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Kobe Steel, Ltd. (5406.T)

JPY1,936.50 +19.50 (+1.02%)
JP JPX Basic Materials Steel
Address 2-4, Wakinohama-Kaigandori 2-chome 651-8585
Kobe, JP
CEO Yoshihiko Katsukawa
IPO 2000-01-04
ISIN JP3289800009

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Also trades on Other OTC · KBSTF (USD) Tokyo Stock Exchange · 5406.T (JPY)
Description

Kobe Steel, Ltd. is a diversified Japanese industrial group with extensive operations in materials manufacturing, machinery production, and electric power generation. The company serves global markets spanning Japan, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania. Its materials portfolio encompasses a broad spectrum of steel products, including various sheets, wire rods, bars, and specialized castings and forgings for applications ranging from marine components to industrial equipment. This segment also delivers aluminum, titanium, copper products, and metal powders. In the machinery sector, Kobe Steel develops and supplies a wide array of industrial equipment, such as robots, power sources, welding consumables, compressors, and specialized machinery for processing tires, rubber, and plastics. The company also manufactures heavy construction and infrastructure equipment, including hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, road machinery, and cranes, alongside advanced systems for signaling, communication, and automatic fare collection. Beyond manufacturing, Kobe Steel generates and supplies electricity and provides a comprehensive suite of services. These include material and structural analysis, environmental solutions like water treatment and waste remediation, real estate services (sales, rentals, brokerage, renovation), and the operational management of public facilities. Established in Kobe, Japan, in 1905, the company maintains its headquarters in the city of its origin.

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Merger & Acquisition History

No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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JPY1,936.50 +19.50 (+1.02%)
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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
2M
Beta
0.57
Float Shares
375.57M
Free Float %
95.0%
Price Performance
1D5D1M3M6M YTD1Y3Y5Y10YMax
-1.59% +0.25% +1.36% -14.49% +5.15% -5.69% +19.21% +73.38% +142.35% +92.23% +186.96%
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Market Data

Price Targets & DCF
Current price
1,936.50
DCF (Unlevered) 20,985.17 +983.7%
DCF (Levered) 13,127.33 +577.9%

DCF figures are point estimates: small changes in growth or discount-rate assumptions move them materially. Read them as a reference, not a precise target.

Ratings Trend (MoM) 14% Bullish
Rating 2026-05 Change
Strong Buy 0 0
Buy 1 0
Hold 4 0
Sell 1 0
Strong Sell 1 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
1.86
Grey zone
Piotroski F-Score
5 / 9
Average
MOAT Score
3 / 10
No MOAT
Composite Rating
A
Overall Score
4 / 5
High
DCF Score
5 / 5
High
ROE Score
4 / 5
High
ROA Score
4 / 5
High
D/E Score
1 / 5
Low
P/E Score
3 / 5
Medium
P/Book Score
5 / 5
High
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • Revenue growth Steel: +1.2%
    -4.6% Q1'26: -1.9% (vs Q1'25)
  • EPS growth Steel: +17.4%
    -21.9% Q1'26: -46.2% (vs Q1'25)
  • FCF margin FCF growth · Steel: +44.2%
    +3.0% Q1'26: +0.0% (vs Q1'25)
  • EBIT margin Steel: +5.8%
    +5.3% Q1'26: +5.4% (vs Q1'25)
  • ROIC Steel: +4.3%
    +5.5% Q1'26: +5.9% (vs Q1'25)
  • Share dilution Steel: +0.0%
    -0.1% Q1'26: +0.5% (vs Q1'25)
  • Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Steel: 0.57×
    3.03× Q1'26: 2.88× (vs Q1'25)
Valuation Multiples From To
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* These projections are based on analyst consensus estimates and user-defined valuation multiples. This table is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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Projection years:
Market assumptions
WACC components (optional)
Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (0.55) × ERP
WACC = 50% × Ke + 50% × Kd (4.1%) × (1−t)

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Business assumptions
Intrinsic value (base): 20,985.17 Current price: 1,936.50
Enterprise Value: Equity Value: Terminal Value: TV as % of EV:

Base values reflect the latest available data for this company and market conditions.

