# KB Financial Group (105560.KO)

Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/105560.KO

Analysis as of: 2026-10-16T07:34:04.718Z. Financial observations: FY2015–FY2025.

Listing currency: KRW. Reporting currency: KRW.

## Verdict

Not a wonderful business

Quality tests for Buy: not passed (profit record: pass; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no.

Share price: KRW 156,700.00 per share; close as of 2026-10-15.

Estimated value: low KRW 105,478.82 per share, central KRW 131,848.53 per share, high KRW 175,798.04 per share. Buy at or below the central value KRW 131,848.53 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-16T07:34:04.718Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals.

Expected annual return: 9.4% at the stated quote. About 9.4% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%). required return 10.0% a year (10% floor; KR 10-year bond 4.2% + 4 points).

## Checklist

### understandable: pass

- Financial history: 10 years

- Profitable years in the last ten: 10

- Required profitable years: 9

- Return on common equity variation (informational): 0.09×

Chart: Net income; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: KRW 2.14T

- FY2017: KRW 3.31T

- FY2018: KRW 3.06T

- FY2019: KRW 3.31T

- FY2020: KRW 3.45T

- FY2021: KRW 4.34T

- FY2022: KRW 4.27T

- FY2023: KRW 4.63T

- FY2024: KRW 5.08T

- FY2025: KRW 5.83T

### moat: fail

- Tangible common book per share

- Parent-total proxy for preferred equity and common earnings

- median return on common equity below threshold

- Bank / P&C ROTE, median of available years: 9.3%

- Required median return: 12.0%

- Return uses tangible common equity: Yes

- Bank ROTE, second-lowest year: 8.4%

- Years with reported combined ratio: 0

Chart: Return on tangible common equity; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: 7.1%

- FY2017: 10.6%

- FY2018: 9.3%

- FY2019: 9.2%

- FY2020: 8.8%

- FY2021: 9.8%

- FY2022: 9.5%

- FY2023: 8.4%

- FY2024: 9.1%

- FY2025: 10.2%

### economics: pass

- Tangible common book per share

- Parent-total proxy for preferred equity and common earnings

- Book value per share + reinvested dividends, annualized return: 10.2%

- Book return interval: 10 years

- Starting book value per share: KRW 73K

- Ending book value per share: KRW 156K

Chart: Annual book + dividend return; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: 6.0%

- FY2017: 4.0%

- FY2018: 8.8%

- FY2019: 12.8%

- FY2020: 11.8%

- FY2021: 15.4%

- FY2022: 0.1%

- FY2023: 29.7%

- FY2024: 7.1%

- FY2025: 9.1%

### management: pass

- Tangible common book per share

- Parent-total proxy for preferred equity and common earnings

- Diluted shares, 10-year annual growth: -0.5%

- Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: -1.1%

- Share growth excluding flagged crisis recapitalisations: -0.5%

- Five-year share growth excluding flagged crisis recapitalisations: -1.1%

- Flagged crisis recapitalisations: 0

- Book created / earnings retained after dividends and buybacks: 1.33×

- Book value created per share: KRW 83K

- Earnings retained per share after dividends and buybacks: KRW 62K

Chart: Shares (first year = 100); fiscal year observations.

- FY2015: 100

- FY2016: 103

- FY2017: 103

- FY2018: 103

- FY2019: 101

- FY2020: 101

- FY2021: 101

- FY2022: 106

- FY2023: 102

- FY2024: 99

- FY2025: 96

### accounting: pass

- Financial accounting warning count: 0

- Known restatement years: 0

## Holders

- [John Rogers](https://gigainvestors.com/AI): tracked 13F investor; follow the investor page for holding quarter and amounts.

- [Bill Nygren](https://gigainvestors.com/HA): tracked 13F investor; follow the investor page for holding quarter and amounts.

- [Richard Pzena](https://gigainvestors.com/PIM): tracked 13F investor; follow the investor page for holding quarter and amounts.

## Price story

The price assumes profits grow 6.6% a year forever · net income +14.9%

Story as of 2026-10-16T09:59:58.980Z; price observation 2026-10-15.

