KB vs. SMFG, SAN, ING, BBVA, BMO, CM, LYG, BCS, NWG, and BSBR
Should you be buying KB Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KB Financial Group include Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Banco Santander (SAN), ING Groep (ING), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Barclays (BCS), NatWest Group (NWG), and Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (NYSE:SMFG) and KB Financial Group (NYSE:KB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.
3.9% of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.5% of KB Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 69.0% of KB Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
KB Financial Group has a net margin of 11.65% compared to KB Financial Group's net margin of 10.32%. KB Financial Group's return on equity of 7.52% beat Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, KB Financial Group had 12 more articles in the media than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for KB Financial Group and 7 mentions for Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. KB Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's score of 0.71 indicating that Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. KB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group pays out 27.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KB Financial Group pays out 23.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
KB Financial Group received 12 more outperform votes than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.13% of users gave Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group an outperform vote while only 61.18% of users gave KB Financial Group an outperform vote.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KB Financial Group has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than KB Financial Group. KB Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
KB Financial Group beats Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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