Kodiak AI, Inc. Common Stock

KDK

Software - Application · Technology

Price

$4.28

+0.01 (+0.23%)

Market Cap

$826.7M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

−49.7% over 2y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 181.2M (2023) → 91.2M (2025)

Kodiak AI, Inc. develops a technology software. The Company offers AI-powered ground autonomy solutions for vehicles to navigate highways, surface streets, and off-road terrain through multi-sensor architecture transportation technology for trucking, defense, and industrial industries.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+24.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+121.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$50M/ year

↑ Rising (+15% vs prior year)

>1,000% of revenue

88.1x the sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

36.9%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~8 months

$92M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Heavy R&D investment

Kodiak AI, Inc. Common Stock is putting 1321% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. That's 88.1x the sector average.

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Quality

Gross Margin

-353.8%

Thin — -353.8% gross margin

Operating Margin

-2068.4%

Losing money on operations — -2068.4%

ROCE

-180.0%

Weak — -180.0% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-74.0%

Shrinking sales (-74.0% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

-4155.3%

Burning cash (-4155.3%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

P/E vs Forward

N/A

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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