KB Financial Group Inc.
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KB Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:KB) is a publicly traded company in the Finance sector. Wiseek has independently scored 29 items for KB at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-14, rated 7/10. Across its 20 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 11 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for KB spans 6-K, 20-F.
Recent high-impact activity:
- KB Financial Group Files Reviewed H1 2026 Results; Subsidiary Rights Offerings Total KRW 1 Trillion
- KB Financial Group Upsizes Buyback to KRW 700 Billion, Launching New Cancellation Program
- KB Financial Group Launches KRW 700 Billion Buyback, Plans to Cancel 4M Shares
- KB Financial Group Declares KRW 1,155/Share Quarterly Dividend, Totaling KRW 405.5 Billion
- KB Financial Group Posts Strong First-Half 2026 Results, Powered by Securities Surge
Financial Snapshot
Short Interest & Short Volume
2.75 days to coverFINRA reported short interest of 471,574 shares in KB as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 2.9% decrease from the prior period — about 2.8 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 23.4% of KB volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.
Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.
Insider Transactions
KB files as a Foreign Private Issuer (FPI). Under SEC Exchange Act Section 16(a), officers, directors, and 10% owners of FPIs are exempt from Form 4 insider-transaction reporting requirements. Comparable disclosures, when applicable, appear in the company's Form 20-F (annual) or Form 6-K (interim) filings on SEC EDGAR.