Kobe Steel, Ltd. (KBSTF) Stock

About Kobe Steel, Ltd.

Kobe Steel, Ltd. is a global enterprise operating across three core sectors: materials, machinery, and electric power. Within its materials division, the company delivers an extensive array of steel products, featuring various high-strength, hot and cold rolled, electro-galvanized, and hot-dipped galvanized steel sheets. It also provides steel wire rods, bars, and both aluminum and steel plates. Furthermore, Kobe Steel manufactures specialized steel castings and forgings, including critical components like crankshafts, marine parts, chemical processing equipment, and industrial rolls. This segment also supplies materials for plastic molding, titanium products, copper sheets and strips, and steel powders. The machinery segment is diverse, offering robotics, electric power sources, and welding materials. Its comprehensive industrial machinery portfolio encompasses standard compressors, equipment for the tire and rubber industries, rotating machinery, plastic processing apparatus, advanced technology equipment, rolling mill products, and ultra-high-pressure systems. Specialized industrial solutions include LNG vaporizers, pressure vessels, brazed aluminum heat exchangers, and advanced micro channel heat exchangers and reactors. For infrastructure, the company supplies essential systems for signaling, communication, power supply, automated fare collection, and platform screen doors. Its heavy equipment offerings comprise hydraulic and mini hydraulic excavators, mini wheel loaders, and road construction machinery, alongside specialized equipment for construction, metal, forestry, and industrial waste recycling, as well as crawler and wheel cranes. Beyond manufacturing, Kobe Steel is active in the electric power sector, generating and supplying electricity. The company also provides a range of analytical services, covering material, structural, and physical analysis and testing, while manufacturing and selling target materials and test equipment. Its operations extend to real estate, where it handles the sale and rental of detached homes, offers brokerage, renovation, and insurance services, and manages public facilities. Additionally, Kobe Steel provides services related to iron units and environmental solutions, including water treatment, waste incineration, PCB detoxification, and soil remediation. Established in 1905, Kobe Steel, Ltd. is based in Kobe, Japan.

Kobe Steel, Ltd. is headquartered in JP.

Kobe Steel, Ltd. (KBSTF) stock trades at $12.35 with a market capitalization of $4.88B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 8.58, price-to-book of 0.64, price-to-sales of 0.33. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $10.94 and $16.85, and currently trades 26.7% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 3.92%.

On profitability, Kobe Steel, Ltd. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 7.80%, return on capital employed of 6.45%, an operating margin of 5.33%, a net profit margin of 3.85%.

Official website: www.kobelco.co.jp