KB vs. BSBR, BAP, BCH, NWG, BSAC, WF, BCS, LYG, CM, and ING
Should you be buying KB Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KB Financial Group include Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Credicorp (BAP), Banco de Chile (BCH), NatWest Group (NWG), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Woori Financial Group (WF), Barclays (BCS), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), and ING Groep (ING). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
KB Financial Group (NYSE:KB) and Banco Santander (Brasil) (NYSE:BSBR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Banco Santander (Brasil) received 12 more outperform votes than KB Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.14% of users gave KB Financial Group an outperform vote while only 55.44% of users gave Banco Santander (Brasil) an outperform vote.
KB Financial Group has a net margin of 12.94% compared to Banco Santander (Brasil)'s net margin of 0.00%. KB Financial Group's return on equity of 7.78% beat Banco Santander (Brasil)'s return on equity.
KB Financial Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Banco Santander (Brasil).
KB Financial Group has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander (Brasil) has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
KB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $3.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Banco Santander (Brasil) pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. KB Financial Group pays out 41.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
11.5% of KB Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.5% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are held by institutional investors. 69.0% of KB Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, KB Financial Group and KB Financial Group both had 2 articles in the media. Banco Santander (Brasil)'s average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat KB Financial Group's score of 0.91 indicating that Banco Santander (Brasil) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Banco Santander (Brasil) has a consensus price target of $5.60, suggesting a potential downside of 3.70%. Given Banco Santander (Brasil)'s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Banco Santander (Brasil) is more favorable than KB Financial Group.
Summary
KB Financial Group and Banco Santander (Brasil) tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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