The price assumes profits grow 6.6% a year forever

### Net income · FY2025

net income +14.9%; source https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1445930/000119312526183398/d79770d20f.htm; observed 2026-04-28.

- FY2016: KRW 2.14T 

- FY2017: KRW 3.31T 

- FY2018: KRW 3.06T 

- FY2019: KRW 3.31T 

- FY2020: KRW 3.45T 

- FY2021: KRW 4.34T 

- FY2022: KRW 4.27T 

- FY2023: KRW 4.63T 

- FY2024: KRW 5.08T 

- FY2025: KRW 5.83T 

## Owner memo

Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z.

### How it makes money

Operates in regional banking; annual sales are KRW 21.2 trillion.

- Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1445930/000119312526183398/d79770d20f.htm (filed 2026-04-28); FY2025: revenue 21231552000000.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16); 105560.KO: KB Financial Group Inc. provides financial products and services in South Korea, the United States, New Zealand, China, Cambodia, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, and internationally. The company offers deposit products, such as demand and time deposits, certificates of deposit, foreign currency deposits, and savings deposits for housing subscription; loan products, including mortgage loans to finance home purchases, construction, improvements, or rentals; and home equity loans, overdraft loans, and other consumer loans. It also provides debit and credit cards; working capital loans and facility loans; mortgage loans to home builders or developers; securities underwriting; financing and financial advisory services for mergers and acquisitions; project finance and financial advisory services for social overhead capital projects such as highway, port, power, water, and sewage projects; financing and financial advisory services for real estate development projects; and structured finance. In addition, the company offers brokerage services for stocks, futures, options, equity, derivative-linked securities, and debt instruments; foreign exchange services and derivatives dealing; import and export-related services; offshore lending, syndicated loans, and foreign currency securities investment; and trust account management services. Further, it provides long-term insurance products, automobile insurance products, and general property and casualty insurance products; life insurance comprising annuities, savings insurance, variable life insurance, whole life insurance, term life insurance, and health insurance; bancassurance; consumer finance services; and mortgage financing and construction loans. Additionally, the company is involved in real estate trust management; capital investment; and software advisory, development, and supply. KB Financial Group Inc. was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

### Why customers stay

It earns 9.3% on shareholders’ money, excluding intangible assets.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-04-28); 10-year return on tangible equity observations [[2016,0.07064401289038115],[2017,0.1064920869093321],[2018,0.09290939186144477],[2019,0.0923372947978558],[2020,0.08800420703196725],[2021,0.09815774572356456],[2022,0.09451283803192713],[2023,0.08424919604679217],[2024,0.09080856501012145],[2025,0.10155441312963728]]; median 0.09262334332965028. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity.

### Where the cash goes

Paid dividends in 10 of 10 years; bought back KRW 1.5 trillion of shares.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-04-28); Dividend observations: [[2016,378625000000],[2017,497969000000],[2018,766728000000],[2019,766249000000],[2020,883952000000],[2021,981879000000],[2022,1437750000000],[2023,1151900000000],[2024,1486978000000],[2025,1302291000000]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement.

- Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1445930/000119312526183398/d79770d20f.htm (filed 2026-04-28); FY2025: cash repurchases 1480000000000 KRW.

### Are managers owners

Insiders own 2.7% of the company.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16); 105560.KO SharesStats.PercentInsiders = 2.672 percentage points; cache date 2026-10-16.

### What the price says

The price assumes profits grow 6.6% a year forever.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-04-28); Price 156700; FX 1; original perpetual distributable cash 5273.941163373549; discount 0.1; growth 0.06634370667917328. Same book-value model and 4× ceiling; no ten-year operating fade applies. Closing-price date 2026-10-15.

