Ranked #73 of 100 · scores higher than 25% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score
13 peers with a valuation score of 20–29, including KB · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 22?
Weighted metrics compared with all Banks & Insurance companies.
Mainly because of its book yield, which is weaker than most Banks & Insurance peers.
▼a higher price relative to book value (P/B): weaker than 74% of peers. Book yield: 55.8% vs peer median 79.5%
▲higher earnings for the price paid: stronger than 76% of peers. Earnings yield: 5.5% vs peer median 7.9%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = KB, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
KB
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Earnings yieldHigher is better · 99 reported
11.2%
8.4%
80%
60%
EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 31 reported
Not reported
11.0%
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Context only
Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 53 reported
11.1%
7.1%
73%
Context only
Book yieldHigher is better · 98 reported
Not reported
63.4%
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40%
Metrics with no weight are context only: for banks, brokers and insurers, free cash flow, EBITDA, gross margin and current ratio mostly reflect trading and funding flows, not the health of the business.
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score
