KOSÉ Corporation

BST:49K Stock Report

Market Cap: €2.1b

KOSÉ Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

KOSÉ's CEO is Kazutoshi Kobayashi, appointed in Jun 2007, has a tenure of 17.92 years. total yearly compensation is ¥358.00M, comprised of 62.8% salary and 37.2% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 2.37% of the company’s shares, worth €50.86M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1.3 years and 8.9 years respectively.

Key information

Kazutoshi Kobayashi

Chief executive officer

JP¥358.0m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage62.8%
CEO tenure17.9yrs
CEO ownership2.4%
Management average tenure1.3yrs
Board average tenure8.9yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Kazutoshi Kobayashi's remuneration changed compared to KOSÉ's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Dec 31 2024JP¥358mJP¥225m

JP¥8b

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

JP¥8b

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

JP¥15b

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

JP¥15b

Dec 31 2023JP¥372mJP¥220m

JP¥12b

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

JP¥18b

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

JP¥19b

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

JP¥21b

Dec 31 2022JP¥284mJP¥205m

JP¥19b

Dec 31 2021JP¥275mJP¥154m

JP¥17b

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

JP¥14b

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

JP¥13b

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

JP¥12b

Dec 31 2020n/an/a

JP¥10b

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

JP¥12b

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

JP¥20b

Mar 31 2020JP¥625mJP¥214m

JP¥27b

Dec 31 2019n/an/a

JP¥29b

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

JP¥33b

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

JP¥32b

Mar 31 2019JP¥408mJP¥56m

JP¥37b

Compensation vs Market: Kazutoshi's total compensation ($USD2.47M) is about average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD2.24M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Kazutoshi's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Kazutoshi Kobayashi (62 yo)

17.9yrs

Tenure

JP¥358,000,000

Compensation

Mr. Kazutoshi Kobayashi serves as Chief Executive Officer at KOSE Corp and President at KOSE Corp since June 2007. Mr. Kobayashi served as an Executive Vice President and Vice President of KOSE Corp. He se...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Kazutoshi Kobayashi
President17.9yrsJP¥358.00m2.37%
€ 50.9m
Keita Matsunami
Executive Officer and GM of Accounting1.2yrsno datano data
Hiroko Hanakura
General Manager of Investor Relations Departmentno datano datano data
Masato Nakade
Executive Officerno datano datano data
Shingo Iwasaki
General Manager of Corporate Communication Officeno datano datano data
Shinji Tanaka
GM of Marketing and DECORTE Division & Director1.3yrsno datano data
Takuya Mochida
Executive Officer & GM of Human Resources Divisionless than a yearno datano data
Takao Kobayashi
Senior Executive Directorno datano data12.18%
€ 261.2m
Kazumasa Hanagata
General Manager of President Officeno datano datano data
Noboru Naitou
Managing Directorno datano datano data
Koichi Shibusawa
Executive Directorno datano data0.0053%
€ 112.8k
Masanori Kobayashi
Chief Product Officer & Executive Director1.3yrsno data11.99%
€ 257.2m

1.3yrs

Average Tenure

59yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: 49K's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.3 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Kazutoshi Kobayashi
President34.2yrsJP¥358.00m2.37%
€ 50.9m
Shinji Tanaka
GM of Marketing and DECORTE Division & Director1.2yrsno datano data
Takao Kobayashi
Senior Executive Director26.9yrsno data12.18%
€ 261.2m
Koichi Shibusawa
Executive Director11.9yrsno data0.0053%
€ 112.8k
Masanori Kobayashi
Chief Product Officer & Executive Director11.9yrsno data11.99%
€ 257.2m
Yoshinori Haratani
GM of Corporate Planning & Information Management Department and Director1.2yrsno datano data
Atsuko Ogura
Executive Officer2.2yrsno datano data
Yasukiyo Kobayashi
Honorary Chairman10.9yrsJP¥585.00m2.2%
€ 47.1m
Kumi Kobayashi
Independent External Director1.2yrsno datano data
Yusuke Kobayashi
Director10.9yrsno data0.55%
€ 11.8m
Yukino Kikuma
Independent External Director6.9yrsno datano data
Norika Yuasa
Independent External Director5.9yrsno datano data

8.9yrs

Average Tenure

57yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: 49K's board of directors are considered experienced (8.9 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/08 23:17
End of Day Share Price 2025/03/06 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

KOSÉ Corporation is covered by 27 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Mitsuko MiyasakoBarclays
James MoonBNP Paribas Securities (Asia)
Haruka OnoBofA Global Research