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Friday, August 5, 2011

Potential Takeover Candidate? (NYSE: KB)

Shares of KB fell by 1.10% or $-0.49/share to $44.11. KB Financial Group, Inc. is trading at a price to book ratio of 0.84. This indicates that the value of the company's underlying assets exceeds today's market price. The PEG is 0.75 suggesting that the shares are trading at an excellent value relative to firm's growth rate. The price to sales ratio came in at 1.05. Thus, the company is not very expensive in terms of its sales. On average, 179338 shares of KB exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 38044. These financial metrics combined make this company seem undervalued. Lookout for any takeover chatter or takeover news regarding this stock as one of the bigger players may have an eye on this one.

KB Financial Group Inc. is a Korea-based financial holding company engaged in the management of subsidiaries.