Fastly Inc vs KB Financial Group, Inc. — how do they compare? Fastly Inc trades at $28.5 (market cap $4.58B), while KB Financial Group, Inc. trades at $117.53 (market cap $41.21B). The key difference: KB Financial Group, Inc. is far larger — about 9× Fastly Inc's market cap, and KB Financial Group, Inc. pays a 2.67% dividend while Fastly Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| FSLY | KB | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $4.58B | $41.21B |
Sector | Technology | Financials |
52-Week High | $33.50 | $124.01 |
52-Week Low | $6.85 | $77.50 |
Enterprise Value | $4.65B | — |
Dividend Yield | — | 2.67% |
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Fastly operates a content delivery network, which is necessary for entities to provide faster and more reliable online content. Fastly's strategy differs from traditional CDNs, which focused on locating servers in as many locations as possible to store copies of files that consumers most use. Fastly has far fewer sites than traditional CDNs, but it houses servers in the most network-dense data centers. Instead of simply storing static content, it allows its customers to program on its platform, enabling edge computing and better service of the more dynamic content that was traditionally not well served by CDNs. Fastly gears its service to the largest, most sophisticated enterprises rather than small companies and generated about two thirds of its revenue in the United States in 2020.
Read more on FSLY →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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