KB Financial Group Inc ADR (NYSE: KB) is -1.12% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $45.59 and a high of $72.89 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The KB stock was last observed hovering at around $55.70 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.56%.
Currently trading at $56.26, the stock is 4.73% and 2.22% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.17 million and changing 1.01% at the moment leaves the stock -7.81% off its SMA200. KB registered 21.88% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -17.45%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $55.04 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $61.02885.
The stock witnessed a 1.26% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -9.10%, and is 10.44% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.64% over the week and 3.02% over the month.
Current P/E ratio is 6.01 and Fwd P/E is 5.21. Profit margin for the company is 9.86%. Distance from 52-week low is 23.40% and -22.82% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.67%).
with sales reaching $4.45T over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 14.69% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 3.00% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 7.49% in year-over-year returns.
308.0 institutions hold shares in KB Financial Group Inc ADR (KB), with institutional investors hold 5.56% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 373.60M, and float is at 373.49M with Short Float at 0.11%. Institutions hold 5.56% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP with over 2.53 million shares valued at $142.94 million. The investor’s holdings represent 0.6626 of the KB Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is TRINITY STREET ASSET MANAGEMENT LLP with 1.66 million shares valued at $94.24 million to account for 0.4207 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 1.57 million shares representing 0.3974 and valued at over $89.02 million, while LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC holds 0.3795 of the shares totaling 1.5 million with a market value of $85.01 million.
