Kainos Group (KNOS) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Kainos Group plc engages in the provision of digital technology services in the United Kingdom, Ireland, North America, Central Europe, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Digital Services, Workday Services, and Workday Products. The Digital Services segment develops and supports custom digital service platforms for transforming service delivery in public, commercial, and healthcare sectors. The Workday Services segment provides consulting, project management, integration, and post deployment services for Workday's software suite, which includes cloud-based software for human capital management, and financial management, and adaptive planning. The Workday Products segment develops various products comprising Smart Test, an automated testing platform; Smart Audit, a compliance monitoring tool; Smart Shield, which is used for data masking applications; Employee Document Management, a tool for generating and storing documents inside Workday; and Genie, a Workday-focused automated testing product. The company also engages in the property business; software development activities; and offers software services. It serves financial services, insurance, education, life sciences, and healthcare industries, as well as government. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Belfast, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 832.50 to 892.50
• 50-Day Range: 701.96 to 909.38
• 52-Week Range: 680.50 to 1,190
• Volume: 540,538 shs
• Average Volume: 4.09 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £982.33 million
• P/E Ratio: 34.11
• Dividend Yield: 3.61%
• Price Target: GBX 1,173.40
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Kainos Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Kainos Group scored higher than 85% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Kainos Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Kainos Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,173.40, representing about 38.7% upside from its current price of GBX 846.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Kainos Group has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Kainos Group is 34.11, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.39.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Kainos Group is 34.11, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 167.09.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Kainos Group has a PEG Ratio of 2.15. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Kainos Group has a P/B Ratio of 6.80. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for KNOS.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Kainos Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.61%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Kainos Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Kainos Group is 114.52%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.78

News Sentiment

Kainos Group has a news sentiment score of 0.78. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.49 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Kainos Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Kainos Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Kainos Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

19.83% of the stock of Kainos Group is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

39.14% of the stock of Kainos Group is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/18/2026
• Today: 5/19/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Software - Application
• Sub-Industry: Machinery
• Current Symbol: LON:KNOS
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.kainos.com
• Phone: +44-28-90571100
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,953
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Kainos Group: GBX 1,173.40
• High Price Target: GBX 1,282
• Low Price Target: GBX 1,100
• Potential Upside/Downside: +38.7%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 24.80
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 34.11
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.59
• P/E Growth: 2.15
• Net Income: £48.81 million
• Net Margins: 9.86%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 41.45%
• Return on Assets: 14.45%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 6.11
• Current Ratio: 1.17
• Quick Ratio: 1.59

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £431.10 million
• Price / Sales: 2.28
• Cash Flow: GBX 40.62 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 20.83
• Book Value: GBX 124.40 per share
• Price / Book: 6.80

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 116,115,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £982.33 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.79