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World Kinect Corporation WKC

$35.85 +0.48% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.83B

Strong trend

Next earnings report: Oct 22, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. The diluted share count fell 8.3% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
  2. Net debt is 19.4× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
  3. The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 112 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth26Very weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 42%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 14%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 18%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 18%
Quality25Very weak

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 21%
  • Gross marginBottom 2%
  • Operating marginBottom 17%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 26%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 2%
  • Interest coverTop 2%
Value28Very weak

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldBottom 16%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 26%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 13%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 1%
Momentum83Strong

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 38%
  • 6-month returnTop 5%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 30%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 30%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 14%
Revisions28Very weak

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 22%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 31%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 10%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 3%
Stability54Neutral

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 14%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 16%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 40%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 2%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)-8.7%7.9%↑
Gross margin1.5%2.0%↑
Operating margin0.8%0.8%↑
FCF margin0.4%-0.0%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)7.9%-8.7%↑Bottom 42%
Gross margin2.0%1.5%↑Bottom 2%
Operating margin0.8%0.8%↑Bottom 17%
Net margin-0.4%-1.1%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin-0.0%0.4%↓—
Return on invested capital12.6%—Top 21%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-14.4%—Bottom 18%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-3.4%
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.
+29.4 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
19.37×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
150.0×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
2.34%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
7.05%
Shareholder yield
9.40%
Share count change, 1 year
-8.3%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
-6.1%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 24, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
2
Beats in the last 8 reports
5 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+41.6%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.8%
Positive 20 days after report
4 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$30.00
Target vs current price
-16.3%
Analysts with a rating
9
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
22%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 23, 2026+72.0%-0.1%+10.9%+0.6%—
Apr 23, 2026+141.9%+1.6%+16.5%+25.5%+54.0%
Feb 19, 2026-36.2%+0.6%-3.9%-13.8%+6.1%
Oct 23, 2025-11.5%+0.7%+0.4%-8.9%+1.3%
Jul 31, 2025+22.9%-1.4%-9.1%-2.1%-6.9%
Apr 24, 2025+6.7%+2.5%+4.6%+13.2%+17.0%
Feb 20, 2025+8.8%+1.2%+10.4%+5.7%+1.2%
Oct 24, 2024+0.0%+1.0%-14.7%-9.7%-8.8%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 23, 2026$1.29$0.75+72.0%$13.59B
Apr 23, 2026$0.75$0.31+141.9%$9.69B
Feb 19, 2026$0.30$0.47-36.2%$9.03B
Oct 23, 2025$0.54$0.61-11.5%$9.40B
Jul 31, 2025$0.59$0.48+22.9%$9.06B
Apr 24, 2025$0.48$0.45+6.7%$9.45B
Feb 20, 2025$0.62$0.57+8.8%$9.76B
Oct 24, 2024$0.62$0.62+0.0%$10.49B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (forward)10.0×———
EV / EBITDA77.6×——Bottom 13%
EV / Sales0.06×——Top 1%
Free-cash-flow yield-0.88%——Bottom 26%
Earnings yield-8.95%——Bottom 16%

P/E over the past five years

Range 11.2× – 38.9× since Jun 30, 2021. 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
112
50-day average slope (20 days)
+0.8%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+4.1%
Distance from 50-day average
-1.7%
Distance from 200-day average
+21.1%
RSI (14)
51.7
Relative volume
1.34×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
24.2%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
11th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.61
Correlation with S&P 500
0.29
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-10.9%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-28.1%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Mar 22, 2021Oct 27, 2023-50.9%656 days685 days (Jul 24, 2026)
Oct 9, 2020Oct 28, 2020-18.4%13 days8 days (Nov 9, 2020)
Feb 22, 2021Feb 26, 2021-14.0%4 days8 days (Mar 10, 2021)
Jul 29, 2026Sep 14, 2026-13.0%32 daysNot yet recovered
Jan 19, 2021Jan 29, 2021-11.7%8 days6 days (Feb 8, 2021)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$1.83B
EPS, diluted (TTM)
-$3.21
Revenue (TTM)
$41.82B
Dividend yield
2.40%
52-week range
$22.21 – $41.20
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$31.30B$58.98B$47.91B$42.30B$36.93B
Gross profit$66.1M$522.0M$784.3M$714.7M$534.6M
Operating income-$181.5M$213.3M$476.3M$417.6M$254.0M
Net income$73.7M$114.1M$52.9M$67.4M-$614.0M
EPS (diluted)$1.16$1.82$0.86$1.13-$11.03
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$10.53B$9.73B$9.44B$9.06B$9.40B$9.03B$9.69B$13.71B
Net income$33.5M-$101.8M-$21.1M-$339.3M$25.7M-$279.3M$26.3M$49.7M
EPS (diluted)$0.57-$2.84-$0.37-$6.01$0.46-$5.11$0.50$0.94
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$150.4M$138.5M$102.4M$259.9M$292.9M
Capital expenditure-$39.2M-$78.6M-$87.6M-$68.2M-$65.6M
Free cash flow$111.2M$59.9M$14.8M$191.7M$227.3M
Dividends paid-$28.7M-$31.0M-$34.0M-$38.5M-$41.3M
Net share buybacks-$50.5M-$48.7M-$20.1M-$100.0M-$85.0M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$135.3M
Total assets
$6.60B
Total liabilities
$5.33B
Total debt
$745.3M
Net debt
$610.0M
Shareholders’ equity
$1.26B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 24, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Sep 28, 2026$0.23Oct 16, 2026
Jun 30, 2026$0.23Jul 16, 2026
Mar 30, 2026$0.20Apr 16, 2026
Dec 15, 2025$0.20Jan 16, 2026
Sep 30, 2025$0.20Oct 16, 2025
Jun 17, 2025$0.20Jul 16, 2025
Mar 31, 2025$0.17Apr 16, 2025
Dec 23, 2024$0.17Jan 16, 2025

Short interest

Shares sold short
9,846,966
Days to cover
10.50
Change vs previous report
+19.1%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Dec 8, 2009
2-for-1
Feb 16, 2005
2-for-1
Dec 1, 1997
3-for-2
Jun 28, 1995
3-for-2