KB Financial's Improving Shareholder Returns Could Be Catalyst -- Market Talk

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0557 GMT - KB Financial Group's improving shareholder returns could be a share price catalyst, SK Securities analyst Seol Yong-jin writes in a note. Seol expects the South Korean retail banking group's total shareholder return rate to reach 50.7% in 2025. KB is likely to buy back or cancel up to KRW650 billion of shares in the second half, he says. SK Securities expects KB's return-on-equity ratio to rise to 10.3% this year from 9.7% in 2024, with its dividend per share projected to rise to KRW3,648 this year from KRW3,174 in 2024. SK Securities raises the stock's target price by 13% to KRW130,000 and keeps a buy rating. Shares are 0.1% higher at KRW110,000. (kwanwoo.jun@wsj.com)

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