Kumba Iron Ore (KIROY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Kumba Iron Ore Limited is a South African iron ore producer and a subsidiary of Anglo American plc. The company explores for, mines, processes and markets iron ore, which is primarily used as a raw material in steelmaking. Its products include high-grade iron ore lump and fine ore.

Kumba operates the Sishen and Kolomela mines in South Africa’s Northern Cape province. The company processes ore at its mining operations and transports its products by rail to the Port of Saldanha Bay for export to international steelmakers. Kumba also supplies iron ore to customers in South Africa.

The company was formed in 2006 through the restructuring and unbundling of Kumba Resources. Its operations are focused on South Africa, while its products serve steelmaking markets in various international regions. Kumba is headquartered in Centurion, South Africa, and its shares are listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange under the symbol KIO; they also trade in the United States under the symbol KIROY.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $4.68 to $4.97
• 50-Day Range: $4.68 to $5.85
• 52-Week Range: $4.51 to $8.47
• Volume: 19,254 shs
• Average Volume: 30,851 shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.64 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 4.56%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Kumba Iron Ore Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Kumba Iron Ore scored higher than 36% 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: 1.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

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

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Kumba Iron Ore has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 4.69%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Kumba Iron Ore are expected to grow by 4.69% in the coming year, from $0.64 to $0.67 per share.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Kumba Iron Ore has a P/B Ratio of 1.15. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.00% of the float of Kumba Iron Ore has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Kumba Iron Ore has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.47, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Kumba Iron Ore has recently decreased by 2.75%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Kumba Iron Ore is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.68%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Kumba Iron Ore does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Kumba Iron Ore will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.84% next year. This indicates that Kumba Iron Ore will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Kumba Iron Ore has a news sentiment score of 0.75. 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 0.50 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Kumba Iron Ore this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Institutions

Kumba Iron Ore has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Today: 9/24/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: Steel
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:KIROY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.angloamericankumba.com
• Phone: (712) 683-7000
• Fax: 27-12-683-7009
• Employees: 12,217
• Year Founded: 2005

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• 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: 2.46
• Quick Ratio: 1.71

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.92 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.18
• Cash Flow: $1.23 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.93
• Book Value: $4.18 per share
• Price / Book: 1.15

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 963,571,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $4.64 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.89