Stocks · Technology · Communication Equipment
KVH Industries, Inc. KVHI
$6.96 -0.71% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $136.7M
Low risk
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $125.0M, up 15.8% from a year earlier, accelerating from 7.2% a quarter earlier.
- The stock is 40% 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 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 41%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 1%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 12%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 12%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 25%
- Gross marginBottom 16%
- Operating marginBottom 27%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 42%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 4%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 24%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 25%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 46%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 6%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 32%
- 6-month returnBottom 9%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 37%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 27%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 5%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 12%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 33%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 15%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 38%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 13%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 1%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 4%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 7.2% | 15.8% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 30.6% | 24.5% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -7.2% | -7.0% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 0.2% | -0.6% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 15.8% | 7.2% | ↑ | Top 41% |
| Gross margin | 24.5% | 30.6% | ↓ | Bottom 16% |
| Operating margin | -7.0% | -7.2% | ↑ | Bottom 27% |
| Net margin | -4.7% | -5.8% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -0.6% | 0.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -6.5% | — | Bottom 25% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -7.2% | — | Bottom 12% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -8.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -2.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -18.43×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.73%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.73%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +1.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.7%
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 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $13.00
- Target vs current price
- +86.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 4
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 75%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -25.0% | -14.7% | -19.4% | -25.6% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +300.0% | +11.2% | +16.6% | -14.4% | -1.8% |
| Mar 10, 2026 | +0.0% | +11.9% | +28.5% | +50.4% | +32.9% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -3700.0% | -6.3% | -10.0% | -1.8% | +6.6% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | +200.0% | +2.1% | +2.9% | +10.0% | +12.8% |
| May 7, 2025 | -75.0% | +0.0% | +0.4% | +4.8% | +5.0% |
| Mar 6, 2025 | -214.3% | -6.4% | -9.9% | -9.8% | -5.7% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -20.0% | -1.7% | +5.7% | +27.2% | +30.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.03 | $0.04 | -25.0% | $33.7M |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.04 | -$0.02 | +300.0% | $32.3M |
| Mar 10, 2026 | $0.02 | $0.02 | +0.0% | $30.5M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -$0.36 | $0.01 | -3700.0% | $28.5M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.03 | -$0.03 | +200.0% | $26.6M |
| May 7, 2025 | -$0.07 | -$0.04 | -75.0% | $25.4M |
| Mar 6, 2025 | -$0.22 | -$0.07 | -214.3% | $26.9M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -$0.06 | -$0.05 | -20.0% | $29.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 36.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 29.0× | — | — | Top 46% |
| EV / Sales | 0.67× | — | — | Top 6% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -0.55% | — | — | Bottom 25% |
| Earnings yield | -4.37% | — | — | Bottom 24% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 3.5× – 9.8× since Sep 30, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
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)
- -9.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -9.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -14.5%
- RSI (14)
- 40.6
- Relative volume
- 0.65×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 53.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 84th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.10
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.03
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -40.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -41.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2021 | Jul 9, 2024 | -71.5% | 853 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 7, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | -10.4% | 20 days | 8 days (Nov 16, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $136.7M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.30
- Revenue (TTM)
- $125.0M
- 52-week range
- $5.09 – $13.00
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $133.9M | $138.8M | $132.4M | $113.8M | $111.0M |
| Gross profit | $45.8M | $52.5M | $37.9M | $35.2M | $27.5M |
| Operating income | -$19.6M | -$5.7M | -$17.3M | -$11.9M | -$11.2M |
| Net income | -$9.8M | $24.0M | -$15.4M | -$11.0M | -$7.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.54 | $1.29 | -$0.81 | -$0.57 | -$0.38 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $29.0M | $26.9M | $25.4M | $26.6M | $28.5M | $30.5M | $32.3M | $33.7M |
| Net income | -$1.2M | -$4.3M | -$1.7M | $930,000 | -$6.9M | $331,000 | $588,000 | $163,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.06 | -$0.22 | -$0.09 | $0.05 | -$0.36 | $0.02 | $0.03 | $0.01 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.9M | $8.9M | $2.5M | -$13.2M | $17.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$18.8M | -$14.4M | -$11.9M | -$7.4M | -$7.4M |
| Free cash flow | -$15.9M | -$5.6M | -$9.4M | -$20.6M | $9.8M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $2.9M | $972,000 | -$239,000 | $110,000 | -$1.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $57.7M
- Total assets
- $151.0M
- Total liabilities
- $20.6M
- Total debt
- $4.7M
- Net debt
- -$53.1M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $130.4M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 796,522
- Days to cover
- 7.25
- Change vs previous report
- -7.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.