Kobe Steel, Ltd.

OTCPK:KBST.F Stock Report

Market Cap: US$5.2b

Kobe Steel Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Kobe Steel's CEO is Yoshihiko Katsukawa, appointed in Apr 2024, has a tenure of 2.42 years. total yearly compensation is ¥147.00M, comprised of 49.7% salary and 50.3% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.011% of the company’s shares, worth $591.18K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 6.5 years and 2.8 years respectively.

Key information

Yoshihiko Katsukawa

Chief executive officer

JP¥147.0m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage49.66%
CEO tenure2.4yrs
CEO ownership0.01%
Management average tenure6.5yrs
Board average tenure2.8yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Yoshihiko Katsukawa's remuneration changed compared to Kobe Steel's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Jun 30 2026n/an/a

JP¥67b

Mar 31 2026JP¥147mJP¥73m

JP¥94b

Dec 31 2025n/an/a

JP¥88b

Sep 30 2025n/an/a

JP¥126b

Jun 30 2025n/an/a

JP¥135b

Mar 31 2025JP¥169mJP¥73m

JP¥120b

Compensation vs Market: Yoshihiko's total compensation ($USD957.85K) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD8.42M).

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

CEO

Yoshihiko Katsukawa

2.4yrs
Tenure
JP¥147,000,000
Compensation

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Yoshihiko Katsukawa
President2.4yrsJP¥147.00m0.011%
$ 591.2k
Yasushi Okano
Head of Rugby Cen & Exe Off of Legal Dep5.4yrsno datano data
Naoto Umehara
Executive Officer & GM of the Iron Unit Center in the Engineering Businessless than a yearno datano data
Makoto Mizuguchi
Executive VP & Head of the Steel & Aluminum Businessno datano datano data
Jiro Kitagawa
Executive Officer & Head of the Electric Power Business8.4yrsno datano data
Kazuaki Kawahara
Senior Managing Executive Officerno datano datano data
Yasushi Okubo
Senior Managing Executive Officerno datano datano data
Shoji Miyazaki
EVP & Head of Steel and Aluminum Business8.4yrsno datano data
Hajime Nagara
Executive VP & Representative Directorno datano data0.011%
$ 573.9k
Shoji Nakamura
Executive Officer & GM of Kakogawa Works7.7yrsno datano data
Hiroki Iwamoto
Managing Executive Officer & GM of the Compressor Division - Machinery Business7.7yrsno datano data
Ryosaku Kadowaki
Executive Officer & Head of the Advanced Materials Business2.7yrsno datano data
6.5yrs
Average Tenure
65yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: KBST.F's management team is seasoned and experienced (6.5 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Yoshihiko Katsukawa
President8.3yrsJP¥147.00m0.011%
$ 591.2k
Hajime Nagara
Executive VP & Representative Director6.3yrsno data0.011%
$ 573.9k
Koichi Sakamoto
Executive Officer & Director3.3yrsno data0.0045%
$ 237.2k
Hajime Nakanishi
Independent Outside Directorless than a yearno datano data
Kazuo Iritani
Executive Officer & Directorless than a yearno datano data
Gunyu Matsumoto
Director3.3yrsno data0.00061%
$ 31.9k
Yuichiro Goto
Director2.3yrsno data0.0084%
$ 437.8k
Kazuhiko Kimoto
Executive Officer2.3yrsno data0.0070%
$ 368.6k
Nobuko Sekiguchi
Independent Director4.3yrsno data0.00063%
$ 33.0k
Tomoko Sakamoto
Independent Directorless than a yearno datano data
Shinsuke Kitagawa
Independent Director4.3yrsno data0.0014%
$ 71.7k
Yoshie Tsukamoto
Independent Director2.3yrsno data0.00010%
$ 5.2k
2.8yrs
Average Tenure
62yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: KBST.F's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.8 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/09/10 10:01
End of Day Share Price 2026/09/04 00:00
Earnings2026/06/30
Annual Earnings2026/03/31

Data Sources

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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

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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.