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

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

KB Financial Group vs. Its Competitors

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

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ICICI Bank
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
KB Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

ICICI Bank has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KB Financial Group has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ICICI Bank$2.06T0.06$6.02B$1.5621.41
KB Financial Group$27.12B1.20$3.44B$10.318.28

ICICI Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. KB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $2.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. ICICI Bank pays out 12.8% 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.

ICICI Bank has a net margin of 24.62% compared to KB Financial Group's net margin of 16.03%. ICICI Bank's return on equity of 15.42% beat KB Financial Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ICICI Bank24.62% 15.42% 1.86%
KB Financial Group 16.03%9.76%0.78%

In the previous week, KB Financial Group had 1 more articles in the media than ICICI Bank. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for KB Financial Group and 4 mentions for ICICI Bank. ICICI Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat KB Financial Group's score of 0.15 indicating that ICICI Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ICICI Bank
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
KB Financial Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

18.2% of ICICI Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.5% of KB Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 69.0% of KB Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

ICICI Bank beats KB Financial Group on 9 of the 17 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$32.57B$68.57B$12.07B$20.56B
Dividend Yield2.43%3.71%5.54%3.74%
P/E Ratio8.288.9920.0728.05
Price / Sales1.204.4425.4650.45
Price / Cash7.979.4021.4522.25
Price / Book0.831.352.294.61
Net Income$3.44B$6.77B$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-0.32%0.94%0.18%3.26%
1 Month Performance6.15%4.16%3.09%4.37%
1 Year Performance40.16%42.58%540.36%14.95%

KB Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KB
KB Financial Group
4.7305 of 5 stars
$85.37
+0.8%
N/A+38.1%$32.57B$27.12B8.28150
IBN
ICICI Bank
2.4771 of 5 stars
$33.65
-0.6%
N/A+14.7%$120.82B$22.68B21.57187,765Stock Split
UBS
UBS Group
3.9612 of 5 stars
$33.84
+1.2%
N/A+18.3%$107.22B$84.56B22.41108,648Trending News
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
4.3814 of 5 stars
$15.11
-0.6%
N/A+8.4%$98.41B$66.82B16.60120,000
BBVA
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria
1.7853 of 5 stars
$15.36
+0.6%
N/A+55.4%$89.15B$38.40B8.13125,916
BMO
Bank Of Montreal
4.6624 of 5 stars
$110.62
+1.4%
$129.50
+17.1%
+33.6%$78.59B$58.27B14.3553,597
ING
ING Group
3.8655 of 5 stars
$21.87
-0.5%
N/A+29.8%$76.89B$24.47B10.3660,000
ITUB
Itau Unibanco
2.3684 of 5 stars
$6.81
+2.9%
$6.27
-7.9%
+19.3%$71.37B$62.19B9.6396,219News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
MFG
Mizuho Financial Group
4.5692 of 5 stars
$5.56
flat
N/A+28.2%$70.04B$59.30B11.8352,307
BNS
Bank of Nova Scotia
4.4085 of 5 stars
$55.31
+0.9%
$81.00
+46.4%
+19.9%$68.31B$55.90B16.2288,488Positive News
BCS
Barclays
4.752 of 5 stars
$18.59
-0.1%
N/A+66.9%$66.22B$34.23B9.4492,900Trending News

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This page (NYSE:KB) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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