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FST Corp. (KBSX)

Consumer Cyclical | Leisure | Chiayi, Taiwan | NasdaqGM
1.02 USD +0.01 (0.990%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★⯪☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:48 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is clouded by severe technical weakness and a collapsing price structure. Despite a recent earnings beat and a new product partnership with TaylorMade, the stock has plummeted 85% year-over-year, trading well below its 200-day average and testing critical support levels. The massive short interest (nearly 25% of float) combined with a low beta suggests a speculative, volatile environment rather than a stable investment opportunity. Fundamentally, the company faces a precarious balance sheet with debt significantly exceeding equity and operating margins that are dangerously thin at just 2%. With no dividend history to provide income and a forward P/E that implies aggressive future growth expectations currently unmet by the price action, the risk-reward profile is skewed heavily against the buyer. While the business has a niche in golf equipment, the financial metrics and recent price trajectory indicate a company struggling to maintain its footing, making it unsuitable for capital preservation or reliable growth at this time.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.240342
AutoTheta0.240477
MSTL0.243665
AutoARIMA0.275982

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 33%
H-stat 4.18
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.052
Excess Kurtosis -0.87
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Debt to Equity Ratio 232.127
Revenue per Share 1.191
Market Cap 45,661,324
Trailing P/E 8.50
Forward P/E 9.27
Beta 0.36
Profit Margins 9.63%
Website https://fstcorp.com

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.3952096
Address1 No. 3, Gongye 1 Rd
Address2 Minxiong Township
All Time High 15.48
All Time Low 0.81
Ask 0.98
Ask Size 2
Average Analyst Rating 1.0 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 7,900
Average Daily Volume3 Month 14,362
Average Volume 14,362
Average Volume10Days 7,900
Beta 0.364
Bid 1.08
Bid Size 1
Book Value 0.353
City Chiayi
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country Taiwan
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 1.02
Current Ratio 0.937
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 1.1
Day Low 1.01
Debt To Equity 232.127
Display Name FST
Earnings Timestamp End 1,747,339,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,747,339,200
Ebitda 3,977,146
Ebitda Margins 0.07508
Enterprise To Ebitda 18.757
Enterprise To Revenue 1.408
Enterprise Value 74,601,120
Eps Current Year 0.055
Eps Forward 0.11
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.12
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 0.96824
Fifty Day Average Change 0.05175996
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.053457774
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -39.52096
Fifty Two Week High 1.77
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.75
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.42372882
Fifty Two Week Low 0.81
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.20999998
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.25925922
Fifty Two Week Range 0.81 - 1.77
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,647,869,400,000
Float Shares 18,744,421
Forward Eps 0.11
Forward P E 9.272727
Free Cashflow 921,888
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Full Time Employees 382
Fullday Change 0.00999999
Fullday Change Percent 0.990098
Fullday Price 1.02
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.45279998
Gross Profits 23,986,772
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.39324
Held Percent Institutions 0.04198
Implied Shares Outstanding 44,766,003
Industry Leisure
Industry Disp Leisure
Industry Key leisure
Ipo Expected Date 2,025-01-16
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary FST Corp. develops, produces, and sells golf shafts and other sports equipment under the KBS brand in Taiwan and internationally. The company provides shafts for irons, such as KBS TOUR series that can be fitted into iron golf clubs, pitching wedge, and sand wedge; KBS TOUR LITE series provides tight dispersion, trajectory, additional spin, and longer distance in a lightweight package; KBS TOUR-V series, a steel shaft that features larger outer diameters; KBS 560 and 580 series developed for junior developing players; KBS MAX 80 Series, a lightweight shaft designed for mid-high handicap players; KBS Tour $-Taper series provides shot workability and tight dispersion; and KBS Tour $-Taper Light series, a lightweight tour performance golf club shaft. It offers shafts for wedges including KBS Wedge series for players seeking a similar feel to the KBS TOUR; KBS Tour 610 Wedge series shaft that delivers penetrating ball flight with controlled spin; KBS TOUR-V Wedge shaft to produce shots with a lower-mid trajectory and mid ball spin; and KBS HI-REV 2.0 wedge shaft series for higher ball launch. In addition, the company provides shafts for putters, which include KBS Tour One Step Putter shaft for amplified feel along with reduction in vibrations; KBS CT Tour Putter shaft series designed for company's constant taper technology; and KBS GPS Graphite putter shaft designed as a balance performance shafts. Further, it offers KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype, KBS Tour Graphite Iron, KBS MAX Graphite, KBS TD Driver/Wood, KBS PGI Players Graphite Iron, and KBS Players Graphite Hybrid PGH; C-TAPER Black Limited Edition, C-TAPER LITE Black Limited Edition steel shafts, TD Driver/Wood Limited Edition graphite shafts, HI-REV 2.0 Wedge Major Green Limited Edition series wedges, and HI-REV 2.0 Wedge Liberty Limited Edition wedges; golf accessories; and operates restaurant and bar. FST Corp. was incorporated in 1976 and is headquartered in Chiayi, Taiwan.
Long Name FST Corp.
Market us_market
Market Cap 45,661,324
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_598606618
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 5,103,628
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 45,213,663
Number Of Analyst Opinions 2
Open 1.01
Operating Cashflow 4,463,777
Operating Margins 0.02071
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 886 5 221 2555
Previous Close 1.01
Price Eps Current Year 18.545454
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 2.8895185
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.8619455
Profit Margins 0.09634
Quick Ratio 0.46
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.0
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.00999999
Regular Market Change Percent 0.990098
Regular Market Day High 1.1
Regular Market Day Low 1.01
Regular Market Day Range 1.01 - 1.1
Regular Market Open 1.01
Regular Market Previous Close 1.01
Regular Market Price 1.02
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,201
Regular Market Volume 10,756
Return On Assets 0.0162
Return On Equity 0.35639
Revenue Growth 0.097
Revenue Per Share 1.191
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Sector Disp Consumer Cyclical
Sector Key consumer-cyclical
Shares Outstanding 44,766,003
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0058
Shares Short 261,384
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 277,651
Short Name FST Corp.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0086
Short Ratio 20.08
Source Interval 15
Symbol KBSX
Target High Price 4.0
Target Low Price 3.0
Target Mean Price 3.5
Target Median Price 3.5
Total Cash 8,221,962
Total Cash Per Share 0.184
Total Debt 37,023,964
Total Revenue 52,974,724
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 0.12
Trailing P E 8.5
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 1.23932
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.21932006
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.17696805
Type Disp Equity
Volume 10,756
Website https://fstcorp.com
Zip 621,018