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KFY

Low riskNext report: Around Dec 8 (est.)

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The short version

A profitable company with steady sales. Institutions are adding.

Going well

Profitable every year for 10 years
Brings in more cash than it spends
Little debt

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 2.2% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (208 bought, 134 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$78.83+0.7% that day

Company value: $4.3B; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 14.9x; You pay about $15 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 1.4x; Company value is 1.4 times a year of sales
Dividend yield: 2.5%; Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
Cash vs value: 19%; Cash as a share of company value
Debt vs value: 9%; Debt as a share of company value

From KFY's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Jul '26

$764.6M+6.9% vs a year earlier

Oct '23Tap a barJul '26

Last 12 months: $3.0B, up 6.9% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 10% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of KFY. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth+7% a yearRecently: +6.9% a yearProfit margin9%Last 12 months: 9.5%P/E at the end15xToday: 14.9x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change0% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$4.2B

Profit in 5 years$377M

Price these guesses point to$103.69+32% vs $78.83 todayAbout +5.6% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 9% margin and a 15x P/E, sales would have to grow about 1.3% a year for 5 years just to match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

Price chart by TradingView.

Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

3/6Mixed

MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.14.8%
PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.20x equity
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.9.6%
PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$324.3M
MissShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+1.2% in 3 years

Revenue: $2.9B; +6.4% vs prior year
5-year growth: +10.1%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $398.4M; 0.20x equity
Current ratio: 2.01x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.

Latest quarter

Quarter ended Jul 31, 2026

Reported Sep 9

Revenue: $764.6M; +6.9% YoY
EPS: $1.32; vs $1.26
Op. margin: 12.2%; +0.5 pts
Free cash flow: -$265.6M
Share count: -1.9%; vs a year ago

Insider rating

Last 90 days

No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.

Weekly insider trend

No trades to chart yet.

Filing buzz

Last 7 days vs normal

0/ 100

This week: 1
Normal week: 2.0
vs normal: 0.5x

SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.

Institutional ownership

Accumulating+2.2%

Institutions added 2.2% to their holdings. 208 bought, 134 sold.

Shares held by institutions51.4M

Sep '24Jun '26

Safety check

From SEC filings

Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years

+1.2%

Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn

Cash flow positive

Debt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have

0.2x · $398.8M debt

Shares outstandingLatest reported

55M

Why low risk

2 offering filings in 6 months (may sell new shares)

Earnings reports

Last 12

Next reportAround Dec 8 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year

Results filedSep 9
Results filedJun 23
Results filedMar 9
Results filedDec 9, 2025
Results filedSep 9, 2025

Flags and big holders

Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days

5%+ holder update (passive)Oct 27 · View filing ↗Big holder Acquisition or sale completedSep 1 · View filing ↗Offering 5%+ holder update (passive)Aug 13 · View filing ↗Big holder Major agreementJun 29 · View filing ↗Offering

Insider trades

Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days

No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.

"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.

Latest filings

Straight from SEC EDGAR

5%+ holder update (passive)Oct 27 · Form SCHEDULE 13G/A ↗Leadership changeSep 29 · Form 8-K ↗

Stock awardJerry LeamonDirector

2,780 shares

+13% of holdings
Now owns 24,852 shares
Filed 1 day after trade

Sep 24Form 4 ↗

Stock awardAngel R MartinezDirector

2,780 shares

+10% of holdings
Now owns 31,040 shares
Filed 1 day after trade

Sep 24Form 4 ↗

Stock awardDoyle N BenebyDirector

2,780 shares

+7% of holdings
Now owns 45,440 shares
Filed 1 day after trade

Sep 24Form 4 ↗

Stock awardRussell HageyDirector

4,100 shares

+52% of holdings
Now owns 11,970 shares
Filed 1 day after trade

Sep 24Form 4 ↗

Stock awardMatthew J EspeDirector

2,780 shares

+30% of holdings
Now owns 11,940 shares
Filed 1 day after trade

Sep 24Form 4 ↗

Stock awardPeter A ShimerDirector

2,780 shares

+167% of holdings
Now owns 4,440 shares
Filed 1 day after trade

Sep 24Form 4 ↗

Insider tradeSep 25 · Form 4 ↗Insider tradeSep 25 · Form 4 ↗Insider tradeSep 24 · Form 4 ↗Planned insider saleSep 23 · Form 144 ↗Investor disclosureSep 15 · Form 8-K ↗Insider tradeSep 11 · Form 4 ↗Earnings resultsSep 9 · Form 8-K ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR filings. For informational purposes. Not investment advice.

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