## Monthly share-price history (KRW per share)

- 2016-10: KRW 42,300.00 per share

- 2016-11: KRW 42,100.00 per share

- 2016-12: KRW 42,800.00 per share

- 2017-01: KRW 47,000.00 per share

- 2017-02: KRW 46,900.00 per share

- 2017-03: KRW 49,000.00 per share

- 2017-04: KRW 50,100.00 per share

- 2017-05: KRW 53,600.00 per share

- 2017-06: KRW 57,700.00 per share

- 2017-07: KRW 59,400.00 per share

- 2017-08: KRW 55,400.00 per share

- 2017-09: KRW 56,100.00 per share

- 2017-10: KRW 58,400.00 per share

- 2017-11: KRW 59,900.00 per share

- 2017-12: KRW 63,400.00 per share

- 2018-01: KRW 67,300.00 per share

- 2018-02: KRW 64,000.00 per share

- 2018-03: KRW 60,700.00 per share

- 2018-04: KRW 61,200.00 per share

- 2018-05: KRW 51,800.00 per share

- 2018-06: KRW 52,800.00 per share

- 2018-07: KRW 53,600.00 per share

- 2018-08: KRW 51,700.00 per share

- 2018-09: KRW 54,200.00 per share

- 2018-10: KRW 47,400.00 per share

- 2018-11: KRW 47,200.00 per share

- 2018-12: KRW 46,500.00 per share

- 2019-01: KRW 48,050.00 per share

- 2019-02: KRW 44,350.00 per share

- 2019-03: KRW 41,850.00 per share

- 2019-04: KRW 46,200.00 per share

- 2019-05: KRW 43,800.00 per share

- 2019-06: KRW 45,850.00 per share

- 2019-07: KRW 43,400.00 per share

- 2019-08: KRW 39,700.00 per share

- 2019-09: KRW 42,700.00 per share

- 2019-10: KRW 41,950.00 per share

- 2019-11: KRW 46,050.00 per share

- 2019-12: KRW 47,650.00 per share

- 2020-01: KRW 43,950.00 per share

- 2020-02: KRW 38,900.00 per share

- 2020-03: KRW 34,550.00 per share

- 2020-04: KRW 34,750.00 per share

- 2020-05: KRW 34,000.00 per share

- 2020-06: KRW 33,950.00 per share

- 2020-07: KRW 35,250.00 per share

- 2020-08: KRW 36,850.00 per share

- 2020-09: KRW 37,550.00 per share

- 2020-10: KRW 40,100.00 per share

- 2020-11: KRW 45,350.00 per share

- 2020-12: KRW 43,400.00 per share

- 2021-01: KRW 40,300.00 per share

- 2021-02: KRW 43,800.00 per share

- 2021-03: KRW 56,200.00 per share

- 2021-04: KRW 54,700.00 per share

- 2021-05: KRW 58,800.00 per share

- 2021-06: KRW 55,800.00 per share

- 2021-07: KRW 51,300.00 per share

- 2021-08: KRW 52,900.00 per share

- 2021-09: KRW 55,300.00 per share

- 2021-10: KRW 56,600.00 per share

- 2021-11: KRW 52,800.00 per share

- 2021-12: KRW 55,000.00 per share

- 2022-01: KRW 59,500.00 per share

- 2022-02: KRW 59,700.00 per share

- 2022-03: KRW 61,300.00 per share

- 2022-04: KRW 58,500.00 per share

- 2022-05: KRW 60,400.00 per share

- 2022-06: KRW 48,150.00 per share

- 2022-07: KRW 48,450.00 per share

- 2022-08: KRW 49,450.00 per share

- 2022-09: KRW 43,700.00 per share

- 2022-10: KRW 48,050.00 per share

- 2022-11: KRW 52,500.00 per share

- 2022-12: KRW 48,500.00 per share

- 2023-01: KRW 55,900.00 per share

- 2023-02: KRW 51,300.00 per share

- 2023-03: KRW 47,650.00 per share

- 2023-04: KRW 49,500.00 per share

- 2023-05: KRW 48,000.00 per share

- 2023-06: KRW 47,750.00 per share

- 2023-07: KRW 51,000.00 per share

- 2023-08: KRW 54,100.00 per share

- 2023-09: KRW 55,300.00 per share

- 2023-10: KRW 51,500.00 per share

- 2023-11: KRW 52,400.00 per share

- 2023-12: KRW 54,100.00 per share

- 2024-01: KRW 56,600.00 per share

- 2024-02: KRW 63,500.00 per share

- 2024-03: KRW 69,500.00 per share

- 2024-04: KRW 75,600.00 per share

- 2024-05: KRW 79,400.00 per share

- 2024-06: KRW 78,500.00 per share

- 2024-07: KRW 87,900.00 per share

- 2024-08: KRW 85,900.00 per share

- 2024-09: KRW 80,900.00 per share

