Technology / Software - ApplicationUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Fair value pending

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Market cap

947.3M

London Stock Exchange

Market data

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E18.4

P25 12.1P50 18.7P75 33.5

Trailing P/E32.9

P25 15.6P50 26.1P75 53.7

ROE23.3

P25 -4.5P50 7.6P75 18.5

ROIC770.1

P25 -0.8P50 8.3P75 21.3

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Indicator catalog

All LON/KNOS market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

239

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Showing 239 of 239 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Country	United Kingdom
Country code	UK
Employees	3,132
Employees Change	336%
Employees Change Percent	12.02
Enterprise value	GBX 847.1M
Exchange	London Stock Exchange
Financial currency	GBP
First seen	2026-05-10
Industry	Software - Application
Isin	GB00BZ0D6727
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	GBX 947.3M
Price	GBX 813
Price currency	GBX
Rev Per Employee	121,413.79x
Sector	Technology
Sic	7370
Symbol	lon/KNOS
Website	https://www.kainos.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	3.24%
EV Earnings	27.58x
EV/EBIT	17.93x
EV/EBITDA	16.07x
EV/FCF	19.1x
EV/Sales	2.23x
FCF yield	4.68%
Forward P/E	18.41x
P/B ratio	9.06x
P/E ratio	32.94x
P/S ratio	2.49x
PE Ratio10 Y	37.82x
PE Ratio3 Y	26.37x
PE Ratio5 Y	28.52x
PEG ratio	1.36x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	12.42%
EBITDA Margin	13.53%
FCF margin	11.66%
Gross margin	46.82%
Gross Profit	GBX 178M
Gross Profit Growth	1.2%
Gross Profit Growth Q	2.3%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	-1.68%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	0.1%
Net Income	GBX 30.7M
Net Income Growth	-40.95%
Net Income Growth Q	-19.06%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	-14.25%
Net Income Growth5 Y	-5.91%
Pretax Margin	11.26%
Profit Margin	8.08%
Profit Per Employee	GBX 9,807
Profitable Years	13
ROA	10.56
Roa5y	15.96
ROCE	41.45
ROE	23.28
Roe5y	36.78
ROIC	770.1
Roic5y	164.5

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	18.46%
Cagr1y	10.58%
Cagr3y	-11.22%
Cagr5y	-9.12%
Div CAGR3	8.07%
Div CAGR5	17.15%
EPS Growth	-40.08
EPS Growth Q	-16.92
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	-13.85
EPS Growth5 Y	-5.7
FCF Growth	-23.17%
FCF Growth Q	-63.03%
FCF Growth3 Y	-11.21%
FCF Growth5 Y	-5.68%
OCF Growth	-20.23%
OCF Growth Q	-50.44%
OCF Growth10 Y	0.11%
OCF Growth3 Y	-10.7%
OCF Growth5 Y	-4.51%
Revenue Growth	2.15x
Revenue Growth Q	7.11x
Revenue Growth Quarters	1x
Revenue Growth Years	0x
Revenue Growth3 Y	-0.19x
Revenue Growth5 Y	0.29x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	GBX 1.36
Assets	GBX 269.1M
Cash	GBX 105.5M
Current Assets	GBX 191.1M
Current Liabilities	GBX 155.1M
Debt	GBX 5.3M
Debt EBITDA	GBX 0.1
Debt Equity	GBX 0.05
Debt FCF	GBX 0.12
Equity	GBX 104.6M
Interest Coverage	132
Liabilities	GBX 164.5M
Long Term Assets	GBX 78M
Long Term Liabilities	GBX 9.4M
Net Cash	GBX 100.2M
Net Cash By Market Cap	GBX 10.58
Net Cash Growth	-29%
Net Debt EBITDA	GBX -1.95
Net Debt Equity	GBX -0.96
Net Debt FCF	GBX -2.26
Tangible Book Value	GBX 50.5M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	GBX 0.42
WACC	8.59

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.23
Net Working Capital	GBX -68.2M
Quick ratio	1.18
Working Capital	GBX 36M
Working Capital Turnover	GBX 5.5

