Stocks · Industrials · Electrical Equipment & Parts
Kimball Electronics, Inc. KE
$28.79 +1.70% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $692.4M
Inexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.13, up 68.7% year over year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.43B, down 3.7% from a year earlier, accelerating from -6.3% a quarter earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned -5.4%, behind the S&P 500 by 20.5 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials 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)Bottom 14%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 18%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 27%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 10%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 39%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 45%
- Gross marginBottom 8%
- Operating marginBottom 41%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 18%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 48%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 26%
- Interest coverTop 31%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 31%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 3%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 8%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 5%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 33%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 21%
- 6-month returnTop 30%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 38%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 15%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 27%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 28%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 47%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 4%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 47%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 44%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 26%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 26%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -6.3% | -3.7% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 46.5% | 68.7% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 7.0% | 8.1% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 3.1% | 4.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 10.1% | 7.0% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -3.7% | -6.3% | ↑ | Bottom 14% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 68.7% | 46.5% | ↑ | Top 18% |
| Gross margin | 8.1% | 7.0% | ↑ | Bottom 8% |
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 3.1% | ↑ | Bottom 41% |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 1.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 7.0% | 10.1% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 4.7% | — | Bottom 45% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -7.8% | — | Bottom 10% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.58×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- -0.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +2.0 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.43×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 7.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.8%
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 19, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -3.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $26.00
- Target vs current price
- -9.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 5
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 60%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | -102.6% | -0.2% | -2.5% | -0.8% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | -15.4% | +1.0% | -4.0% | -0.5% | -8.6% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | +0.0% | -1.1% | -20.0% | -20.9% | -13.0% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +104.2% | +5.5% | -3.1% | +1.4% | +8.3% |
| Aug 13, 2025 | +70.0% | +0.7% | +30.5% | +45.7% | +45.8% |
| May 6, 2025 | +3.8% | +0.3% | +27.0% | +27.1% | +27.9% |
| Feb 4, 2025 | +20.8% | +1.9% | -5.6% | -8.1% | -18.2% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | +0.0% | +1.8% | +14.4% | +11.7% | +0.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | -$0.01 | $0.39 | -102.6% | $371.6M |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.33 | $0.39 | -15.4% | $352.9M |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $0.28 | $0.28 | +0.0% | $341.3M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.49 | $0.24 | +104.2% | $365.6M |
| Aug 13, 2025 | $0.34 | $0.20 | +70.0% | $380.5M |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.27 | $0.26 | +3.8% | $374.6M |
| Feb 4, 2025 | $0.29 | $0.24 | +20.8% | $357.4M |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $0.22 | $0.22 | +0.0% | $374.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 25.5× | 17.4× | 76th | Top 31% |
| P/E (forward) | 18.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.3× | — | — | Top 8% |
| EV / Sales | 0.51× | — | — | Top 5% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 14.57% | — | — | Top 3% |
| Earnings yield | 3.92% | — | — | Top 31% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 9.3× – 54.4× since Jun 30, 2021. 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
- -5.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +68.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -50.4%
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
- 10
- Days above the 200-day average
- 9
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +13.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +11.2%
- RSI (14)
- 69.0
- Relative volume
- 0.92×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 45.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 82th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.47
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.48
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -8.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -53.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2023 | Apr 8, 2025 | -58.5% | 400 days | 109 days (Sep 15, 2025) |
| Nov 3, 2021 | May 12, 2022 | -44.7% | 131 days | 328 days (Sep 1, 2023) |
| Mar 17, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -31.8% | 85 days | 62 days (Oct 14, 2021) |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Mar 6, 2026 | -31.7% | 116 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 26, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -10.0% | 3 days | 4 days (Feb 4, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $692.4M
- P/E (TTM)
- 25.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.13
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.43B
- 52-week range
- $21.01 – $32.00
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.35B | $1.82B | $1.71B | $1.49B | $1.43B |
| Gross profit | $104.6M | $156.2M | $140.3M | $104.4M | $122.8M |
| Operating income | $52.5M | $87.7M | $49.3M | $45.5M | $66.1M |
| Net income | $31.3M | $55.8M | $20.5M | $17.0M | $28.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.24 | $2.22 | $0.81 | $0.68 | $1.13 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $374.3M | $357.4M | $374.6M | $380.5M | $365.6M | $341.3M | $352.9M | $371.6M |
| Net income | $3.2M | $3.4M | $3.8M | $6.6M | $10.1M | $3.6M | $5.7M | $8.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.12 | $0.14 | $0.15 | $0.26 | $0.40 | $0.15 | $0.23 | $0.35 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$83.2M | -$13.8M | $73.2M | $183.9M | $72.3M |
| Capital expenditure | -$74.7M | -$90.7M | -$46.1M | -$33.7M | -$51.5M |
| Free cash flow | -$157.9M | -$104.5M | $27.1M | $150.3M | $20.8M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$9.0M | -$1.4M | -$2.8M | -$12.0M | $9.6M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $90.7M
- Total assets
- $1.09B
- Total liabilities
- $506.9M
- Total debt
- $133.1M
- Net debt
- $43.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $585.1M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 19, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,833,020
- Days to cover
- 10.92
- Change vs previous report
- +5.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.