KB vs. BSBR, BAP, NWG, BSAC, WF, BCS, LYG, CM, ING, and BBVA
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), NatWest Group (NWG), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Woori Financial Group (WF), Barclays (BCS), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), ING Groep (ING), and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA). 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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
KB Financial Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Banco Santander (Brasil).
KB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Banco Santander (Brasil) pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. KB Financial Group pays out 20.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, KB Financial Group had 2 more articles in the media than Banco Santander (Brasil). MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for KB Financial Group and 2 mentions for Banco Santander (Brasil). Banco Santander (Brasil)'s average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat KB Financial Group's score of 0.60 indicating that Banco Santander (Brasil) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
11.5% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.5% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are owned by institutional investors. 69.0% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Banco Santander (Brasil) has a consensus price target of $5.60, indicating a potential upside of 2.75%. Given Banco Santander (Brasil)'s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Banco Santander (Brasil) is more favorable than KB Financial Group.
KB Financial Group has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander (Brasil) has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Banco Santander (Brasil) beats KB Financial Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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