Woori Financial Group (WF) Competitors $44.63 -0.05 (-0.11%) Closing price 06/11/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$44.62 -0.02 (-0.03%) As of 06/11/2025 06:38 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock WF vs. KB, BBD, BBDO, RKT, IX, SYF, SHG, AFRM, BSBR, and CFGShould you be buying Woori Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Woori Financial Group include KB Financial Group (KB), Banco Bradesco (BBD), Banco Bradesco (BBDO), Rocket Companies (RKT), ORIX (IX), Synchrony Financial (SYF), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), Affirm (AFRM), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), and Citizens Financial Group (CFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. Woori Financial Group vs. Its Competitors KB Financial Group Banco Bradesco Banco Bradesco Rocket Companies ORIX Synchrony Financial Shinhan Financial Group Affirm Banco Santander (Brasil) Citizens Financial Group KB Financial Group (NYSE:KB) and Woori Financial Group (NYSE:WF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation. Does the media favor KB or WF? In the previous week, Woori Financial Group had 1 more articles in the media than KB Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Woori Financial Group and 3 mentions for KB Financial Group. KB Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Woori Financial Group's score of 0.91 indicating that KB Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment KB Financial Group 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Woori Financial Group 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has preferable valuation & earnings, KB or WF? KB Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Woori Financial Group. Woori Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KB Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioKB Financial Group$19.92T0.00$3.59B$10.317.66Woori Financial Group$12.73T0.00$1.94B$7.845.69 Is KB or WF more profitable? KB Financial Group has a net margin of 12.33% compared to Woori Financial Group's net margin of 11.30%. Woori Financial Group's return on equity of 7.89% beat KB Financial Group's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets KB Financial Group12.33% 7.71% 0.62% Woori Financial Group 11.30%7.89%0.53% Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of KB or WF? 11.5% of KB Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of Woori Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 69.0% of KB Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is KB or WF a better dividend stock? KB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $2.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Woori Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. KB Financial Group pays out 20.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Woori Financial Group pays out 17.3% 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. Woori Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Which has more risk & volatility, KB or WF? KB Financial Group has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woori Financial Group has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KB or WF? Woori Financial Group received 3 more outperform votes than KB Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.42% of users gave Woori Financial Group an outperform vote while only 60.77% of users gave KB Financial Group an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformKB Financial GroupOutperform Votes26860.77% Underperform Votes17339.23% Woori Financial GroupOutperform Votes27166.42% Underperform Votes13733.58% Do analysts rate KB or WF? Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score KB Financial Group 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Woori Financial Group 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 SummaryKB Financial Group beats Woori Financial Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Woori Financial Group News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for WF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart WF vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricWoori Financial GroupCommercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$11.05B$40.71B$11.69B$19.81BDividend Yield3.11%3.79%5.67%3.84%P/E Ratio5.809.6023.0135.67Price / Sales0.001.7326.9346.74Price / Cash3.339.6317.6017.52Price / Book0.431.422.884.84Net Income$1.94B$3.43B$1.04B$1.02B7 Day Performance1.67%0.55%1.46%1.94%1 Month Performance17.39%2.88%1.36%3.03%1 Year Performance41.86%37.17%540.47%9.73% Woori Financial Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WFWoori Financial Group3.4237 of 5 stars$44.63-0.1%N/A+45.0%$11.05B$12.73T5.80150Short Interest ↑Gap UpKBKB Financial Group4.8073 of 5 stars$81.24+4.2%N/A+39.9%$31.97B$19.92T9.47150Positive NewsBBDBanco Bradesco2.1067 of 5 stars$2.87-0.9%$2.40-16.2%+22.4%$30.49B$110.76B9.5588,400BBDOBanco Bradesco1.2961 of 5 stars$2.48-2.0%N/A+20.8%$26.39B$110.76B8.2788,400News CoverageShort Interest ↑RKTRocket Companies1.7798 of 5 stars$12.76-0.1%$14.21+11.4%-5.8%$25.52B$4.59B-79.7426,000Trending NewsIXORIX3.1639 of 5 stars$21.51+0.5%N/A-2.1%$24.51B$1.83T1.8732,200High Trading VolumeSYFSynchrony Financial4.7968 of 5 stars$60.94+2.9%$64.17+5.3%+45.5%$23.19B$16.11B7.1418,500Positive NewsSHGShinhan Financial Group4.7613 of 5 stars$44.27+3.2%N/A+29.5%$21.95B$17.65T6.95190Positive NewsShort Interest ↓AFRMAffirm2.1698 of 5 stars$61.34+4.1%$64.85+5.7%+87.9%$19.79B$3.01B-94.372,550Analyst ForecastOptions VolumeBSBRBanco Santander (Brasil)4.0178 of 5 stars$5.15-0.9%$5.35+4.0%+7.7%$19.15B$49.01B6.3552,600News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst UpgradeShort Interest ↓CFGCitizens Financial Group4.9349 of 5 stars$41.32-0.1%$47.89+15.9%+21.9%$18.06B$7.77B13.6418,900Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies KB Financial Group Alternatives Banco Bradesco Alternatives Banco Bradesco Alternatives Rocket Companies Alternatives ORIX Alternatives Synchrony Financial Alternatives Shinhan Financial Group Alternatives Affirm Alternatives Banco Santander (Brasil) Alternatives Citizens Financial Group Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:WF) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s Exec Order #14154 could be a “Millionaire-Maker”Former Presidential Advisor, Jim Rickards, says Trump could “rewire our economy and hand millions of Americans...Paradigm Press | SponsoredTrump wipes out trillions overnight…Is there anybody more powerful than Donald Trump right now? 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