Stock Research: Kobe Steel

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Kobe Steel

TYO:5406 JP3289800009
34
  • Value
    92
  • Growth
    19
  • Safety
    Safety
    55
  • Combined
    52
  • Sentiment
    15
  • 360° View
    360° View
    34
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Company Description

Kobe Steel Ltd is a Japanese company primarily focused on the steel industry. It operates in steel and aluminum, profile, welding, machinery, engineering, construction machinery, and electric power segments. It mainly operates in Japan. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $4,308 million, profits of $2,822 million, revenue of $17,039 million, and 39294 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 34 (better than 34% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Kobe Steel are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half the metrics below and half above average for Kobe Steel. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 92, which means that the share price of Kobe Steel is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means the stock price is lower than for 92% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The company is also safely financed with a Safety rank of 55. But the professional market sentiment is below average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 15. Professional investors are more confident in 85% other stocks. The consolidated Growth Rank also has a low rank of 19, which means that the company is below average in terms of growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. 81 of its competitors have better growth. ...read more

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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 26-Mar-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
92 85 92 99
Growth
19 66 99 45
Safety
Safety
55 67 28 44
Sentiment
15 59 39 1
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360° View
34 83 85 27
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
4 34 43 25
Opinions Change
25 77 15 23
Pro Holdings
n/a 54 82 32
Market Pulse
30 40 52 25
Sentiment
15 59 39 1
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
92 85 92 99
Growth
19 66 99 45
Safety Safety
55 67 28 44
Combined
52 96 90 72
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
80 82 88 100
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
91 80 92 91
Price vs. Book (P/B)
71 75 80 100
Dividend Yield
77 80 85 63
Value
92 85 92 99
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
19 20 39 39
Profit Growth
31 52 73 50
Capital Growth
34 98 91 66
Stock Returns
64 39 100 45
Growth
19 66 99 45
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
46 23 12 6
Refinancing
57 85 77 97
Liquidity
70 59 34 28
Safety Safety
55 67 28 44

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This stock is a good value with safe financing, but has low growth and negative sentiment. It is a good option for a cautious value investor looking for stability but who can tolerate low momentum and skeptical professional opinion.

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The 360° View Rank indicates a company's overall performance across all major financial and non-financial metrics tracked by Obermatt. A 360° View Rank of 75 means the company is more well-rounded than 75% of similar companies. A high score indicates that the company is strong across the board; it is attractively priced, growing sustainably, financially stable, and well-regarded by the market. Learn more.

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