Nippon Steel

Nippon Steel Sumitomo Metal resolved at the shareholders' meeting a dividend of 24.00 JPY for 2026, a decline of 25% from the previous year. The total payout amounts to 146.48 billion JPY, 9.63% lower than a year earlier, and the dividend yield falls to 4.17% (previous year 5.01%). The stock traded at 551 JPY on the day of the AGM and shows a 12-month price gain of 1.83%; the actual return including dividend is 2.60%. FactSet expects a stable dividend, which would raise the estimated yield to 4.36%. » Mere på finanzen.net

Nippon Steel Sumitomo Metal is expected to present its numbers for the quarter ended 31 March 2026 on 13 May 2026. One analyst estimates earnings per share at -0.002 USD, an improvement of 90.0% from -0.020 USD a year earlier. Six analysts on average expect revenue to rise 29.63% to 18.23 billion USD. For the fiscal year, 11 analysts on average forecast a loss per share of -0.039 USD, and 12 analysts see annual revenue averaging 63.74 billion USD. » Mere på finanzen.net

Nippon Steel announces the issuance of zero-coupon convertible bonds of around 600 billion yen (approx. $3.9 billion) to service loans for the $15 billion takeover of U.S. Steel. The announcement sent the stock down 5.5% to 627.20 yen in Tokyo trading. Investors were unsettled by potential dilution effects and increased financial burden; the company also raised its forecast for the net loss in the current fiscal year to 70 billion yen. Nippon Steel plans roughly 6 trillion yen of investments over the next five years, but remains weighed down by takeover costs and a blast-furnace fire. » Mere på de.investing.com