KB vs. BSBR, BAP, BCH, BSAC, NWG, WF, BCS, LYG, CM, and ING
Should you be buying KB Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KB Financial Group include Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Credicorp (BAP), Banco de Chile (BCH), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), NatWest Group (NWG), Woori Financial Group (WF), Barclays (BCS), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), and ING Groep (ING). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Banco Santander (Brasil) (NYSE:BSBR) and KB Financial Group (NYSE:KB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
In the previous week, Banco Santander (Brasil) and Banco Santander (Brasil) both had 5 articles in the media. Banco Santander (Brasil)'s average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat KB Financial Group's score of 0.57 indicating that KB Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
KB Financial Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Banco Santander (Brasil).
Banco Santander (Brasil) presently has a consensus price target of $5.60, suggesting a potential upside of 5.76%. Given KB Financial Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Banco Santander (Brasil) is more favorable than KB Financial Group.
Banco Santander (Brasil) pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. KB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $3.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. KB Financial Group pays out 41.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander (Brasil) has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Banco Santander (Brasil) has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KB Financial Group has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Banco Santander (Brasil) received 11 more outperform votes than KB Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.14% of users gave KB Financial Group an outperform vote while only 55.35% of users gave Banco Santander (Brasil) an outperform vote.
KB Financial Group has a net margin of 12.94% compared to KB Financial Group's net margin of 0.00%. Banco Santander (Brasil)'s return on equity of 7.72% beat KB Financial Group's return on equity.
14.5% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.5% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 69.0% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
KB Financial Group beats Banco Santander (Brasil) on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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