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KB Financial Group Inc (KB) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for KB, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sector × region Financials in US: 0.0% week · −6.7% month · −1.4% quarter · +11.4% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLF.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
How it trades on rate days beta 0.59 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How KB has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.59 — tends to move with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), KB Financial Group Inc moved 0.59% on average · correlation 0.15 · higher than 60% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.89 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.45% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.16% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Banks - Regional · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Banks - Regional · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against KB on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — KB Financial Group Inc

KB in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
KB Financial Group is a South Korean bank holding company, listed in the United States, that sells deposits, mortgages, consumer and business loans, insurance, brokerage and trust services across South Korea and several other markets. It is based in Seoul and covers retail banking, corporate lending, capital markets and asset management under one group.
Where it sits in the stack
KB Financial Group carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack the diary otherwise tracks; it belongs to the Financial Services sleeve of our universe, grouped with other US-listed bank and finance names.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it with other scored Financial Services names listed in the US, including Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Mizuho Financial Group and Brookfield Asset Management; the market also compares it with Shinhan Financial Group as a domestic South Korean rival.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It carries a Closelooknet score, with capital allocation the strongest module and balance sheet the weakest; it holds no index seat and the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.
What the diary watches
Whether the gap between strong capital allocation and a weak balance sheet reading narrows or widens as the chart holds near its recent range.

KB Financial Group Inc (KB) trades on US exchanges, classified under Financial Services.

The Closelooknet company score reads 52/100 composite (momentum 77, quality 40, valuation 72) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.36%, quarterly · buybacks 1,500.1 bn USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What KB pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.94 USD per share · a 2.36% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-06
  • Change on the year +56.5% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.88 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.81 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-06
  • By calendar year 2025: 2.49 USD (partial) · 2026: 2.33 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-27
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 1,302.3 bn USD 0% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 1,500.1 bn USD 3424.8% of today's market value
  • Share count −0.3% in FY2025 153.9 bn USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 2,802.4 bn USD · 76% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is KB Financial Group Inc (KB)?

KB Financial Group Inc trades as KB on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Financial Services in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is KB in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — KB Financial Group Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-07.

What is KB Financial Group Inc's Closelooknet composite score?

52 out of 100, with momentum 77, quality 40 and valuation 72 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does KB trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +1.2% vs the 50-day and +15.9% vs the 200-day average, 6.4% below the 52-week high and +65.5% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does KB Financial Group Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Banks - Regional · US), KB Financial Group Inc (KB) sits 6.4% below its 52-week high, 1.2% above its 50-day average; Mizuho Financial Group Inc. (MFG) is 3.0% below, Piraeus Bank S.A. (PIRBF) is at its high, United Bankshares Inc (UBSI) is 7.2% below. Put any of them next to KB in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does KB Financial Group Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year KB Financial Group Inc had a beta of 0.59 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it tends to move with bonds, higher than 60% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.45% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does KB Financial Group Inc do?

KB Financial Group is a South Korean bank holding company, listed in the United States, that sells deposits, mortgages, consumer and business loans, insurance, brokerage and trust services across South Korea and several other markets. It is based in Seoul and covers retail banking, corporate lending, capital markets and asset management under one group. Closelooknet's peer group places it with other scored Financial Services names listed in the US, including Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Mizuho Financial Group and Brookfield Asset Management; the market also compares it with Shinhan Financial Group as a domestic South Korean rival.

Where does KB Financial Group Inc sit in the AI build-out?

KB Financial Group carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack the diary otherwise tracks; it belongs to the Financial Services sleeve of our universe, grouped with other US-listed bank and finance names. It carries a Closelooknet score, with capital allocation the strongest module and balance sheet the weakest; it holds no index seat and the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.

Does KB Financial Group Inc pay a dividend?

KB Financial Group Inc has paid 2.94 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.36% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.81 USD on 2026-08-06. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 1,302.3 bn USD in dividends and bought back 1,500.1 bn USD of its own shares, 76% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 0.3% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for KB, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Banks - Regional. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.