Kobe Steel, Ltd.

OTCPK:KBST.F Stock Report

Market Cap: US$5.7b

Kobe Steel Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?


Recent Insider Transactions

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.


Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of KBST.F?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Individual Insiders202,5000.0514%
Private Companies4,420,0001.12%
Employee Share Scheme4,437,0001.13%
Public Companies10,735,0002.73%
Institutions135,081,44934.3%
General Public238,779,57660.7%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.


Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 37.22% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
5.78%
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.
22,761,100US$329.6m8.79%0.09%
5.17%
BlackRock, Inc.
20,357,809US$294.8m0%no data
3.54%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
13,926,899US$201.7m1.45%no data
2.82%
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
11,088,900US$160.6m0%0.2%
2.73%
Nippon Steel Corporation
10,735,000US$155.5m0%no data
2.01%
Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd.
7,926,600US$114.8m0%0.04%
1.87%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
7,363,312US$106.6m1.25%0.01%
1.72%
Daiwa Asset Management Co., Ltd.
6,763,600US$97.9m-0.03%0.05%
1.69%
Amova Asset Management Co., Ltd.
6,668,600US$96.6m-1.98%0.03%
1.45%
Norges Bank Investment Management
5,712,379US$82.7m0%0.01%
1.29%
Nissay Asset Management Corporation
5,059,000US$73.3m0%0.06%
1.21%
Altrinsic Global Advisors, LLC
4,757,000US$68.9m0%0.45%
1.13%
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Employee Shareholding Association
4,437,000US$64.3m2.92%no data
1.12%
SHIMABUN Corporation
4,420,000US$64.0m0%no data
0.57%
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
2,250,000US$32.6m0%0.01%
0.51%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
1,990,036US$28.8m3.9%no data
0.45%
Global X Japan Co. Ltd.
1,757,700US$25.5m0%0.55%
0.41%
MUFG Bank, Ltd.
1,618,075US$23.4m0%0.08%
0.35%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
1,386,968US$20.1m8.01%no data
0.29%
American Century Investment Management Inc
1,133,300US$16.4m6.91%0.01%
0.28%
SBI Okasan Asset Management Co., Ltd.
1,090,300US$15.8m-15%0.75%
0.23%
Asset Management One Co., Ltd.
918,100US$13.3m-0.54%0.01%
0.23%
BNY Asset Management
898,500US$13.0m8.38%no data
0.2%
Franklin Resources, Inc.
776,400US$11.2m-0.31%no data
0.18%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
722,899US$10.5m5.27%no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/01/30 03:00
End of Day Share Price 2026/01/14 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2025/03/31

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

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Analyst Sources

Kobe Steel, Ltd. is covered by 19 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.