FST (KBSX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

FST Corp. designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes steel golf shafts to golf club original equipment manufacturers and distributors worldwide. The company offers steel shafts under the KBS brand name. FST Corp.is based in Chiayi, Taiwan.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $1.39 to $1.46
• 50-Day Range: $1.22 to $1.57
• 52-Week Range: $1.04 to $2.52
• Volume: 12,331 shs
• Average Volume: 32,917 shs
• Market Capitalization: $52.33 million
• P/E Ratio: 138.63
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $4.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

FST Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

FST scored higher than 73% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 18th out of 81 stocks in the manufacturing sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

FST has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

FST has a consensus price target of $4.00, representing about 188.5% upside from its current price of $1.39.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

FST has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 60.00%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for FST are expected to grow by 60.00% in the coming year, from $0.05 to $0.08 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of FST is 138.63, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.96.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of FST is 138.63, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Manufacturing sector average P/E ratio of about 21.96.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

FST has a P/B Ratio of 3.08. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.74% of the float of FST has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

FST has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.31, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in FST has recently increased by 38.41%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

FST does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

FST does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.96

News Sentiment

FST has a news sentiment score of 0.96. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Manufacturing companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 11 news articles for FST this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added FST to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, FST insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

54.63% of the stock of FST is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

50.85% of the stock of FST is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 4/01/2026
• Today: 5/23/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Manufacturing
• Industry: UNCLASSIFIED
• Sub-Industry: Recreation
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:KBSX
• CIK: 2014254
• Web: N/A
• Phone: 886-5-276-6171
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: N/A
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for FST: $4.00
• High Price Target: $4.00
• Low Price Target: $4.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +188.5%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 138.63
• Forward P/E Ratio: 27.73
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.59
• Current Ratio: 0.96
• Quick Ratio: 0.56

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $51.86 million
• Price / Sales: 1.01
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $0.45 per share
• Price / Book: 3.08

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 37,749,000
• Free Float: 17,127,000
• Market Cap: $52.33 million
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: 0.28