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Kuehne + Nagel International AG

KNIN.SW
48
Integrated Freight & Logistics · Industrials
Also trades as: 0QMW.L
Price
CHF 202.20
+4.55 (+2.30%)
Market Cap
CHF 24.01B
Exchange
SIX Swiss Exchange
Winston Score
48
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 12, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

Share count falling — buybacks

1.2% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 120.4M (2021) → 118.9M (2025)

Kuehne + Nagel is one of the world's largest freight and logistics companies. It helps businesses move goods around the globe by arranging sea freight, air freight, road transport, and warehouse storage. Its customers include manufacturers, retailers, and pharmaceutical companies that need their products shipped across countries and continents.

The company makes money by acting as a middleman — it books space on ships, planes, and trucks, then charges customers more than it pays the carriers, keeping the difference as profit. Headquartered in Switzerland, Kuehne + Nagel operates in over 100 countries and handles millions of shipments each year. Its scale and deep carrier relationships give it negotiating power that smaller logistics firms cannot easily match. The main risk is that the company's profits are sensitive to freight rate cycles — when shipping rates fall sharply, as they did after the pandemic boom, margins can compress quickly and earnings can drop significantly.

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Quality

Gross Margin
34.0%
Modest — 34.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
5.8%
Thin — 5.8% operating margin
ROCE
9.9%
Below par — 9.9% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY
-5.9%
Shrinking sales (-5.9% YoY)
EPS YoY
-24.8%
Earnings shrinking (-24.8% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

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

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
191%
Turns 191% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
6.0%
Thin free cash flow (6.0%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.88
Moderate — manageable debt (0.88)
Interest Cover
18.68x
Comfortably covers interest (18.7x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
27.7x
Growth-priced — P/E 27.7

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward
+7.1
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (27.7 → 20.6)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
2.94%
Moderate income — 2.94% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend Growth
+56.1%
Dividend growing fast (56.1% YoY)

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