Kyndryl
Kyndryl's revenue rose 0.2% to $15.1 billion in fiscal 2026. Its net margin was 1.3%, down from 1.7% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $340 million, up 0.9%. It paid out $304 million in dividends and buybacks, 89% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 2.2%.
Net margin is net income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.
Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2025 to 2026, earnings per share fell 19.0% a year and net income 21.4% a year, while buybacks cut the share count by 2%.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Valuation
Two ways to value Kyndryl yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.
Discounted cash flow (DCF)
A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from Kyndryl's 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Kyndryl's fiscal 2026 free cash flow of $340M, net cash of −$2.3B at March 31, 2026 and 234 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to Kyndryl: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, -3.9% a year, kept between 0% and 20%; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 11%: 9% for a business of moderate risk (IT Consulting & Other Services), plus 1 point as a smaller company, worth $3.2B, plus 1 point for unsteady results (a loss in fiscal 2024); the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $14.68
- Value on these assumptions, against the last close
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- Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
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- Everything after year 10, valued today
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- Plus net cash
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- Share of value from after year 10
How the value changes with two assumptions
Price-to-earnings (P/E) method
Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Kyndryl's earnings per share of $0.37 (over the last four quarters). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 33.3×, the middle of Kyndryl's own P/E today, its peers' median and its sector's median (the Information Technology median) for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 12%, 11% and 10%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $14.68
- Value at this multiple, against the last close
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- Kyndryl's P/E at the last close
- 39.7×
| Company | Last close | Earnings per share | P/E today |
|---|---|---|---|
| KyndrylKD | $14.68 | $0.37 | 39.7× |
| IBMIBM | $253.44 | $11.75 | 21.6× |
| DXC TechnologyDXC | $16.30 | $0.76 | 21.4× |
| GartnerIT | $231.03 | $11.09 | 20.8× |
| CognizantCTSH | $69.34 | $4.60 | 15.1× |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.9 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | 7.9x | 2.2x | 1.2x | 1.8x |
| Debt to equity | 1.2x | 2.5x | 3.3x | 2.7x | 4.2x |
| Interest coverage | −28.7x | −8.1x | −0.4x | 5.3x | 5.7x |
| Current ratio | 1.3x | 1.0x | 1.0x | 1.1x | 0.9x |
| Quick ratio | 1.3x | 1.0x | 1.0x | 1.1x | 0.9x |
Insider trades
Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, no insider bought Kyndryl shares on the open market, and 1 insider sold $177,248.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 2025 | Vineet KhuranaSVP & Global Controller | Sold | 6,641 | $26.69 | $177,248 | Form 4 |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | — | Pass | Fail |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | — | Fail | Fail |
| Current ratio rose | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Share count didn't rise | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | — | Pass | Pass |
| F-score | — | 7 of 9 | 6 of 9 |
| Accruals ratio | −7.2% | −6.6% | −6.5% |
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| Company | Year | Revenue growth | Operating margin | Free cash flow margin | Return on capital | Net debt to EBITDA | F-score | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyndryl | FY26 | 0.2% | — | 2.2% | 7.8% | 1.8x | 6 | |
| DXC Technology | FY26 | −1.8% | 7.7% | 8.2% | 9.2% | 0.8x | 7 | Compare |
| Cognizant | FY25 | 7.0% | 16.1% | 12.3% | 16.1% | −0.3x | 6 | Compare |
| Gartner | FY25 | 3.7% | 15.8% | 18.1% | 44.6% | 1.0x | 5 | Compare |
| IBM | FY25 | 7.6% | — | 17.9% | 15.4% | 3.1x | 6 | Compare |
7 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | |||||||
| Revenue | 20.3 | 19.4 | 18.7 | 17.0 | 16.1 | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Revenue growth | — | −4.6% | −3.6% | — | −5.7% | −6.2% | 0.2% |
| Gross profit | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| Research and development | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Operating income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net income | −0.9 | −2.0 | −2.3 | −1.4 | −0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | −4.21 | −8.96 | −10.28 | −6.06 | −1.48 | 1.05 | 0.85 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 224 | 224 | 224 | 227 | 229 | 239 | 234 |
| Cash flow | |||||||
| Cash from operations | 1.1 | 0.6 | −0.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Capital expenditure | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Free cash flow | −0.1 | −0.4 | −0.9 | −0.1 | −0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Dividends paid | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Share buybacks | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Acquisitions | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | |||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | — | 0.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.9 |
| Total assets | — | 11.2 | 13.2 | 11.5 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 12.6 |
| Total liabilities | — | 6.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 11.3 |
| Shareholders' equity | 6.0 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Margins and ratios | |||||||
| Gross margin | 12.8% | 11.4% | 11.3% | 14.8% | 17.8% | 20.9% | 21.8% |
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net margin | −4.7% | −10.4% | −12.3% | −8.1% | −2.1% | 1.7% | 1.3% |
| Free cash flow margin | −0.3% | −2.1% | −4.7% | −0.5% | −1.2% | 2.2% | 2.2% |
| Return on capital | — | — | −31.8% | — | −1.2% | 10.6% | 7.8% |
| Return on equity | — | — | −60.3% | — | −28.6% | 22.6% | 16.5% |
| Return on assets | — | — | −18.9% | — | −3.1% | 2.4% | 1.7% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | — | — | 7.9x | 2.2x | 1.2x | 1.8x |