KYB Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

KYB's CEO is Masahiro Kawase, appointed in Jun 2023, has a tenure of 1.42 years. directly owns 0.01% of the company’s shares, worth ¥11.85M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.8 years and 2.4 years respectively.

Key information

Masahiro Kawase

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	n/a
CEO tenure	1.4yrs
CEO ownership	0.01%
Management average tenure	2.8yrs
Board average tenure	2.4yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO

Masahiro Kawase (62 yo)

1.4yrs

Tenure

Masahiro Kawase is CEO, President & Representative Director of KYB Corporation from 2024. Masahiro Kawase serves as a President, Representative Director at KYB Corporation since June 2023 and was its Chief...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Masahiro Kawase	CEO, President & Representative Director	1.4yrs	no data	0.0097% ¥ 11.9m
Takashi Saito	Executive VP	1.4yrs	no data	0.0064% ¥ 7.8m
Masaru Tsuboi	Managing Executive Officer	2.8yrs	no data	no data
Ryuji Uda	Managing Executive Officer	4.8yrs	no data	no data
Minoru Ishikawa	Senior Managing Executive Officer	4.8yrs	no data	no data
Shozo Amano	Managing Executive Officer	3.8yrs	no data	no data
Tomoki Takaoka	Senior Managing Executive Officer	1.8yrs	no data	no data
Manabu Akasaka	Managing Executive Officer	1.8yrs	no data	no data
Masayoshi Sakemi	Executive Officer	8.6yrs	no data	no data

2.8yrs

Average Tenure

Experienced Management: 7242's management team is considered experienced (2.8 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Masahiro Kawase	CEO, President & Representative Director	2.4yrs	no data	0.0097% ¥ 11.9m
Takashi Saito	Executive VP	1.4yrs	no data	0.0064% ¥ 7.8m
Shuhei Shiozawa	Independent External Director	8.4yrs	no data	0.0048% ¥ 5.9m
Masao Ono	Representative Chairman	7.4yrs	no data	0.035% ¥ 43.3m
Osamu Kunihara	Full Time Audit & Supervisory Board Member	2.4yrs	no data	0.018% ¥ 22.5m
Junichi Tanaka	Full Time Audit & Supervisory Board Member	5.4yrs	no data	0.0048% ¥ 5.9m
Kazuo Nemoto	Full Time Audit & Supervisory Board Member	less than a year	no data	0.013% ¥ 16.1m
Masakazu Sakata	Independent External Director	4.4yrs	no data	0.0024% ¥ 2.9m
Masahiko Sagara	Full Time Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member	4.4yrs	no data	0.0052% ¥ 6.4m
Akemi Sunaga	Independent External Director	2.4yrs	no data	0.00080% ¥ 979.7k
Junko Watanabe	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member	2.4yrs	no data	no data
Chizuko Tsuruta	Independent External Director	1.4yrs	no data	no data

2.4yrs

Average Tenure

65yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: 7242's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.4 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

KYB Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Key information

Recent management updates

KYB Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Jun 25, 2024

High number of new directors

Less than half of directors are independent

KYB Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Jun 23, 2022

Less than half of directors are independent

Recent updates

Second quarter 2025 earnings released: EPS: JP¥60.30 (vs JP¥113 in 2Q 2024)

KYB Corporation (TSE:7242) proposed to acquire an additional 88.4% stake in Chita Kogyo Co., Ltd. (NSE:5993) from group of sellers for ¥17.0 billion in a tender offer transaction.

KYB Corporation (TSE:7242) proposed to acquire an additional 88.4% stake in Chita Kogyo Co., Ltd. (NSE:5993) from group of sellers for ¥17.0 billion in a tender offer transaction.

KYB Corporation to Report Q2, 2025 Results on Nov 11, 2024

Upcoming dividend of JP¥100.00 per share

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 16%

KYB Corporation to Report Q1, 2025 Results on Aug 08, 2024

KYB Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Jun 25, 2024

Full year 2024 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 23%

KYB Corporation to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on May 10, 2024

Upcoming dividend of JP¥100.00 per share

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: JP¥130 (vs JP¥162 in 3Q 2023)

KYB Corporation to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Feb 08, 2024

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: JP¥123 (vs JP¥210 in 2Q 2023)

KYB Corporation to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Nov 07, 2023

Upcoming dividend of JP¥100.00 per share at 4.0% yield

First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: JP¥198 (vs JP¥187 in 1Q 2023)

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 11%

Price target increased by 16% to JP¥5,330

High number of new directors

KYB Corporation to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Aug 04, 2023

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations while revenues lag behind

Upcoming dividend of JP¥70.00 per share at 3.7% yield

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: JP¥171 (vs JP¥299 in 3Q 2022)

KYB Corporation to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Feb 08, 2023

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 17%

Price target increased to JP¥4,830

Less than half of directors are independent

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: JP¥228 (vs JP¥180 in 2Q 2022)

Upcoming dividend of JP¥60.00 per share

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: JP¥196 (vs JP¥183 in 1Q 2022)

KYB Corporation to Report Q1, 2023 Results on Aug 05, 2022

KYB Corporation to Report Q1, 2023 Results on Aug 23, 2022

KYB Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Jun 23, 2022

Full year 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Less than half of directors are independent

KYB Corporation to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on May 13, 2022

Upcoming dividend of JP¥45.00 per share

Third quarter 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS JP¥189 (vs JP¥2.74 in 2Q 2021)

First quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS JP¥183 (vs JP¥150 loss in 1Q 2021)

KYB Corporation announced that it has received ¥12.5 billion in funding from a group of investors

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS JP¥669 (vs JP¥2,423 loss in FY 2020)

KYB Corporation announced that it expects to receive ¥12.5 billion in funding from a group of investors

Price target increased to JP¥4,300

New 90-day high: JP¥3,255

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS JP¥270 (vs JP¥349 loss in 3Q 2020)

Revenue and earnings beat expectations

New 90-day high: JP¥3,110

KYB Corporation to Report Q3, 2021 Results on Feb 09, 2021

Price target raised to JP¥2,350

KYB Corporation to Report Q2, 2021 Results on Nov 06, 2020

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