KB vs. BSBR, BAP, BCH, BSMX, BSAC, WF, CIB, BCS, NWG, and CM
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 México, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple, Grupo Financiero Santander México (BSMX), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Woori Financial Group (WF), Bancolombia (CIB), Barclays (BCS), NatWest Group (NWG), and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
KB Financial Group vs.
KB Financial Group (NYSE:KB) and Banco Santander (Brasil) (NYSE:BSBR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
Banco Santander (Brasil) received 23 more outperform votes than KB Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.74% of users gave KB Financial Group an outperform vote while only 56.16% of users gave Banco Santander (Brasil) an outperform vote.
KB Financial Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Banco Santander (Brasil). KB Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco Santander (Brasil), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
KB Financial Group has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander (Brasil) has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
KB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Banco Santander (Brasil) pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. KB Financial Group pays out 10.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander (Brasil) pays out 65.0% 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 presently has a consensus price target of $46.15, indicating a potential upside of 26.09%. Banco Santander (Brasil) has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.77%. Given KB Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe KB Financial Group is more favorable than Banco Santander (Brasil).
5.8% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.5% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are owned by institutional investors. 69.0% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are owned by 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 17.90% compared to Banco Santander (Brasil)'s net margin of 0.00%. KB Financial Group's return on equity of 12.87% beat Banco Santander (Brasil)'s return on equity.
In the previous week, KB Financial Group had 1 more articles in the media than Banco Santander (Brasil). MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for KB Financial Group and 1 mentions for Banco Santander (Brasil). Banco Santander (Brasil)'s average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat KB Financial Group's score of 0.43 indicating that Banco Santander (Brasil) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
KB Financial Group beats Banco Santander (Brasil) on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
KB Financial Group Competitors List
