Basic Materials
Kumba Iron Ore Limited(KUMBF)
Live Price
Offline$19.77
+0.00% today
1Y Change
+12.16%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 19, 2026
- Market Cap
- $100.09B
- Revenue Growth
- +4.5%
- EPS Growth
- -1.4%
- Dividend Yield
- 10.3%
Coverage: 254 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 19, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Kumba Iron Ore Limited (KUMBF) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $100.09B and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $19.77 and up 12.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 19, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +4.5%, EPS growth of -1.4%, a dividend yield of 10.3%. What stands out right now is revenue +4.5%, EPS -1.4%, free cash flow -13.4% with operating margin 38.6% and ROIC 22.3%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 10.3%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 6.9 and price/sales 1.4. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines KUMBF 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
+4.5% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+38.6% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report landed above expectations
2026 was reported on Feb 19, 2026 with an EPS surprise of +13.6% and a revenue surprise of +4.3%.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +4.5% and EPS is at -1.4%, with operating margin around 38.6%.
The next real check-in already has a date
The next earnings event is scheduled for Jul 28, 2026, which is the clearest near-term catalyst for confirming whether the current trend is holding up.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged 0.0% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 0 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Feb 19, 2026 | +13.6% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% |
2025 Jul 29, 2025 | +2.5% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% |
2025 Feb 18, 2025 | -9.5% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% |
Benchmark Edge
KUMBF vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Relative to SPY
KUMBF Max Drawdown
-19.22%
Trailing 1Y
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for KUMBF and SPY.
Company Overview
Kumba Iron Ore Limited
Other OTC
Kumba Iron Ore Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, extraction, beneficiation, marketing, sale, and shipping of iron ore primarily in South Africa. It produces iron ore at Sishen and Kolomela mines in the Northern Cape Province. The company also operates a port in Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape Province. It supplies its iron ore to the steel industry; and exports to China, rest of Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and the Americas. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Centurion, South Africa. Kumba Iron Ore Limited is a subsidiary of Anglo American plc.
- Leadership
- Nompumelelo Dessederia Zikalala
- IPO Date
- Apr 25, 2013
- Employees
- 14.8k
- Street Address
- Building 2B
- Mailing
- Centurion, 0157
- Region
- Centurion, ZA
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 27 12 683 7000
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 6.9
- EV/EBITDA
- 2.6
- Price/Sales
- 1.4
- Price/Book
- 1.8
Growth
- Revenue
- +4.5%
- EPS
- -1.4%
- Free Cash Flow
- -13.4%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 75.7%
- Operating Margin
- 38.6%
- Net Margin
- 20.4%
- ROE
- 27.0%
- ROIC
- 22.3%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.01
- Current Ratio
- 2.46
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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