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Employees: 4,500
Size K-Bro Linen (KBL.TO) is a Canada Industrials company (Miscellaneous Commercial Services) with a market value of $384M, the 383rd largest of 420 Canada companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at C$41.95 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 4.9%, against -14.2% for the median peer and +5.2% for the Canada market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 46.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.9%); the operating margin is 8.1% (peer median 5.2%).
Valuation It trades at 16.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.4× (8th cheapest of 15).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 3% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +21%, so the hurdle is -17 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.3 points above its cost of capital (5.9% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 12 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | C$592M | C$507M | C$374M | C$321M | C$277M |
| Revenue growth | — | +36% | +16% | +16% | — |
| Gross profit | C$106M | C$97.7M | C$75.1M | C$61.1M | C$36.2M |
| EBITDA | C$108M | C$89.4M | C$67.4M | C$55.9M | C$36.3M |
| Net income | C$21.7M | C$18.0M | C$18.7M | C$17.6M | C$3.91M |
| Free cash flow | C$51.9M | C$47.7M | C$31.1M | C$29.5M | C$14.8M |
| Capital expenditure | C$21.5M | C$15.4M | C$19.3M | C$12.0M | C$11.5M |
| Total debt | C$317M | C$320M | C$179M | C$124M | C$98.8M |
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| Measure | KBL.TO | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +3.0% | -3.4% | 8th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +4.9% | -14.2% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -13.8% | -34.8% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +46.6% | +6.9% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 8.1% | 5.2% | 9th highest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 16.9× | 17.4× | 8th cheapest of 15 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 3.4% | 9.2% | 6th least demanding of 14 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +20.9% | +11.4% | 2nd highest of 14 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -17.5 pp | -2.2 pp | 4th least demanding of 14 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +0.3 pp | -3.3 pp | 8th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.7× | 10.2× | 4th cheapest of 11 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.7× | -0.4× | 3rd most indebted of 14 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K-Bro Linen KBL.TO | Canada | $384M | +5% | +47% | 8% | 16.9× | 3.4% | +20.9% |
| Public Policy PPHC.L | United Kingdom | $383M | -12% | +43% | -3% | 9.0× | 1.4% | +19.6% |
| Nanofilm Technologies International MZH.SI | Singapore | $383M | -52% | +10% | 8% | 24.2× | 5.6% | +2.3% |
| Tera Probe 6627.T | Japan | $386M | +37% | +34% | 24% | 9.5× | n/a | n/a |
| TECSYS TCS.TO | Canada | $381M | +2% | +10% | 5% | 41.3× | 18.4% | +8.9% |
| Materials Analysis Technology 3587.TWO | Taiwan | $380M | -48% | +14% | 14% | 13.1× | -0.3% | +12.6% |
| Datang Environment Industry 1272.HK | Hong Kong | $388M | -18% | -3% | 13% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Beijing Kaiwen Education Technology 002659.SZ | China | $376M | -22% | +7% | 8% | 119.7× | 15.8% | +1.5% |
| Cogstate CGS.AX | Australia | $394M | +33% | +7% | 20% | 26.7× | 10.9% | +14.6% |
| Skytech 6937.TW | Taiwan | $394M | -43% | +1% | 13% | 34.8× | 21.0% | +7.3% |
| Pubang Landscape Architecture 002663.SZ | China | $395M | -31% | -19% | -21% | n/a | 15.5% | -6.0% |
| Axactor ACR.OL | Norway | $370M | -20% | -146% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Brunel International BRNL.AS | Netherlands | $399M | -8% | -6% | 2% | 16.3× | 1.6% | +6.4% |
| RattanIndia Enterprises RTNINDIA.NS | India | $368M | -37% | +2% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Chongqing Yuxin Pingrui Electronic 301107.SZ | China | $401M | -7% | +6% | 3% | n/a | 26.5% | +11.6% |
| Omni Bridgeway OBL.AX | Australia | $367M | +8% | +75% | -15% | 9.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Suzhou Kelida Building & Decoration 603828.SS | China | $404M | -3% | -52% | -26% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| SMO ClinPlus 301257.SZ | China | $405M | -35% | 0% | 3% | 21.6× | n/a | n/a |
| FRP Advisory FRP.L | United Kingdom | $405M | +6% | +16% | 20% | 9.8× | -10.6% | +17.5% |
| Hargreaves Services HSP.L | United Kingdom | $363M | +8% | +33% | 4% | 18.0× | 9.2% | +11.4% |
| Globe-Ing 277A.T | Japan | $361M | -16% | +31% | 34% | 16.8× | -3.6% | +31.2% |