Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2026, Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. had return on equity of 16.5%, a net margin of 1.3%, debt equal to 552.5% of equity and a current ratio of 0.88. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2020Dec 2019 | 2021Dec 2020 | 2022Dec 2021 | 2023Mar 2023 | 2024Mar 2024 | 2025Mar 2025 | 2026Mar 2026 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 12.8% | 11.4% | 11.3% | 14.8% | 17.8% | 20.9% | 21.8% | 21.8% |
| Net margin | −4.7% | −10.4% | −12.3% | −8.1% | −2.1% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 0.6% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −0.3% | −2.1% | −4.7% | −0.5% | −1.2% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 1.0% |
| Return on equity | −15.7% | −36.9% | −60.3% | −66.5% | −28.6% | 22.6% | 16.5% | 7.8% |
| Return on assets | — | −17.9% | −18.9% | −11.1% | −3.1% | 2.4% | 1.7% | 0.7% |
| Asset turnover | — | 1.73 | 1.53 | 1.38 | 1.46 | 1.43 | 1.31 | 1.22 |
| Current ratio | — | 0.73 | 1.30 | 1.02 | 1.03 | 1.07 | 0.88 | 0.85 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 5.7% | 121.4% | 245.3% | 333.5% | 272.3% | 552.5% | 603.9% |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | — | 42.3% | 51.9% | 65.2% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 14.6% | 15.2% | 14.9% | 17.1% | 17.3% | 17.2% | 17.6% | 17.9% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 5.9% | 5.4% | 4.0% | 5.1% | 4.1% | 4.0% | 4.0% | 4.1% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | 133.7% | 171.7% | 170.1% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | 27.6% | 89.4% | 206.8% |
| Quarter | 2025 Q2Sept 2024 | 2025 Q3Dec 2024 | 2025 Q4Mar 2025 | 2026 Q1Jun 2025 | 2026 Q2Sept 2025 | 2026 Q3Dec 2025 | 2026 Q4Mar 2026 | 2027 Q1Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 19.9% | 20.4% | 21.7% | 21.3% | 21.5% | 21.8% | 22.5% | 21.4% |
| Net margin | −1.1% | 5.7% | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 1.5% | 0.5% | −1.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 0.4% | 4.0% | 9.0% | −7.1% | 0.5% | 5.4% | 10.1% | −12.7% |
| Current ratio | 1.03 | 1.09 | 1.07 | 1.05 | 1.02 | 0.86 | 0.88 | 0.85 |
| Debt to equity | 285.0% | 276.9% | 248.5% | 245.4% | 246.5% | 310.3% | 485.1% | 532.7% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 17.1% | 17.3% | 16.8% | 17.3% | 17.7% | 17.4% | 18.0% | 18.5% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $5.1bn of assets due within a year against $6.0bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $5.1bn short-term assets against $4.9bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $2.1bn of cash against $5.7bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 533% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 108% to 533% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $762m of operating cash flow against $5.7bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Kyndryl Holdings's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 6 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 0 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 0.3% of total assets over 5 years.
- Pricing power 6 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 17.2%, moving by 3.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 6 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Net margin has been a median -4.3%; its worst year was -10.7%.
- Cash conversion 4 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 2 of 5 years, at a median -0.4% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: High. In this industry, the core product is information work that AI systems increasingly perform. The score above includes a 15-point deduction for that exposure (25 before it).
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