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	1.54%
Dividend Growth	1.76%
Dividend Growth Years	11%
Dividend per share	GBX 0.29
Dividend Years	11
Dividend Yield	3.55%
Ex Div Date	2025-11-20
Last Dividend	GBX 0.1
Payout Frequency	Semi-Annual
Payout Ratio	116.39%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	443.89%
1Y total return	10.58%
200-day SMA	868.9
3Y total return	-30.03%
50-day SMA	783.6
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	-38.01%
All Time High	2,100
All Time High Change	-61.29%
All Time High Date	2021-11-08
All Time Low	123
All Time Low Change	560.98%
All Time Low Date	2016-06-27
ATR	36.18
Beta	0.79
Beta1y	0.15
Beta2y	0.9
Ch YTD	-19.02
High	832.5
High52	1,190
High52 Date	2025-12-09
High52ch	-31.68%
Low	805.5
Low52	680.5
Low52 Date	2025-08-19
Low52ch	19.47%
Ma50ch	3.76%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-6.43%
RSI	49.45
RSI Monthly	45.46
RSI Weekly	47.58
Sharpe ratio	0.2x
Sortino ratio	0.49
Total Return	5.09%
Tr YTD	-19.02
Tr1m	6.14%
Tr1w	-2.05%
Tr3m	5.58%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Operating Income	GBX 47.2M
Operating Income Growth	-8.95
Operating Income Growth Q	-15.05
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-7.26
Operating Income Growth5 Y	-2.27
Operating margin	12.42

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	79,619,160%
Net Borrowing	-1,134,000
Shares Insiders	20.28%
Shares Institutions	62.69%
Shares Out	116,519,666
Shares Qo Q	-1.65%
Shares Yo Y	-1.54%

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	GBX 38.6M
Average Volume	521,987.05x
Bv Per Share	0.86
CAPEX	GBX -4.8M
Ch10y	336.5
Ch1m	6.14
Ch1w	-2.05
Ch1y	7.26
Ch3m	5.58
Ch3y	-35.83
Ch5y	-44.69
Ch6m	-12.3
Change	-1.75%
Change From Open	0.12
Close	827.5
Days Gap	-1.87
Depreciation Amortization	4,189,000
Dollar Volume	295,317,372
Earnings Date	2026-05-18
EBIT	GBX 47.2M
EBITDA	GBX 51.4M
EPS	GBX 0.25
F Score	5
FCF	GBX 44.3M
FCF EV Yield	5.23x
FCF Per Share	GBX 0.38
Financing CF	-88,021,000
Fiscal Year End	March
Founded	1,986
Goodwill	42,778,000
Graham Number	219.045
Graham Upside	-73.06
Income Tax	GBX 12.1M
Investing CF	1,604,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Last Earnings Date	2025-11-10
Last Report Date	2025-09-30
Lynch Fair Value	GBX 123
Lynch Upside	-84.82
Ma150	893.5
Ma150ch	-9.01%
Ma20	833.9
Ma20ch	-2.5%
Net CF	-37,140,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-05-18
Open	812
P FCF Ratio	21.37
P OCF Ratio	19.27
Payment Date	2025-12-12
Position In Range	27.78
Ppne	17,969,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	GBX 18.42
Ptbv Ratio	18.77
Relative Volume	0.71x
Revenue	380,268,000x
SBC By Revenue	1.51x
Share Based Comp	5,732,000
Tax By Revenue	3.18x
Tax Rate	28.25%
Tr6m	-11.42%
Volume	363,244
Z Score	5.91

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Income

LON/KNOS dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+3.6%

$0.29 annual per share

Payout ratio

+116.4%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+17.1%

11 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+5.1%

Next ex-dividend date: 2025-11-20

Performance

LON/KNOS stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns LON/KNOS?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+62.7%

Share of float held by funds and institutions

Insider ownership

+20.3%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Short interest

n/a

Float sold short by bearish positioning

Y/Y dilution

-1.5%

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

LON/KNOS momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

49.5

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

-6.4%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.79

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

0.20

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

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