KBC Group (KBCSY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

KBC Group is a Belgium-based financial services group that combines banking and insurance activities. Through its banking and insurance subsidiaries, the company serves individuals, households, small and medium-sized enterprises, corporate clients and private banking customers.

KBC’s main services include current and savings accounts, consumer and residential lending, business finance, investment and wealth management, payments, and a range of life and non-life insurance products. The group distributes its services through bank branches, insurance agencies and digital channels, including integrated banking and insurance platforms.

The group was created in 1998 through the merger of Kredietbank, CERA Bank and ABB Insurance. KBC’s principal markets are Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia, where it operates as a regional bancassurance provider. Its activities are supported by banking, insurance and asset-management operations tailored to the needs of customers in each market.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $67.87 to $68.56
• 50-Day Range: $68.41 to $77.91
• 52-Week Range: $57.34 to $78.02
• Volume: 21,294 shs
• Average Volume: 17,824 shs
• Market Capitalization: $57.27 billion
• P/E Ratio: 13.03
• Dividend Yield: 0.96%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

KBC Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

KBC Group scored higher than 79% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

KBC Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.14, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

KBC Group has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 15.21%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for KBC Group are expected to grow by 15.21% in the coming year, from $5.85 to $6.74 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of KBC Group is 13.03, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.05.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of KBC Group is 13.03, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.74.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

KBC Group has a PEG Ratio of 0.87. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

KBC Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.81. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.00% of the float of KBC Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

KBC Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.19, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in KBC Group has recently increased by 54.83%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

KBC Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.66%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

KBC Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of KBC Group is 12.55%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, KBC Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 9.79% next year. This indicates that KBC Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

KBC Group has a news sentiment score of -1.00. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for KBC Group this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, KBC Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

KBC Group has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Today: 10/11/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/12/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:KBCSY
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:KBCSY
• CIK: 1411133
• Web: www.kbc.com
• Phone: (327) 835-3137
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 39,803
• Year Founded: 1989

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $5.26
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 13.03
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.72
• P/E Growth: 0.87
• Net Income: $4.04 billion
• Net Margins: 15.58%
• Pretax Margin: 20.09%
• Return on Equity: 13.42%
• Return on Assets: 0.94%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $26.56 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.16
• Cash Flow: $5.50 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.46
• Book Value: $37.90 per share
• Price / Book: 1.81

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 835,326,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $57.27 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.64