The analysis reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved up 1.8% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 29%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 27%. The street (4 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $32. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
Kimball Electronics Inc
KE · NASDAQ · USD · Market cap $590M · 5,700 employees
Kimball Electronics, Inc.
PASS · Titan Ethical · score 70.0Price as of 4 Nov 2026Daily close, not a live quote
Screened 2026-11-04 · the tape above runs as of 14:03 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
Key facts today
- Price25.86 USD at the 4 Nov 2026 close
- Our value readUndervalued vs our fair value, as of 4 Nov 2026
- Our regime readDistribution, as of 4 Nov 2026
- Ethical screenPasses, score 70.0 out of 100
- OptionsOpen interest leans heavily to calls (put/call 0.04)
- Last reviewed4 Nov 2026 (1 days ago)
- Release timesRelease and earnings times on your chart: Event Guard Mentor
A summary of the dated readings below, not a live quote and not advice.
Our fair-value range: $27.41 to $45.69, base estimate $35.77 (screen dated 2026-11-04).
- Trend Distribution
- Insiders no filings inside 60 days, left as found
- Positioning no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
- Options put/call open interest 0.04, read 2026-11-05
- Ethical passes the values gate
Our analytic regime reads on this name, dated and marked against the screened price. Small sample per name, and separate from the daily-framework accuracy on the Track Record page.
This name holds its distribution label.
Kimball Electronics Inc holds its Distribution at $25.86. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 14 days.
| Phase | Distribution · caution |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 14 days |
| Price at the screen | $25.86 |
| Valuation | 21.77 trailing · 13.46 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | PASS · score 70.0 |
| Beta | 1.24 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Full pass across all five screens. This security clears the Titan Ethical Standard: its business and its balance sheet both stay inside the lines.
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business activity | Permissible | Core business clean | Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending. | Pass |
| Debt load | 13.65% | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is just 13.6% of its assets, well under the one-third ceiling: it does not run on borrowed money. | Pass |
| Interest-bearing cash | 0.00% | Below 33% | Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit. | Pass |
| Receivables | 28.91% | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is 28.9% of assets, under the 49% limit. | Pass |
| Revenue purity | 0.05% | Below 5% | Only 0.1% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line. | Pass |
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
The Ethical ReadWhy It Clears, in Plain English
Kimball Electronics clears all five screens. Its business is in a permissible area, its interest-bearing debt is about 14%, inside the ~33% line, and almost none of its income is interest, so it passes.
Read as at 2026-11-05. It updates when the underlying figures move, and past reads are kept below.
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The Fair Value Range
Our analysis reads Undervalued vs our fair value, as of 4 Nov 2026: it trades at roughly a 28% discount to our $35.77 fair value, none competitive moat.
How a fair value is estimated: discounted cash flow (DCF).
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-11-04 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 27.7% discount to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 3 covering, consensus Buy. The average target sits +35% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.
Price History & ProjectionsWhere our models see it going: fair-value estimate $35.77, with a range of $27.41 to $45.69, dated to the 2026-11-04 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain WordsWhy it stands out
Trading at 13.5x forward earnings, with a none competitive moat and minimal debt. That is a 28% discount to our $35.77 fair value: the market is pricing it cautiously while the fundamentals argue otherwise. 3 analysts rate it Buy with a $35.00 average target, about 35% above the screened price.
| Forward P/E | 13.5xreasonably valued |
| Trailing P/E | 21.8xa premium valuation |
| EPS, trailing | 1.13 |
| EPS, forward | 1.83 |
| Revenue growth | -2.3%revenue is shrinking |
| Profit margin | 2.0%barely profitable |
| Return on equity | 4.8%a modest return on shareholder capital |
| FCF yield | 9.00% |
| Debt to equity | 0.23minimal debt: a conservative balance sheet |
| Current ratio | 2.09comfortably covers its short-term bills |
| Beta | 1.24moves a little more than the market |
| Short interest, float | 0.07% |
| 52-week range | 21.01 - 32.00 |
| Moat | NONE |
| Market cap | $590M |
| Employees | 5,700 |
Another profit measure, before interest, tax and non-cash costs: EBITDA.
The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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Every Entry, As Written
The analysis reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved up 1.5% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 29%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 27%. The street (4 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $32. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 29%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 27%. The street (4 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $32. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 29%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 27%. The street (4 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $32. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 4.3% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 29%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 27%. The street (4 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $32. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.1% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 29%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 27%. The street (4 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $32. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved up 9.9% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 29%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 27%. The street (4 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $32. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The framework has shifted from accumulation to distribution since the last review. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 7.2% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 29%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 27%. The street (4 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $32. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 7.6% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are up 29%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 27%. The street (4 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $32.
The framework has shifted from markup to accumulation since the last review. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved up 11.9% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 29%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 27%. The street (4 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $32. Since the last review it its composite score eased.
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| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $25.81 | -4.3% | · | $957 | -4.3% |
| 2 months | $25.94 | -4.8% | · | $952 | -4.8% |
| 3 months | $22.82 | +8.2% | · | $1,082 | +8.2% |
| 6 months | $31.33 | -21.2% | · | $788 | -21.2% |
| 1 year | $19.19 | +28.7% | · | $1,287 | +28.7% |
| 2 years | $22.06 | +11.9% | · | $1,119 | +11.9% |
| 3 years | $25.62 | -3.6% | · | $964 | -3.6% |
| 5 years | $21.87 | +12.9% | · | $1,129 | +12.9% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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