In early trading on the 6th, securities shares are plunging across the board. Among them, KB Financial is alone up 4%. It is believed to be due to the company disclosing record-high results the previous day and analysts' positive assessment of its shareholder return policy.
As of 9:42 a.m., KB Financial is trading at 145,600 won, up 6,100 won (4.37%) from the previous session on the Korea Exchange.
At the same time, Mirae Asset Securities, Kiwoom Securities (5.7%), NH Investment & Securities (4.18%), Samsung Securities (3.57%), and Korea Investment Holdings (5.2%) are declining.
Earlier, KB Financial disclosed that its 2025 consolidation net profit rose 15.1% from a year earlier to 5.84 trillion won. This is a record-high result.
On the day, Kim Eun-gap, a researcher at Kiwoom Securities, said, "Following KB Financial's record-high results in 2025, its net profit on a consolidation basis will reach 6.13 trillion won in 2026."
The sustainability of the shareholder return policy was also evaluated positively. Kim said, "At the end of 2025, KB Financial's common equity tier 1 (CET1) ratio will be 13.79%, and the resources based on the shareholder return formula will be 0.79% (about 2.82 trillion won)," adding, "The shareholder return planned through the first half of 2026 already appears likely to approach the full-year 2025 level."