KB Financial Group
KB on NYSE. Commercial banks, nec. Market value $44.4bn.
This company reports once a year (it is based outside the US), so every figure comes from its annual report for the year to December 2024.
We can't read total debt from the filing, so debt is left out.
Cash flow or capital spending isn't reported, so free cash flow is unknown.
The latest annual report is over 15 months old, so we don't rank it.
Should I look at this?
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Why it could be worth it
What to watch out for
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$124.76 a share, 61% above its 1-year low
Over the past year the price has ranged from $77.44 to $133.29.
Prices from Tuesday’s close (6 October).
Five years of cash, in billions
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| Shares outstanding | 0.39bn | 0.39bn | 0.39bn | 0.38bn | 0.37bn |
Health checks
- Free cash flow positiveDoesn't apply to banks and insurers
- Accounting checksDoesn't apply to banks and insurers
- DebtDoesn't apply to banks and insurers
- Revenue growth, five yearsUnknown
- Buying back its own sharesYes, 4% fewer since 2020
Dates
- Next results (estimated)
- n/a
- Last annual report (10-K)
- 28 April 2026
- Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
- n/a
Who owns it
7 long-term investors we follow own it, down from 8 last quarter. 366 funds in all.
- GMOJeremy Grantham
- Value
- $2m
- Share of fund
- <0.1%
| Fund | Value | Share of that fund | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cullen Capital ManagementJames Cullen | $14m | 0.1% | Added |
| Boston PartnersBoston Partners team | $9m | <0.1% | Added |
| Ariel InvestmentsJohn Rogers Jr. | $3m | <0.1% | Cut |
| GMOJeremy Grantham | $2m | <0.1% | |
| LSV Asset ManagementJosef Lakonishok | $1m | <0.1% | Cut |
| Pzena Investment ManagementRichard Pzena | $801,894 | <0.1% | Cut |
| Harris Associates (Oakmark)Bill Nygren | $204,042 | <0.1% | Cut |
Sold out this quarter
Largest holders overall
- BlackRock$263mAdded
- Dimensional Fund Advisors LP$252mCut
- Lazard Asset Management$157mAdded
- Morgan Stanley$146mAdded
- American Century Companies$121mAdded
- Bank of America$106mCut
- Northern Trust$90mCut
- CIBC Bancorp USA$68mNew
- BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding$65mAdded
- Todd Asset Management$58m
From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.
Big holders and activists
1 investor owns more than 5%.
- BlackRock, Inc.Passive investor6.4%+1.1 ptsSince 30 June 2026
- Capital Research Global InvestorsPassive investorSold down below 5%Since 31 March 2026
| Holder | Stake | Since | |
|---|---|---|---|
BlackRock, Inc. Passive investor | 6.4%+1.1 pts | 30 June 2026 | |
Capital Research Global Investors Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 31 March 2026 |
From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.
What insiders did
We have no insider filings for this company yet.
From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.
Warning signs in its filings
Problems the company itself reported to the SEC, in its own words.
KB Financial Group doesn’t file a US annual report (10-K), so we haven’t checked it.
A 10-K is the yearly report every US company files with the SEC. An 8-K is a short notice of a big event.
What could go wrong
Cheap for a reason is the question the numbers cannot answer.
Whether the price already reflects the risks is what the deep dive is for.
The deep dive
Everything above is arithmetic on public filings. The deep dive reads the last ten years of annual reports, the proxy statements, and the earnings calls, then argues the case the way Buffett, Klarman, and Hohn would, and checks every claim against the source.
- What the business is worth, as a range, and the margin of safety at today’s price
- Prices to start buying, buy, and buy hard
- The three things that would make this a mistake
- Every number footnoted to the filing it came from
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Not advice. Numbers on this page come from SEC filings and are updated each night; prices are updated again after the US market closes. The five-year figures are rounded.