KB Financial Group, Inc. vs Smith & Nephew plc — how do they compare? KB Financial Group, Inc. trades at $115.25 (market cap $38.56B), while Smith & Nephew plc trades at $30.45 (market cap $12.64B). The key difference: KB Financial Group, Inc. is far larger — about 3.1× Smith & Nephew plc's market cap, and KB Financial Group, Inc. pays the higher dividend (2.72%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| KB | SNN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $38.56B | $12.64B |
Sector | Financials | Health |
52-Week High | $123.25 | $38.70 |
52-Week Low | $77.50 | $28.73 |
Dividend Yield | 2.72% | 2.57% |
Enterprise Value | — | $15.41B |
Trailing returns across standard periods
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.
Read more on KB →Smith & Nephew designs, manufactures, and markets orthopedic devices, sports medicine and arthroscopic technologies, and wound-care solutions. Roughly 42% of the U.K.-based firm's revenue comes from orthopedic products, and another 30% is sports medicine and ENT. The remaining 28% of revenue is from the advanced wound therapy segment. Roughly half of Smith & Nephew's total revenue comes from the United States, just over 30% is from other developed markets, and emerging markets account for the remainder.
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