Essex Property Trust, Inc. vs KB Financial Group, Inc. — how do they compare? Essex Property Trust, Inc. trades at $282.11 (market cap $18.15B), while KB Financial Group, Inc. trades at $118 (market cap $41.21B). The key difference: KB Financial Group, Inc. is far larger — about 2.3× Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s market cap, and Essex Property Trust, Inc. pays the higher dividend (3.93%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ESS | KB | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $18.15B | $41.21B |
Sector | Real Estate | Financials |
52-Week High | $298.33 | $124.01 |
52-Week Low | $239.61 | $77.50 |
Enterprise Value | $24.75B | — |
Dividend Yield | 3.93% | 2.67% |
Trailing returns across standard periods
Essex Property Trust owns a portfolio of 253 apartment communities with over 62,000 units and is developing three additional properties with 571 units. The company focuses on owning large, high-quality properties on the West Coast in the urban and suburban submarkets of Southern California, Northern California, and Seattle.
Read more on ESS →KB Financial is the parent company of KB Kookmin Bank, Korea's largest commercial bank, with a 13.1% share of loans as of 2021. Its predecessor banks were established in the 1960s as government policy banks and privatized in the 1990s. Its credit card subsidiary KB Kookmin Card is the number-three player behind Shinhan Card and Samsung Card. KB has in recent years expanded its nonbank business by buying LIG Insurance and Hyundai Securities, making KB a top-five player in nonlife insurance and in securities, and most recently by buying Prudential Life Insurance Korea. It also has KB Capital, which provides leasing and installment finance.
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