Consensus Estimates
Metric Mar 2015
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Mar 2016
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Mar 2017
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Mar 2018
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Mar 2019
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Mar 2020
actual
Mar 2021
actual
Mar 2022
actual
Mar 2023
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Mar 2024
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Mar 2025
actual
Mar 2026
5 Rev. Ana.
6 EPS Ana.
Mar 2027
6 Rev. Ana.
6 EPS Ana.
Mar 2028
4 Rev. Ana.
5 EPS Ana.
Mar 2029
1 Rev. Ana.
2 EPS Ana.
Mar 2030
1 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Revenue
1.89T
est: 1.91T (-1.1%)
1.82T
est: 1.84T (-0.7%)
1.70T
est: 1.71T (-1.1%)
1.88T
est: 1.90T (-0.8%)
1.97T
est: 2.00T (-1.2%)
1.87T
est: 1.89T (-1.2%)
1.71T
est: 1.70T (+0.4%)
2.08T
est: 2.08T (+0.0%)
2.47T
est: 2.50T (-1.0%)
2.54T
est: 2.54T (+0.3%)
2.56T
est: 2.58T (-0.9%)
2.47T
2.43T – 2.49T
-4.3% YoY
2.50T
2.42T – 2.55T
+1.1% YoY
2.54T
2.41T – 2.61T
+1.8% YoY
2.56T
2.46T – 2.63T
+0.7% YoY
2.60T
2.49T – 2.67T
+1.6% YoY
EBITDA
209.34B
est: 186.77B (+12.1%)
163.26B
est: 179.76B (-9.2%)
106.03B
est: 167.92B (-36.9%)
192.69B
est: 185.69B (+3.8%)
157.31B
est: 195.38B (-19.5%)
115.37B
est: 185.38B (-37.8%)
131.62B
est: 166.41B (-20.9%)
193.29B
est: 203.95B (-5.2%)
199.45B
est: 244.54B (-18.4%)
306.24B
est: 393.79B (-22.2%)
281.74B
est: 400.62B (-29.7%)
383.35B
377.38B – 387.47B
-4.3% YoY
387.60B
375.61B – 396.39B
+1.1% YoY
394.50B
374.89B – 406.03B
+1.8% YoY
397.43B
381.37B – 407.75B
+0.7% YoY
403.64B
387.33B – 414.12B
+1.6% YoY
EBIT
119.46B
est: 91.29B (+30.9%)
68.45B
est: 87.86B (-22.1%)
9.75B
est: 82.08B (-88.1%)
90.47B
est: 90.76B (-0.3%)
53.98B
est: 95.50B (-43.5%)
9.86B
est: 90.61B (-89.1%)
30.40B
est: 81.34B (-62.6%)
87.62B
est: 99.69B (-12.1%)
86.37B
est: 119.52B (-27.7%)
186.63B
est: 302.14B (-38.2%)
158.72B
est: 307.38B (-48.4%)
294.13B
289.55B – 297.29B
-4.3% YoY
297.39B
288.19B – 304.13B
+1.1% YoY
302.69B
287.64B – 311.54B
+1.8% YoY
304.93B
292.61B – 312.85B
+0.7% YoY
309.70B
297.18B – 317.74B
+1.6% YoY
Net Income
86.55B
est: 78.92B (+9.7%)
-21.56B
est: -20.00B (-7.8%)
-23.04B
est: -42.82B (+46.2%)
63.19B
est: 53.31B (+18.5%)
35.94B
est: 39.02B (-7.9%)
-68.01B
est: -22.50B (-202.3%)
23.23B
est: 2.42B (+861.0%)
60.08B
est: 56.10B (+7.1%)
72.57B
est: 62.61B (+15.9%)
109.55B
est: 108.15B (+1.3%)
120.18B
est: 134.77B (-10.8%)
101.38B
98.22B – 104.16B
-24.8% YoY
88.96B
83.12B – 100.53B
-12.2% YoY
95.51B
79.75B – 117.91B
+7.4% YoY
99.69B
99.55B – 99.83B
+4.4% YoY
103.20B
97.78B – 106.68B
+3.5% YoY
SGA
168.17B
est: 148.33B (+13.4%)
187.84B
est: 142.76B (+31.6%)
186.04B
est: 133.35B (+39.5%)
176.83B
est: 147.47B (+19.9%)
189.21B
est: 155.16B (+21.9%)
196.91B
est: 147.22B (+33.8%)
170.83B
est: 132.15B (+29.3%)
195.21B
est: 161.97B (+20.5%)
208.38B
est: 194.20B (+7.3%)
219.56B
est: 230.83B (-4.9%)
231.87B
est: 234.84B (-1.3%)
224.72B
221.22B – 227.13B
-4.3% YoY
227.21B
220.18B – 232.36B
+1.1% YoY
231.25B
219.76B – 238.01B
+1.8% YoY
232.97B
223.55B – 239.02B
+0.7% YoY
236.61B
227.05B – 242.75B
+1.6% YoY
EPS
238.20
est: 200.05 (+19.1%)
-59.30
est: -50.69 (-17.0%)
-63.54
est: -108.53 (+41.5%)
174.43
est: 135.12 (+29.1%)
99.20
est: 98.90 (+0.3%)
-187.56
est: -57.03 (-228.9%)
64.06
est: 6.13 (+945.3%)
160.24
est: 142.20 (+12.7%)
183.81
est: 158.84 (+15.7%)
277.39
est: 273.85 (+1.3%)
304.65
est: 330.76 (-7.9%)
256.17
248.99 – 264.03
-22.6% YoY
228.94
210.71 – 254.83
-10.6% YoY
242.45
202.17 – 298.89
+5.9% YoY
252.70
252.35 – 253.05
+4.2% YoY
261.60
247.86 – 270.43
+3.5% YoY
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-05-12 A 4/5 5/5 4/5 4/5 1/5 3/5 5/5
2026-05-11 A- 4/5 5/5 4/5 4/5 1/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-08 A 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 1/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-07 A 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 1/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-01 A 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 1/5 3/5 4/5
2026-04-30 A 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 1/5 3/5 4/5
2026-04-28 A 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 1/5 3/5 4/5
2026-04-27 A 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 1/5 3/5 4/5
2026-04-24 A 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 1/5 3/5 4/5
2026-04-23 A 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 1/5 3/5 4/5
2026-04-22 A 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 1/5 3/5 4/5
2026-04-21 A 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 1/5 3/5 4/5
2026-04-20 A 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 1/5 3/5 4/5
2026-04-17 A 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 1/5 3/5 4/5
2026-04-16 A 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 1/5 3/5 4/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
347.22M
OE per share TTM
0.88
Owner's Yield
0.04%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
4.22%
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
47.6%