- 2024-10: KRW 90,300.00 per share

- 2024-11: KRW 96,200.00 per share

- 2024-12: KRW 82,900.00 per share

- 2025-01: KRW 91,700.00 per share

- 2025-02: KRW 78,300.00 per share

- 2025-03: KRW 79,000.00 per share

- 2025-04: KRW 90,200.00 per share

- 2025-05: KRW 104,300.00 per share

- 2025-06: KRW 110,900.00 per share

- 2025-07: KRW 110,900.00 per share

- 2025-08: KRW 108,200.00 per share

- 2025-09: KRW 115,500.00 per share

- 2025-10: KRW 116,600.00 per share

- 2025-11: KRW 124,800.00 per share

- 2025-12: KRW 124,700.00 per share

- 2026-01: KRW 135,200.00 per share

- 2026-02: KRW 159,000.00 per share

- 2026-03: KRW 141,900.00 per share

- 2026-04: KRW 160,500.00 per share

- 2026-05: KRW 150,600.00 per share

- 2026-06: KRW 159,000.00 per share

- 2026-07: KRW 168,500.00 per share

- 2026-08: KRW 173,300.00 per share

- 2026-09: KRW 168,800.00 per share

- 2026-10: KRW 162,400.00 per share

## Annual estimated value (KRW per share)

- FY2016: low KRW 15,764.52 per share, central KRW 19,179.57 per share, high KRW 24,483.38 per share

- FY2017: low KRW 15,618.90 per share, central KRW 19,036.53 per share, high KRW 24,368.75 per share

- FY2018: low KRW 16,600.95 per share, central KRW 20,233.46 per share, high KRW 25,900.94 per share

- FY2019: low KRW 22,248.19 per share, central KRW 27,577.63 per share, high KRW 36,264.64 per share

- FY2020: low KRW 39,706.50 per share, central KRW 49,633.13 per share, high KRW 66,177.50 per share

- FY2021: low KRW 44,819.52 per share, central KRW 56,024.40 per share, high KRW 74,699.19 per share

- FY2022: low KRW 66,603.83 per share, central KRW 83,254.79 per share, high KRW 111,006.38 per share

- FY2023: low KRW 114,710.10 per share, central KRW 126,181.11 per share, high KRW 140,201.24 per share

- FY2024: low KRW 91,556.51 per share, central KRW 114,445.64 per share, high KRW 152,594.18 per share

- FY2025: low KRW 100,371.31 per share, central KRW 125,464.14 per share, high KRW 167,285.51 per share

Historical values use today's bond yield for every fiscal year

Historical values use today's FX rate into trading currency for every fiscal year

Historical values use current restated fundamentals and current commodity classification; they are not point-in-time estimates

Prior published observations retained from 2026-10-15T06:39:49.895Z where newer inputs omit a numeric field or fiscal period.

## Sources

[Original 20-F filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1445930/000119312526183398/d79770d20f.htm); period 2025-12-31, filed 2026-04-28.

Estimates depend on assumptions and are not guarantees or investment advice. Underlying data remains subject to its source licenses; public reading does not grant bulk redistribution rights.
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KB Financial Group

105560 · KO

KOSPI 200

Not a wonderful business

1 quality test fails. A lower price would not fix the business.

Share price
KRW 156,700.00
Buy up to
KRW 131,848.53
Expected / yr
9.4% at today's price (10.0% at central value)

The business

How it makes money
Why customers stay
Where the cash goes
Are managers owners
What the price says

1. Is this a good business?

Evidence only; not required for Buy

Profits were positive in 10 years (at least 9 needed).

10y median
KRW 3.86T
Worst year
KRW 2.14T
Latest · 2025
KRW 5.83T

Earned a median 9.3% on tangible equity (minimum 12%).

10y median
9.3%
Worst year
7.1%
Latest · 2025
10.2%

Book value plus dividends grew 10.2% a year (minimum 7%).

