KB Financial Group (KB) Competitors

HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) and KB Financial Group (NYSE:KB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and community ranking.

Which has more volatility & risk, HSBC or KB?

HSBC has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KB Financial Group has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in HSBC or KB?

1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.5% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 69.0% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer HSBC or KB?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HSBC	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
KB Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is HSBC or KB a better dividend stock?

HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. KB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. HSBC pays out 32.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KB Financial Group pays out 21.9% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HSBC or KB?

HSBC received 618 more outperform votes than KB Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.93% of users gave KB Financial Group an outperform vote while only 59.18% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HSBC	Outperform Votes 880 59.18%	Underperform Votes 607 40.82%
KB Financial Group	Outperform Votes 262 60.93%	Underperform Votes 168 39.07%

Does the media favor HSBC or KB?

In the previous week, HSBC had 15 more articles in the media than KB Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for HSBC and 4 mentions for KB Financial Group. KB Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat HSBC's score of 0.17 indicating that KB Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HSBC	5 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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

Is HSBC or KB more profitable?

HSBC has a net margin of 15.70% compared to KB Financial Group's net margin of 12.13%. HSBC's return on equity of 10.71% beat KB Financial Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HSBC	15.70%	10.71%	0.69%
KB Financial Group	12.13%	7.29%	0.59%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, HSBC or KB?

HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than KB Financial Group. HSBC 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HSBC	$131.13B	0.76	$23.53B	$6.05	7.56
KB Financial Group	$26.44B	0.95	$3.59B	$8.26	7.77

Summary

HSBC beats KB Financial Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.