KB Financial Group (KB) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $64.14 -0.29 (-0.45%) (As of 11/15/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends KB Financial Group Short Interest DataKB Financial Group (KB) has a short interest of 338,500 shares, representing 0.09% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 11.68% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.0, indicating that it would take 2.0 days of the average trading volume of 196,573 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest338,500 sharesPrevious Short Interest303,100 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+11.68%Dollar Volume Sold Short$22.08 millionShort Interest Ratio2.0 Days to CoverLast Record DateOctober 31, 2024Outstanding Shares393,528,000 sharesFloat Size369,170,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.09%Today's Trading Volume98,624 sharesAverage Trading Volume196,573 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average50% Short Selling KB Financial Group? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for KB Financial Group and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartKB Short Interest Over TimeKB Days to Cover Over TimeKB Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad Colonial MetalsTrump’s IRS Hands Massive ‘Victory Gift’ To 401K OwnersTrump quietly left open an "off the books" wealth-protection loophole hidden in the 6,871 pages of the IRS Tax Code… And since then… "In the know" patriots have quietly used this same "Trump revenge loophole" to shield their life savings from Bidenomics…Get Your Free Gold Guide KB Financial Group Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 10/31/2024338,500 shares $22.08 million +11.7%0.1%2 $65.23 10/15/2024303,100 shares $20.66 million -31.8%0.1%1.7 $68.15 9/30/2024444,600 shares $27.45 million -24.4%0.1%2.2 $61.75 9/15/2024587,900 shares $36.08 million +28.0%0.2%2.6 $61.37 8/31/2024459,400 shares $29.81 million +6.3%0.1%2.1 $64.88 8/15/2024432,200 shares $27.11 million -4.5%0.1%2.1 $62.73 Get the Latest News and Ratings for KB and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for KB Financial Group and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 7/31/2024452,700 shares $29.54 million +54.2%0.1%2 $65.25 7/15/2024293,500 shares $17.96 million -9.7%0.1%1.4 $61.20 6/30/2024324,900 shares $18.39 million -30.1%0.1%1.7 $56.61 6/15/2024465,100 shares $26.81 million +36.3%0.1%2.7 $57.65 5/31/2024341,200 shares $19.64 million -31.3%0.1%2 $57.57 5/15/2024496,600 shares $29.30 million +53.6%0.1%2.7 $59.00 4/30/2024323,300 shares $17.45 million -4.5%0.1%1.6 $53.97 4/15/2024338,600 shares $15.96 million +1.5%0.1%1.6 $47.13 3/31/2024333,600 shares $17.37 million +3.4%0.1%1.5 $52.07 3/15/2024322,700 shares $18.37 million +1.6%0.1%1.5 $56.92 2/29/2024317,600 shares $15.04 million -33.9%0.1%1.6 $47.36 2/15/2024480,400 shares $23.70 million +115.5%0.1%2.4 $49.34 1/31/2024222,900 shares $9.42 million +6.4%0.1%1.1 $42.27 1/15/2024209,500 shares $8.07 million +1.7%0.1%1.2 $38.54 12/31/2023206,000 shares $8.52 million -6.3%0.1%1.2 $41.37 12/15/2023219,800 shares $8.81 million +47.4%0.1%1.2 $40.09 11/30/2023149,100 shares $6.01 million -49.7%0.0%0.8 $40.30 11/15/2023296,200 shares $12.28 million -39.4%0.1%1.6 $41.46 10/31/2023489,100 shares $18.66 million -3.8%0.1%3.1 $38.16 10/15/2023508,300 shares $21.10 million +53.0%0.1%3 $41.51 9/30/2023332,200 shares $13.66 million -28.4%0.1%1.8 $41.11 9/15/2023464,000 shares $19.76 million -15.8%0.1%2.6 $42.59 8/31/2023551,200 shares $22.26 million -15.7%0.1%3 $40.39 8/15/2023654,100 shares $25.01 million +25.9%0.2%3.3 $38.24 7/31/2023519,600 shares $20.87 million -24.1%0.1%2.5 $40.17 7/15/2023684,600 shares $26.20 million +20.2%0.2%3.3 $38.27 6/30/2023569,400 shares $20.72 million +27.4%0.2%2.7 $36.39 6/15/2023447,100 shares $17.14 million -11.2%0.1%1.9 $38.33 5/31/2023503,500 shares $18.13 million +145.1%0.1%2 $36.00 5/15/2023205,400 shares $7.62 million +29.4%0.1%0.8 $37.11 4/30/2023158,800 shares $5.92 million -20.8%0.0%0.7 $37.29 4/15/2023200,400 shares $7.43 million -48.3%0.1%0.9 $37.08 3/31/2023387,700 shares $14.12 million +56.1%0.1%1.7 $36.42 3/15/2023248,300 shares $8.99 million -22.0%0.1%1.1 $36.21Unveiled: NVIDIA’s "Secret Royalty" Program (Ad)Did you know that there's an investment that will give you the opportunity to collect "royalties" every time Nvidia makes a chip?Click Here to learn how to get in now >>> 2/28/2023318,200 shares $12.26 million +58.4%0.1%1.6 $38.53 2/15/2023200,900 shares $8.00 million -11.4%0.1%1 $39.80 1/31/2023226,700 shares $10.39 million -5.7%0.1%1.2 $45.83 1/15/2023240,400 shares $11.13 million -28.9%0.1%1.1 $46.29 12/30/2022338,100 shares $13.07 million +35.2%0.1%1.4 $38.66 12/15/2022250,000 shares $9.67 million -42.9%0.1%0.9 $38.69 11/30/2022437,500 shares $17.24 million +10.7%0.1%1.5 $39.41 11/15/2022395,400 shares $14.88 million -24.5%0.1%1.3 $37.63 10/31/2022523,500 shares $17.56 million -28.1%0.1%1.6 $33.54 10/15/2022728,400 shares $23.29 million -5.0%0.2%2.2 $31.98 9/30/2022767,000 shares $23.12 million -19.4%0.2%2.4 $30.14 9/15/2022951,900 shares $33.72 million +40.8%0.3%3.1 $35.42 8/31/2022676,300 shares $24.74 million +25.7%0.2%2.3 $36.58 8/15/2022537,900 shares $21.62 million +40.9%N/A2 $40.20 7/31/2022381,900 shares $14.16 million -48.8%N/A1.5 $37.08 7/15/2022746,000 shares $25.33 million -6.5%N/A3.1 $33.95 6/30/2022798,000 shares $29.69 million -18.0%N/A3.3 $37.20 6/15/2022973,400 shares $41.24 million +34.6%N/A4.2 $42.37 5/31/2022723,200 shares $35.39 million +17.2%0.2%3.4 $48.94 5/15/2022617,300 shares $28.24 million +6.1%0.2%2.9 $45.74 4/30/2022582,100 shares $26.73 million +3.7%0.2%2.7 $45.92 4/15/2022561,500 shares $27.09 million +51.2%0.2%2.6 $48.25 3/31/2022371,300 shares $18.13 million -16.7%0.1%1.7 $48.83 3/15/2022445,900 shares $20.39 million -23.5%0.1%2.3 $45.73 2/28/2022583,100 shares $28.69 million +2.1%0.2%2.8 $49.20 2/15/2022571,300 shares $31.03 million +2.8%0.2%2.9 $54.31 1/31/2022555,900 shares $27.68 million +30.1%0.1%2.9 $49.80 1/15/2022427,200 shares $22.53 million +13.0%0.1%2.3 $52.73 12/31/2021378,200 shares $17.46 million -41.2%0.1%2.1 $46.16 12/15/2021643,400 shares $31.13 million +34.9%0.2%3.3 $48.38 11/30/2021477,000 shares $21.17 million -26.6%0.1%2.5 $44.38 11/15/2021649,700 shares $30.86 million -2.9%0.2%3.7 $47.50 10/29/2021669,300 shares $32.17 million -9.0%0.2%4 $48.07 10/15/2021735,600 shares $34.88 million -6.1%0.2%4.3 $47.42 9/30/2021783,200 shares $36.35 million +32.5%0.2%4.4 $46.41 9/15/2021590,900 shares $26.98 million +8.5%0.2%3.3 $45.66 8/31/2021544,800 shares $24.79 million -13.5%0.1%3.2 $45.51 8/13/2021629,600 shares $28.72 million -12.6%0.2%3.6 $45.61 7/30/2021720,200 shares $31.90 million +1.9%0.2%3.9 $44.29 7/15/2021706,700 shares $32.19 million +0.9%0.2%3.6 $45.55 6/30/2021700,400 shares $34.53 million -36.3%0.2%3.5 $49.30 6/15/20211,100,000 shares $55.28 million +0.9%0.3%5.8 $50.25 5/28/20211,090,000 shares $56.12 million +3.8%0.3%5.3 $51.49 5/14/20211,050,000 shares $55.36 million -16.0%0.3%4.6 $52.72 4/30/20211,250,000 shares $61.19 million +32.9%0.3%5.6 $48.95 4/15/2021940,700 shares $44.74 million +28.0%0.2%4.1 $47.56 3/31/2021735,200 shares $35.42 million +51.4%0.2%3.4 $48.18 3/15/2021485,600 shares $21.56 million +7.0%0.1%2.4 $44.40 2/26/2021453,800 shares $17.92 million +18.3%0.1%2.4 $39.49 2/12/2021383,700 shares $15.54 million +114.1%0.1%2.2 $40.50Unveiled: NVIDIA’s "Secret Royalty" Program (Ad)Did you know that there's an investment that will give you the opportunity to collect "royalties" every time Nvidia makes a chip?Click Here to learn how to get in now >>> 1/29/2021179,200 shares $6.73 million +23.8%0.1%1 $37.54 1/15/2021144,800 shares $6.20 million -57.7%0.0%1 $42.83 12/31/2020342,000 shares $13.56 million +5.5%0.1%2.4 $39.64 12/15/2020324,200 shares $13.77 million -14.4%0.1%2.1 $42.46 11/30/2020378,600 shares $16.51 million +35.8%0.1%2.7 $43.61 11/15/2020278,900 shares $11.51 million -10.8%0.1%2 $41.28 10/30/2020312,800 shares $11.28 million +31.5%0.1%2.2 $36.05 10/15/2020237,900 shares $8.06 million +17.5%0.1%1.7 $33.87 9/30/2020202,400 shares $6.50 million +52.0%0.1%1.3 $32.12 9/15/2020133,200 shares $4.30 million -45.1%0.0%0.8 $32.28 8/31/2020242,500 shares $7.51 million +10.6%0.1%1.3 $30.95 8/14/2020219,200 shares $7.42 million +51.9%0.1%1 $33.84 7/31/2020144,300 shares $4.22 million -30.1%0.0%0.6 $29.26 7/15/2020206,500 shares $6.02 million +25.8%0.1%0.8 $29.14 6/30/2020164,200 shares $4.57 million -9.4%0.0%0.6 $27.82 6/15/2020181,200 shares $5.04 million -14.5%0.1%0.7 $27.83 5/29/2020212,000 shares $5.80 million -16.8%0.1%0.7 $27.35 5/15/2020254,700 shares $6.50 million -2.0%0.1%0.9 $25.51 4/30/2020259,900 shares $7.50 million +64.8%0.1%0.9 $28.87 4/15/2020157,700 shares $4.12 million -36.3%0.0%0.6 $26.11 3/31/2020247,600 shares $6.27 million -11.9%0.1%0.9 $25.32 3/13/2020281,100 shares $7.48 million +26.1%0.1%1.4 $26.60 2/28/2020223,000 shares $4.71 million +26.4%0.1%1.1 $21.14 2/14/2020176,500 shares $5.22 million -13.5%0.1%1 $29.56 1/31/2020204,100 shares $6.55 million +11.7%0.1%1.3 $32.08 1/15/2020182,800 shares $6.66 million -50.0%0.1%1.4 $36.46 12/31/2019365,500 shares $14.52 million +63.7%0.1%3 $39.74 KB Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is KB Financial Group's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of KB Financial Group shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 31st, traders have sold 338,500 shares of KB short. 0.09% of KB Financial Group's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on KB Financial Group's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for KB Financial Group? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. KB shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on KB Financial Group's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting KB Financial Group? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of KB Financial Group: Walleye Trading LLC, and Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc.. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for KB Financial Group? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 0.09% of KB Financial Group's floating shares are currently sold short. Is KB Financial Group's short interest increasing or decreasing? KB Financial Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 338,500 shares, an increase of 11.7% from the previous total of 303,100 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is KB Financial Group's float size? KB Financial Group currently has issued a total of 393,528,000 shares. Some of KB Financial Group's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. KB Financial Group currently has a public float of 369,170,000 shares. How does KB Financial Group's short interest compare to its competitors? 0.09% of KB Financial Group's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to KB Financial Group: ICICI Bank Limited (0.92%), UBS Group AG (0.23%), The Toronto-Dominion Bank (1.24%), HSBC Holdings plc (0.20%), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (0.05%), Banco Santander, S.A. (0.05%), Nu Holdings Ltd. (5.59%), The Bank of Nova Scotia (2.18%), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (1.43%), Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. (0.50%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.08 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.18 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.64 billion), Nu Holdings Ltd. ($2.54 billion), International Paper ($2.46 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.27 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.87 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.81 billion), Lululemon Athletica Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Onsemi ($1.71 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short KB Financial Group stock? Short selling KB is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from KB Financial Group as its price is falling. KB shares are trading down $0.29 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against KB Financial Group? A short squeeze for KB Financial Group occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of KB, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is KB Financial Group's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including KB, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 31 2024. 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