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Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. KD
$11.56 -4.62% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $2.55B
Strong growthWeak trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $26.44B, up 75.6% from a year earlier, accelerating from 0.2% a quarter earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned -61.5%, behind the S&P 500 by 76.6 percentage points.
- The stock is 62% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 7%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 44%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 7%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 19%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 2%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 46%
- Gross marginBottom 15%
- Operating marginBottom 46%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 33%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 30%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 37%
- Interest coverTop 41%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 2%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 30%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 1%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 1%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 6%
- 6-month returnBottom 16%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 5%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 10%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 18%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 31%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 2%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 49%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 36%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 23%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 39%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 37%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 0.2% | 75.6% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -17.7% | 21.0% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 21.1% | 21.9% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 4.0% | 3.4% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 0.4% | 0.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 75.6% | 0.2% | ↑ | Top 7% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 21.0% | -17.7% | ↑ | Top 44% |
| Gross margin | 21.9% | 21.1% | ↑ | Bottom 15% |
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 4.0% | ↓ | Bottom 46% |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 2.0% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 0.6% | 0.4% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 5.1% | — | Top 46% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -3.9% | — | Bottom 19% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.24×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -77.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.24×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 5.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 13.06%
- Shareholder yield
- 13.06%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -3.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.9%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -10.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -8.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $14.67
- Target vs current price
- +26.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 7
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 14%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +24.2% | -5.4% | -9.1% | -10.7% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | -58.1% | -10.7% | -21.9% | -16.5% | -7.8% |
| Feb 9, 2026 | -13.3% | -54.9% | -47.9% | -44.3% | -37.4% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | +6.3% | -4.6% | -9.4% | -10.8% | -20.0% |
| Aug 4, 2025 | +1.8% | +0.9% | -15.6% | -12.6% | -20.6% |
| May 7, 2025 | +2.8% | -0.4% | +23.7% | +18.9% | +9.3% |
| Feb 3, 2025 | +25.0% | +0.0% | +10.1% | -1.4% | -14.0% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | +20.8% | +5.0% | +22.4% | +51.4% | +73.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | -$0.12 | -$0.16 | +24.2% | $3.62B |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.18 | $0.43 | -58.1% | $3.77B |
| Feb 9, 2026 | $0.52 | $0.60 | -13.3% | $3.86B |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $0.38 | $0.36 | +6.3% | $3.72B |
| Aug 4, 2025 | $0.37 | $0.36 | +1.8% | $3.74B |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.52 | $0.51 | +2.8% | $3.80B |
| Feb 3, 2025 | $0.51 | $0.41 | +25.0% | $3.74B |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -$0.19 | -$0.24 | +20.8% | $3.77B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 7.9× | — | — | Top 2% |
| P/E (forward) | 6.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 2.3× | — | — | Top 1% |
| EV / Sales | 0.20× | — | — | Top 1% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.81% | — | — | Top 30% |
| Earnings yield | 12.67% | — | — | Top 2% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 9.5× – 78.6× since Dec 31, 2024. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -61.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +21.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -60.3%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -8.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -10.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -22.4%
- RSI (14)
- 41.4
- Relative volume
- 1.30×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 51.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 49th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.58
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.42
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -62.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -75.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2021 | Oct 14, 2022 | -79.8% | 246 days | 578 days (Feb 5, 2025) |
| Feb 5, 2025 | Feb 9, 2026 | -75.6% | 253 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.55B
- P/E (TTM)
- 7.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.46
- Revenue (TTM)
- $26.44B
- 52-week range
- $10.10 – $30.99
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $18.66B | $17.03B | $16.05B | $15.06B | $15.09B |
| Gross profit | $2.11B | $2.53B | $2.86B | $3.14B | $3.29B |
| Operating income | -$669.0M | -$386.0M | $90.0M | $552.0M | $635.0M |
| Net income | -$2.30B | -$1.37B | -$340.0M | $252.0M | $198.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$10.28 | -$6.06 | -$1.48 | $1.05 | $0.85 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.77B | $3.74B | $3.80B | $3.74B | $3.72B | $3.86B | $3.77B | $15.09B |
| Net income | -$43.0M | $215.0M | $68.0M | $56.0M | $68.0M | $57.0M | $17.0M | $198.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.19 | $0.89 | $0.28 | $0.23 | $0.29 | $0.25 | $0.07 | $0.85 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$119.0M | $454.0M | $454.0M | $942.0M | $948.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$752.0M | -$651.0M | -$651.0M | -$605.0M | -$608.0M |
| Free cash flow | -$871.0M | -$197.0M | -$197.0M | $337.0M | $340.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$1.0M | -$22.0M | -$22.0M | -$138.0M | -$398.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $2.10B
- Total assets
- $12.03B
- Total liabilities
- $10.86B
- Total debt
- $4.93B
- Net debt
- $2.83B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.07B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 30,978,307
- Days to cover
- 9.85
- Change vs previous report
- +1.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.