KB vs. TD, SMFG, SAN, BMO, BNS, MFG, BBVA, CM, ING, and NU
Should you be buying KB Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KB Financial Group include Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Banco Santander (SAN), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), ING Groep (ING), and NU (NU). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
KB Financial Group vs.
Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE:TD) and KB Financial Group (NYSE:KB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Toronto-Dominion Bank has higher revenue and earnings than KB Financial Group. KB Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toronto-Dominion Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
52.4% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.5% of KB Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 69.0% of KB Financial Group shares are held by company 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.
In the previous week, Toronto-Dominion Bank had 16 more articles in the media than KB Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Toronto-Dominion Bank and 2 mentions for KB Financial Group. Toronto-Dominion Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat KB Financial Group's score of 0.77 indicating that Toronto-Dominion Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Toronto-Dominion Bank presently has a consensus target price of $80.50, suggesting a potential upside of 40.27%. Given Toronto-Dominion Bank's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Toronto-Dominion Bank is more favorable than KB Financial Group.
Toronto-Dominion Bank pays an annual dividend of $3.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. KB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays out 87.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. KB Financial Group pays out 21.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toronto-Dominion Bank has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Toronto-Dominion Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Toronto-Dominion Bank has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KB Financial Group has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Toronto-Dominion Bank received 268 more outperform votes than KB Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.02% of users gave KB Financial Group an outperform vote while only 54.18% of users gave Toronto-Dominion Bank an outperform vote.
KB Financial Group has a net margin of 12.33% compared to Toronto-Dominion Bank's net margin of 7.37%. Toronto-Dominion Bank's return on equity of 13.96% beat KB Financial Group's return on equity.
Summary
Toronto-Dominion Bank beats KB Financial Group on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KB) was last updated on 1/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
