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Insights into KB Stock Performance

KB Financial logged a -7.3% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $100.02 per share.

KB Financial returned gains of 33.4% last year, with its stock price reaching a high of $119.71 and a low of $76.31. Over the same period, the stock outperformed the S&P 500 index by 6.2%. More recently, the company's 50-day average price was $105.33. KB Financial Group Inc. provides various banking and related financial services to consumers and corporations in South Korea, the United States, New Zealand, China, Cambodia, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, and internationally. The Large-Cap Finance company is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. KB Financial has offered a 4261.0% dividend yield over the last 12 months.

Positive Cash Flows:

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Revenue (M) $11,431,851 $12,492,642 $14,483,603 $13,780,604 $16,229,134 n/a
Interest Income (M) $38 $134 -$3,981 -$7,676 -$17,003 -$17,664,671,000
Net Income (M) $3,304,743 $3,445,588 $4,338,006 $3,986,091 $4,409,920 $4,878,422
Depreciation & Amort. (M) $784,431 $874,911 $850,614 $816,841 $865,927 $916,295
Diluted Shares (M) 390 390 390 390 379 374
Earnings Per Share $7.26 $8.01 $9.19 $8.49 $8.76 $8.61
Free Cash Flow (M) $8,103 -$10,750 -$5,654 $4,260 $3,051 $2,575
CAPEX (M) $33 $124 $2 $252 $131 $145
Total Debt (M) $37,818,860,000 $10,566,603 $9,945,130 $9,830,171 $10,301,118 $11,468,928
Net Debt / EBITDA 47974.14 12.01 11.6 11.94 11.81 12.42

KB Financial Shares Are Expensive:

KB Financial has a trailing twelve month P/E ratio of 10.1, compared to an average of 15.92 for the Finance sector. Based on its EPS guidance of $12.03, the company has a forward P/E ratio of 8.8. The 7.5% compound average growth rate of KB Financial's historical and projected earnings per share yields a PEG ratio of 1.35. This implies that the shares are fairly valued. In contrast, KB Financial is likely overvalued compared to the book value of its equity, since its P/B ratio of 3.87 is higher than the sector average of 1.78. The company's shares are currently trading -31.0% above their Graham number.

KB Financial Is the Subject of Mixed Market Indicators:

KB Financial has a very low short interest because 0.1% of the company's shares are sold short. Institutions own 6.1% of the company's shares, and the insider ownership rate stands at 0.0%, suggesting a small amount of insider investors. The largest shareholder is Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, whose 1% stake in the company is worth $251,016,545.

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