KNOS.L
Kainos Group plc
Technology · Software - Application · LSE
$852.30
Data: 2026-05-28
✓ ETHICAL PASS

Unknown MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$976M
Total market value of the company
24.93
Premium valuation
15.10
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+27.6%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
9.9%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
35.6%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$1,110.00
+30% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 11 analysts covering this stock
About Kainos Group plc

Kainos Group plc engages in the provision of digital technology services in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Americas, Central Europe, and internationally. The company operates through Digital Services, Workday Services, and Workday Products segments. The Digital Services segment develops and supports custom digital service platforms for 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 finance, HR, and planning products. The Workday Products segment develops various products comprising Smart Test, an automated testing platform; Smart Audit, a compliance monitoring tool; Smart Shield, a data-masking tool that ensures sensitive data remains controlled when Workday environments are made available to broader internal or external teams.; Employee Document Management, a HR document storage, automation, and compliance for Workday; and Genie, a Workday-focused automated testing product. The company also engages in the property business; software development activities; and provision of software services. It serves the financial services, insurance, payment, education, life sciences and healthcare industries, as well as government. Kainos Group plc was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Belfast, the United Kingdom.

https://www.kainos.com

Country: United Kingdom Employees: 3,216 Industry: Software - Application
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
0.0% N/A
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0% N/A
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
0.0% N/A
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

ACCUMULATION
Smart money appears to be building positions quietly
-0.176
Returns do not compensate for the risk — negative edge
-0.0412
No positive edge detected — the data suggests staying out
-0.278
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
-14.1%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-50.4%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
SIDEWAYS
Price consolidating — no clear directional bias
Days in State
41
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

0.79
Less volatile than the market — more defensive
52W High
$1,190.00
28% below the year high
52W Low
$680.50
25% above the year low
Avg Volume
451,226
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
N/A
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
N/A
351.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$0.35
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

6.11
Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline
1.18
Adequate but worth monitoring
Quick Ratio
1.13
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
46.1%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
12.1%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$51M
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$431M
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$43M
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
11
Target High
$1,350.00
Target Median
$1,110.00
Target Low
$920.00
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-28

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