Kobe Steel, Ltd.

OTCPK:KBST.F Stock Report

Market Cap: US$4.8b

Kobe Steel Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 5/6

Kobe Steel has a total shareholder equity of ¥1,330.4B and total debt of ¥743.1B, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 55.9%. Its total assets and total liabilities are ¥2,865.2B and ¥1,534.7B respectively. Kobe Steel's EBIT is ¥119.2B making its interest coverage ratio 23.5. It has cash and short-term investments of ¥189.2B.

Key information

55.85%

Debt to equity ratio

JP¥743.07b

Debt

Interest coverage ratio23.5x
CashJP¥189.23b
EquityJP¥1.33t
Total liabilitiesJP¥1.53t
Total assetsJP¥2.87t

Recent financial health updates

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Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: KBST.F's short term assets (¥1,386.5B) exceed its short term liabilities (¥850.9B).

Long Term Liabilities: KBST.F's short term assets (¥1,386.5B) exceed its long term liabilities (¥683.9B).

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: KBST.F's net debt to equity ratio (41.6%) is considered high.

Reducing Debt: KBST.F's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 128.4% to 55.9% over the past 5 years.

Debt Coverage: KBST.F's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (27.1%).

Interest Coverage: KBST.F's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (23.5x coverage).

Balance Sheet

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/06/05 03:37
End of Day Share Price 2026/05/08 00:00
Earnings2026/03/31
Annual Earnings2026/03/31

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Analyst Sources

Kobe Steel, Ltd. is covered by 18 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Takashi EnomotoBofA Global Research
Minami MunakataCitigroup Inc
Jiro IokibeDaiwa Securities Co. Ltd.