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Kyndryl Holdings

KD
42
Information Technology Services · Technology
Price
$12.15
+0.13 (+1.08%)
Market Cap
$2.68B
Winston Score
42
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count rising — dilution

+4.3% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 224.1M (2022) → 233.8M (2026)

Kyndryl manages the technology infrastructure that large companies and governments rely on to keep their operations running. This includes things like data centers, cloud systems, cybersecurity, and network management. It was spun off from IBM in 2021 and is now one of the largest IT infrastructure services companies in the world, serving major banks, airlines, retailers, and public sector clients.

Kyndryl earns money through long-term service contracts, where customers pay ongoing fees for Kyndryl to run and maintain their IT systems. It operates globally across more than 60 countries, with significant business in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company has been working to improve its thin profit margins by shedding unprofitable contracts and building higher-value partnerships with cloud providers like Microsoft, AWS, and Google, but its negative return on invested capital signals that profitability remains a serious challenge and the key risk investors are watching closely.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-0.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-73.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

8.2%ownership

Rising

Insiders increasing their stake — aligned with shareholders

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$2.6B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

Kyndryl Holdings's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin
22.5%
Thin — 22.5% gross margin
Operating Margin
4.5%
Thin — 4.5% operating margin
ROCE
N/A
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Growth

Sales YoY
+0.3%
Nearly flat sales (0.3% YoY)
EPS YoY
+16.1%
Earnings growing fast (16.1% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
787%
Turns 787% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
6.3%
Modest free cash flow (6.3%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Interest Cover
7.52x
Adequate interest coverage (7.5x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
13.4x
Attractive valuation — P/E 13.4

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward
+6.6
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (13.4 → 6.8)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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