Kobe Steel (KBSTF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Kobe Steel, Ltd. engages in the materials, machinery, and electric power businesses worldwide. The company offers steel sheet products, including high-tensile strength, hot and cold rolled, electro-galvanized, and hot-dipped galvanized steel sheets; steel wire rods and bars; and aluminum and steel plates. It also provides steel casting and forging products, such as crankshafts, marine parts, chemical processing equipment, and rolls; materials for plastic molding; and titanium products, copper sheets and strips, and steel powders. In addition, the company offers robots and electric power sources, and welding materials; and machinery products, including standard compressors, tire and rubber machinery products, rotating machinery products, plastic processing machinery products, advanced technology equipment, rolling mill products, and ultra-high-pressure equipment, as well as LNG vaporizers, pressure vessels, brazed aluminum heat exchangers, and micro channel heat exchanger and reactors. Further, it provides signaling, communication, power supply, automatic fare collection, and platform screen door systems; hydraulic and mini hydraulic excavators, mini wheel loaders, and road machinery; construction, metal, forestry, and industrial waste recycling machinery; and crawler and wheel cranes. Additionally, the company generates and supplies electric power; offers material and structural analysis, testing, physical analysis, and other services; manufactures and sells target materials and test equipment; sells and rents detached homes; and provides brokerage, renovation, insurance, and other services, as well as operational management services of public facilities. It also provides services in the field of iron units; and water treatment, waste incineration, PCB detoxification, and soil remediation services. The company was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Kobe, Japan.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $13.80 to $13.80
• 50-Day Range: $12.53 to $13.80
• 52-Week Range: $9.65 to $13.80
• Volume: N/A
• Average Volume: 900 shs
• Market Capitalization: N/A
• P/E Ratio: 0.69
• Dividend Yield: 34.65%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

Kobe Steel Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Kobe Steel scored higher than 12% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: N/A
• Analyst Rating: N/A

Consensus Rating

There is not enough analysis data for Kobe Steel.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Kobe Steel is 0.69, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.28.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Kobe Steel is 0.69, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 65.04.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Kobe Steel has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Kobe Steel has recently increased by 37.87%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Kobe Steel pays a meaningful dividend of 1.65%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Kobe Steel does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Kobe Steel is 23.98%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Kobe Steel has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Kobe Steel has recently increased by 37.87%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.13

News Sentiment

Kobe Steel has a news sentiment score of -0.13. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.51 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Kobe Steel this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 11.89% of the stock of Kobe Steel is held by institutions.

KBSTF Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have KBSTF shares performed this year?

Kobe Steel's stock was trading at $10.08 at the beginning of the year. Since then, KBSTF shares have increased by 36.9% and is now trading at $13.80.
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How do I buy shares of Kobe Steel?

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Company Calendar

• Today: 5/30/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/05/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Steel
• Sub-Industry: Personal Services
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:KBSTF
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.kobelco.co.jp
• Phone: (178) 261-5111
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 38,488
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 0.67
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• 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: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: N/A
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: N/A
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: N/A