10y median
8.9%
Worst year
0.1%
Latest · 2025
9.1%

Ordinary share growth was -0.5% over the full period and -1.1% over five years (either must be at most 2% a year).

11y median
101
Worst year
106
Latest · 2025
96

0 accounting warnings were found (none allowed).

Filing signals · estimated likelihood
Control weakness2%Auditor change11%Going concern3%Related parties19%
Material weakness in internal control: 2% estimated likelihood. ; Auditor change within the past three years disclosed: 11% estimated likelihood. ; Going-concern uncertainty: 3% estimated likelihood. ; Material related-party transactions: 19% estimated likelihood.
accounting warnings
0
Passing bar
≤ 0

Profit record · pass 0 loss years in 10 (at most 2), three-year average earnings per share 13,610.58 KRW.

2. Is the price low enough?

Price & return math
Value rangeKRW 105,478.82 – KRW 175,798.04
Buy at or belowCentral value KRW 131,848.53
Discount to value1 − 156700.00 / 131848.53 = -18.8%
Return / yearAbout 9.4% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%)
Cash-flow inputsBook KRW 163593.80/share; ROE 9.2%; first payout KRW 5273.94/share, growing 6.0% perpetually (4× book payout cap applied).
Required return10.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value
Net incomeKRW 5.83T
5.83T020162025
FY2016 · Net income: KRW 2.14T; FY2017 · Net income: KRW 3.31T; FY2018 · Net income: KRW 3.06T; FY2019 · Net income: KRW 3.31T; FY2020 · Net income: KRW 3.45T; FY2021 · Net income: KRW 4.34T; FY2022 · Net income: KRW 4.27T; FY2023 · Net income: KRW 4.63T; FY2024 · Net income: KRW 5.08T; FY2025 · Net income: KRW 5.83T
Net income
Book / shareKRW 156K
156K020162025
FY2016 · Book / share: KRW 76K; FY2017 · Book / share: KRW 78K; FY2018 · Book / share: KRW 83K; FY2019 · Book / share: KRW 92K; FY2020 · Book / share: KRW 100K; FY2021 · Book / share: KRW 113K; FY2022 · Book / share: KRW 110K; FY2023 · Book / share: KRW 140K; FY2024 · Book / share: KRW 146K; FY2025 · Book / share: KRW 156K
Book / share
Dividend / shareKRW 4K
4K020162025
FY2016 · Dividend / share: KRW 953.85; FY2017 · Dividend / share: KRW 1K; FY2018 · Dividend / share: KRW 2K; FY2019 · Dividend / share: KRW 2K; FY2020 · Dividend / share: KRW 2K; FY2021 · Dividend / share: KRW 3K; FY2022 · Dividend / share: KRW 4K; FY2023 · Dividend / share: KRW 3K; FY2024 · Dividend / share: KRW 4K; FY2025 · Dividend / share: KRW 4K
Dividend / share
Return on tangible equity10.2%
10.6%0.0%20162025
FY2016 · Return on tangible equity: 7.1%; FY2017 · Return on tangible equity: 10.6%; FY2018 · Return on tangible equity: 9.3%; FY2019 · Return on tangible equity: 9.2%; FY2020 · Return on tangible equity: 8.8%; FY2021 · Return on tangible equity: 9.8%; FY2022 · Return on tangible equity: 9.5%; FY2023 · Return on tangible equity: 8.4%; FY2024 · Return on tangible equity: 9.1%; FY2025 · Return on tangible equity: 10.2%
Return on tangible equity
Diluted shares369M
411M020162025
FY2016 · Diluted shares: 397M; FY2017 · Diluted shares: 397M; FY2018 · Diluted shares: 396M; FY2019 · Diluted shares: 390M; FY2020 · Diluted shares: 390M; FY2021 · Diluted shares: 390M; FY2022 · Diluted shares: 411M; FY2023 · Diluted shares: 393M; FY2024 · Diluted shares: 383M; FY2025 · Diluted shares: 369M
Diluted shares
Prices 15 Oct 2026 · FY2025Original filing ↗ ·