Ownership Overview

Ownership breakdown

Ownership breakdown not available.

At a glance
Institutional holders
Total invested
Insider transactions (90d)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)

No beneficial ownership filings recorded.

Institutional Activity (13F)

Institutional ownership trend

Institutional history not available.

Top institutional holders

Top holders not available.

ETF Ownership

Top ETFs holding this stock Held by 121 ETFs in our universe
# ETF Weight Est. AUM exposure TER
1 iShares STOXX Global Select Dividend 100 UCITS ETF (DE) ISPA.DE 0.66% 35.89M 0.46%
2 ALPS Funds CoreCommodity Natural Resources ETF CCNR 0.38% 1.40M 0.39%
3 JPMorgan Diversified Return International Equity ETF JPIN 0.35% 1.26M 0.37%
4 iShares MSCI Japan Small Cap UCITS ETF IDJP.L 0.32% 1.83M 0.58%
5 iShares MSCI Japan Small-Cap ETF SCJ 0.32% 831.3K 0.50%
6 iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF PICK 0.29% 6.24M 0.39%
7 John Hancock International High Dividend ETF JHID 0.27% 30.1K 2.17%
8 WisdomTree Japan Opportunities Fund OPPJ 0.24% 663.3K 0.58%
9 WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund DXJ 0.20% 14.05M 0.48%
10 Franklin International Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF LVHI 0.17% 8.54M 0.40%

Insider Activity

Insider Activity — Latest Quarter

No insider activity available.

Insider buys vs sells (history)

Insider history not available.

Recent insider transactions

No recent insider transactions.

Executive team

Top executives
EBIT / Employee
3.41M
Shares Outstanding
395.45M

Executive compensation

Executive compensation (annual)

Executive compensation not available.

CEO compensation breakdown

No CEO compensation history available.

Proxy statements

Proxy statements (DEF 14A)

No proxy statements available for this company yet.

Recent SEC filings

Recent SEC filings

No SEC filings available for this company yet.

Executive team

NameTitleCompensationGender
Yoshihiko Katsukawa President, Chief Executive Officer & Representative Director 169M male
Nagayoshi Ya Executive Vice President and Director 109M
Kazuaki Kawahara Senior Managing Executive Officer
Makoto Mizuguchi Executive Vice President & Head of the Steel & Aluminum Business male
Hajime Nagara Executive Vice President & Representative Director male
Shoji Miyazaki EVice President & Head of Steel and Aluminum Business
Shoji Nakamura Executive Officer & GM of Kakogawa Works, Steel and Aluminum Business Division
Yasushi Okano Head of Rugby Cen & Exe Off of Legal Dep, HR Dep, Civil Eng & Cons Tech. Dep and Mach & Mat Proc Dep
Yasushi Okubo Senior Managing Executive Officer male
Naoto Umehara Executive Officer & GM of the Iron Unit Center in the Engineering Business male
Jiro Kitagawa Executive Officer & Head of the Electric Power Business male
ESG Score History

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Senate Trading Activity

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House Trading Activity

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