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KB Financial Group

59.51 USD
-0.07
0.12%
Updated Dec 24, 12:08 PM EST
1 day
-0.12%
5 days
-1.23%
1 month
-14.69%
3 months
-3.08%
6 months
4.42%
Year to date
46.25%
1 year
46.47%
5 years
40.32%
10 years
69.93%
 

About: KB Financial Group Inc is a financial holding company in Korea. The company operations include Kookmin Bank, one of the commercial banks in Korea. The company's subsidiaries collectively engage in a broad range of businesses, including commercial banking, credit cards, asset management, non-life and life insurance, capital markets activities, and international banking and finance. The company's segment includes the Banking business, Securities business, Non-life Insurance business, Credit card business, and life Insurance business. The Group generates the majority of its revenue from the Banking business.

Employees: 142

0
Funds holding %
of 6,809 funds
Analysts bullish %

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

1,964% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $3.55M | Put options by funds: $172K

15% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 31 | Existing positions closed: 27

10% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 86 | Existing positions reduced: 78

2% more funds holding

Funds holding: 222 [Q2] → 226 (+4) [Q3]

0.93% less ownership

Funds ownership: 5.94% [Q2] → 5.01% (-0.93%) [Q3]

10% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $1.29B [Q2] → $1.16B (-$124M) [Q3]

50% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q2] → 1 (-1) [Q3]

Research analyst outlook

We haven’t received any recent analyst ratings for KB.

Financial journalist opinion

Negative
Investors Business Daily
2 weeks ago
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KB Financial Group Inc. (KB) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
KB Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:KB ) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call October 24, 2024 3:00 AM ET Company Participants Jong-Hee Yang - Group CEO and Chairman Jae Kwan Kim - Group CFO and SEVP Conference Call Participants Kim Jae-Woo - Samsung Securities Do-Ha Kim - Hanwha Investment Securities Yong-Jin Seol - SK Securities Doosan Baek - Korea Investment Securities Miseon Lee - Citi Securities Jun-Sup Jung - NH Securities Jihyun Cho - JPMorgan Operator Greetings. We will now begin the 2024 Q3 business results presentation, and thank you very much for participating in today's earnings release.
KB Financial Group Inc. (KB) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
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Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
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1 month ago
Recent Price Trend in KB Financial (KB) is Your Friend, Here's Why
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Seeking Alpha
5 months ago
KB Financial: A Value Investing Gem
KB Financial Group is one of the leading financial conglomerates in South Korea. Its shares have traded at steep discounts for a long time, a phenomenon known as the Korea discount. Government incentives and management's policies are working together to close that gap with strong, shareholder-friendly measures such as increased buybacks.
KB Financial: A Value Investing Gem
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5 months ago
KB Financial Group Inc. (KB) Q2 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
KB Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:KB ) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call July 23, 2024 3:00 AM ET Company Participants Peter Kwon - Head, Investor Relations Jae Kwan Kim - Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President Choi Cheal Soo - Chief Risk Management Officer Nam Che Kang - Head of Global Division Conference Call Participants Yong-Jin Seol - SK Securities Jaewoong Won - HSBC Park Hye-jin - Daishin Securities Do-Ha Kim - Hanwha Securities Jongmin Shim - CLSA Sin-Young Park - Goldman Sachs Jun-Sup Jung - NH Securities Jihyun Cho - JPMorgan Peter Kwon Greetings. I am Peter Kwon, the Head of IR at KBFG.
KB Financial Group Inc. (KB) Q2 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
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6 months ago
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