Hormel Foods Corp vs KB Financial Group, Inc. — how do they compare? Hormel Foods Corp trades at $24.36 (market cap $13.37B), while KB Financial Group, Inc. trades at $117.53 (market cap $41.21B). The key difference: KB Financial Group, Inc. is far larger — about 3.1× Hormel Foods Corp's market cap, and Hormel Foods Corp pays the higher dividend (4.81%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| HRL | KB | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $13.37B | $41.21B |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Financials |
52-Week High | $29.25 | $124.01 |
52-Week Low | $19.74 | $77.50 |
Enterprise Value | $15.37B | — |
Dividend Yield | 4.81% | 2.67% |
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Hormel Foods is a protein-focused branded food company. Its brands include its namesake Hormel, Spam, Jennie-O, Dinty Moore, Applegate, Wholly Guacamole, and Skippy. The vast majority of the company's revenue is U.S.-based: 64% U.S. retail, 28% U.S. food service, and 8% international. By product type, in fiscal 2021, 23% of revenue was shelf-stable foods, 18% was poultry (branded and commodity), 55% was other perishable food, and 3% was other, primarily nutritional products. The company holds the number-one market position in shelf-stable meat, shelf-stable ready meals, pepperoni, natural/organic deli meat, and guacamole and the number-two position in turkey, bacon, chilled ready meals, and peanut butter.
Read more on HRL →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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