As of 11:31 AM on the 18th, Korea Financial Group is trading at 62,200 KRW, down 2.51% from the previous day. The trading volume is 387,411 shares, which is 62.37% of the previous day's volume. Korea Financial Group is known as a financial holding company centered on investment banking.

On August 18, Seunggeon Kang, a researcher at KB Securities, stated, "Although the first-quarter results showed very poor performance due to large ELS hedge losses and deteriorating subsidiary performance, 1) concerns about profitability damage were alleviated as the subsidiaries' performance normalized faster than expected in the second quarter, 2) the IB division is maintaining superior performance compared to competitors, and 3) the performance of the subsidiary Korea Investment Partners and the equity-method affiliate KakaoBank has greatly improved, securing potential for additional value growth in the future." He set the target price for Korea Financial Group at 84,000 KRW.

Over the past five days, individual investors have net purchased 309,618 shares of Korea Financial Group, while foreigners and institutions have net sold 52,551 shares and 256,737 shares, respectively.

※Source: AI Investment Assistant AI Rassiro

※ This article was generated in real-time by an article automation algorithm jointly developed by Asia Economy and the financial AI specialist company Thinkpool.




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