, UBS Group had 38 more articles in the media than KB Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for UBS Group and 7 mentions for KB Financial Group. KB Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat UBS Group's score of 0.83 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
UBS Group
18 Very Positive mention(s)
11 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

KB Financial Group has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UBS Group has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

UBS Group has higher revenue and earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
KB Financial Group$27.12B1.13$3.44B$10.417.69
UBS Group$84.56B1.44$5.09B$1.8920.14

Summary

KB Financial Group and UBS Group tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KB vs. The Competition

MetricKB Financial GroupBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$30.57B$70.11B$12.73B$22.10B
Dividend Yield2.65%3.48%5.54%3.55%
P/E Ratio7.699.1122.4233.37
Price / Sales1.134.4730.2383.20
Price / Cash7.269.7422.5724.64
Price / Book0.781.412.204.66
Net Income$3.44B$6.73B$1.02B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.08%1.29%1.62%2.22%
1 Month Performance-0.88%1.32%0.01%1.79%
1 Year Performance10.96%37.74%542.49%14.02%

KB Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KB
KB Financial Group
4.7787 of 5 stars
$80.09
-0.7%
N/A+11.0%$30.57B$27.12B7.69150Analyst Forecast
UBS
UBS Group
3.4245 of 5 stars
$38.33
-0.4%
N/A+18.6%$123.42B$84.56B20.28108,648Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
IBN
ICICI Bank
1.7464 of 5 stars
$31.01
-5.9%
N/A+6.1%$117.66B$22.68B19.14182,665Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Stock Split
High Trading Volume
BBVA
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria
3.3707 of 5 stars
$20.13
+2.8%
N/A+101.9%$114.25B$38.40B10.59125,916Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
4.4394 of 5 stars
$16.25
+3.2%
N/A+30.3%$101.19B$66.82B17.10123,000Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
BMO
Bank Of Montreal
4.9664 of 5 stars
$125.74
+0.7%
$163.00
+29.6%
+36.4%$89.30B$58.27B15.3953,597Positive News
Analyst Forecast
IBIT
iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF
N/A$62.93
+4.1%
N/A+65.3%$89.28BN/A0.00N/A
BNS
Bank of Nova Scotia
4.4901 of 5 stars
$64.05
+0.5%
$86.00
+34.3%
+25.1%$79.09B$55.90B17.2288,488Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MFG
Mizuho Financial Group
3.7288 of 5 stars
$6.48
+3.9%
N/A+57.9%$77.85B$59.30B13.4952,554Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
ING
ING Group
3.4905 of 5 stars
$23.99
-0.2%
N/A+42.4%$75.66B$24.47B11.0660,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
ITUB
Itau Unibanco
1.9896 of 5 stars
$7.15
+3.1%
$6.27
-12.2%
+25.5%$74.71B$62.19B10.1396,219News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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