Basic Materials
FST Corp.(KBSX)
Live Price
Offline$1.28
-2.29% today
1Y Change
-39.97%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
- Market Cap
- $60.00M
- Revenue Growth
- +31.4%
- EPS Growth
- +66.0%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 250 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
FST Corp. (KBSX) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $60.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $1.28 and down 40.0% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +31.4%, EPS growth of +66.0%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +31.4%, EPS +66.0%, free cash flow -8.3% with operating margin -7.1% and ROIC -7.4%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 1.2. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a higher-growth but lower-margin setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines KBSX price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+31.4% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
-7.1% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 8, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +31.4% and EPS at +66.0%, with operating margin around -7.1%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +1.9% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 8, 2026 | โ | +9.8% | +16.4% | +9.0% |
2026 Feb 13, 2026 | โ | -0.4% | -1.3% | +13.0% |
2025 Nov 18, 2025 | โ | -1.0% | -9.5% | -6.7% |
Benchmark Edge
KBSX vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
KBSX
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
KBSX Max Drawdown
-42.50%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for KBSX and SPY.
Company Overview
FST Corp.
NASDAQ Global Market
FST Corp. designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes steel golf shafts to golf club original equipment manufacturers and distributors worldwide. The company offers steel shafts under the KBS brand name. FST Corp.is based in Chiayi, Taiwan.
- Leadership
- David Chuang
- IPO Date
- Mar 1, 2022
- Employees
- 1
- Street Address
- No. 3, Gongye 1st Rd.
- Mailing
- Chiayi, 621018
- Region
- Chiayi, TW
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 886 5 221 2555
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- โ
- EV/EBITDA
- โ
- Price/Sales
- 1.2
- Price/Book
- 6.0
Growth
- Revenue
- +31.4%
- EPS
- +66.0%
- Free Cash Flow
- -8.3%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 43.0%
- Operating Margin
- -7.1%
- Net Margin
- -14.8%
- ROE
- -62.4%
- ROIC
- -7.4%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 3.79
- Current Ratio
- 0.79
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
After the overview, the strongest next step is usually chart context or a tighter compare set.