Basic Materials
Live Price
Offline$12.32
+0.00% today
1Y Change
-10.72%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026
Coverage: 251 bars · Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Kobe Steel, Ltd. (KBSTF) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $764.16B and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $12.32 and down 10.7% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +0.5%, EPS growth of +9.8%, a dividend yield of 4.1%. What stands out right now is revenue +0.5%, EPS +9.8%, free cash flow -68.3% with operating margin 5.3% and ROIC 5.5%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 4.1%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 7.5 and price/sales 0.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines KBSTF price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
KBSTF
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
KBSTF Max Drawdown
-31.75%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for KBSTF and SPY.
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
4.12%
Trailing 12M Payout
$0.47
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | — | $0.20 | $0.20 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Dec 1, 2025 | $0.27 | $0.27 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 31, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | Jun 3, 2025 | $0.37 | $0.37 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 30, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Dec 2, 2024 | $0.31 | $0.31 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 28, 2024 | Mar 31, 2024 | May 31, 2024 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 | Dec 1, 2023 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 30, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | Jun 1, 2023 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Dec 1, 2022 | $0.10 | $0.10 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 30, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Jun 23, 2022 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 29, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | Dec 1, 2021 | $0.09 | $0.09 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 30, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | Jun 24, 2021 | $0.09 | $0.09 | Annual |
| Mar 27, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | May 31, 2019 | $0.09 | $0.09 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 26, 2018 | Sep 30, 2018 | Dec 3, 2018 | $0.09 | $0.09 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 28, 2018 | Mar 31, 2018 | Jun 22, 2018 | $0.28 | $0.28 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 28, 2015 | Sep 30, 2015 | Dec 1, 2015 | $0.02 | $0.17 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 27, 2015 | Mar 31, 2015 | Jun 4, 2015 | $0.02 | $0.17 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 26, 2014 | Sep 30, 2014 | Dec 1, 2014 | $0.02 | $0.18 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 27, 2014 | Mar 31, 2014 | Jun 5, 2014 | $0.04 | $0.39 | Annual |
| Sep 28, 2011 | Sep 30, 2011 | Dec 1, 2011 | $0.01 | $0.13 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 29, 2011 | Mar 31, 2011 | Jun 3, 2011 | $0.02 | $0.18 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 28, 2010 | Sep 30, 2010 | Dec 1, 2010 | $0.02 | $0.18 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 29, 2010 | Mar 31, 2010 | Jun 2, 2010 | $0.02 | $0.16 | Annual |
| Sep 25, 2008 | Sep 30, 2008 | Dec 1, 2008 | $0.03 | $0.33 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 26, 2008 | Mar 31, 2008 | Jun 4, 2008 | $0.04 | $0.35 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 25, 2007 | Sep 30, 2007 | Dec 3, 2007 | $0.03 | $0.30 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 27, 2007 | Mar 31, 2007 | Jun 6, 2007 | $0.03 | $0.34 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 26, 2006 | Sep 30, 2006 | Dec 1, 2006 | $0.03 | $0.26 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 28, 2006 | Mar 31, 2006 | Jun 29, 2006 | $0.05 | $0.51 | Annual |
| Mar 28, 2005 | Mar 31, 2005 | Jun 27, 2005 | $0.03 | $0.28 | Annual |
| Mar 26, 2004 | Mar 31, 2004 | Jun 28, 2004 | $0.01 | $0.14 | Annual |
| Mar 26, 1998 | Mar 31, 1998 | Jun 29, 1998 | $2.00 | $20.00 | Annual |
| Mar 26, 1993 | Mar 31, 1993 | Jun 30, 1993 | $3.00 | $30.00 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 25, 1992 | Sep 30, 1992 | Dec 15, 1992 | $3.00 | $30.00 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 26, 1992 | Mar 31, 1992 | Jun 29, 1992 | $3.00 | $30.00 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 25, 1991 | Sep 30, 1991 | Dec 13, 1991 | $3.00 | $30.00 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 26, 1991 | Mar 31, 1991 | Jun 28, 1991 | $3.00 | $30.00 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 25, 1990 | Sep 30, 1990 | Dec 14, 1990 | $3.00 | $30.00 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 27, 1990 | Mar 31, 1990 | Jun 29, 1990 | $2.50 | $25.00 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 26, 1989 | Sep 30, 1989 | Jan 16, 1990 | $2.50 | $25.00 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 28, 1989 | — | Jul 16, 1989 | $2.50 | $25.00 | Semi-Annual |
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