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Employees: 5,600
Size Kimball Electronics (KE) is a United States Information Technology company (Electronic Production Equipment) with a market value of $462M, the 2757th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $19.26 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 26.3%, against -27.2% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 11th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 3.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.8%); the operating margin is 3.6% (peer median 0.5%).
Valuation It trades at 12.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 20.2× (3rd cheapest of 10).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +2%, so the hurdle is +2 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 3.2 points below its cost of capital (9.7% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 6.6% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 8 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.43B | $1.43B | $1.49B | $1.71B | $1.82B |
| Revenue growth | — | -4% | -13% | -6% | — |
| Gross profit | $113M | $132M | $125M | $151M | $176M |
| EBITDA | $90.7M | $92.9M | $96.3M | $108M | $120M |
| Net income | $27.9M | $27.9M | $17.0M | $20.5M | $55.7M |
| Free cash flow | $20.6M | $20.6M | $151M | $27.0M | -$103M |
| Capital expenditure | $51.7M | $51.7M | $33.7M | $47.0M | $90.7M |
| Total debt | $133M | $133M | $159M | $295M | $281M |
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| Measure | KE | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -33.1% | -14.8% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -26.3% | -27.2% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -39.8% | -47.6% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -3.7% | +8.8% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 0.5% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 12.1× | 20.2× | 3rd cheapest of 10 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 4.0% | 9.9% | 6th least demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +2.1% | +6.6% | 4th lowest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +1.9 pp | +2.3 pp | 7th least demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -3.2 pp | -6.6 pp | 10th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.6× | 9.4× | cheapest of 9 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.5× | -1.5× | 4th most indebted of 11 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimball Electronics KE | United States | $462M | -26% | -4% | 4% | 12.1× | 4.0% | +2.1% |
| Launch Tech 2488.HK | Hong Kong | $466M | -29% | +22% | 16% | n/a | -12.1% | +13.8% |
| Tianjin Jieqiang Power Equipment 300875.SZ | China | $451M | -23% | +143% | -28% | n/a | 27.9% | +3.5% |
| Note NOTE.ST | Sweden | $445M | -12% | +9% | 9% | 15.3× | 0.0% | +15.3% |
| Solomon Technology 2359.TW | Taiwan | $483M | -25% | +3% | 0% | 66.0× | 58.1% | +3.8% |
| Group Up Industrial 6664.TWO | Taiwan | $483M | -44% | +11% | 34% | 13.7× | 3.9% | +9.8% |
| KMW 032500.KS | South Korea | $488M | -47% | -9% | -26% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ways Electron 605218.SS | China | $431M | -30% | +20% | -2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen Zowee Tech 002369.SZ | China | $431M | -30% | -8% | -15% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Hollywave Electronic System 688682.SS | China | $426M | -42% | +29% | -12% | 154.8× | 17.3% | +5.7% |
| Guangdong Tecsun Science & Technology 002908.SZ | China | $425M | -22% | -14% | -11% | n/a | 28.9% | -0.1% |
| Inventronics (Hangzhou) 300582.SZ | China | $424M | -35% | -4% | -20% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Yes Optoelectronics (Group) 002952.SZ | China | $423M | -38% | +14% | 3% | n/a | 21.7% | +14.8% |
| SFA Engineering 056190.KS | South Korea | $505M | -23% | -12% | 5% | 10.3× | -5.4% | +1.0% |
| AMPOC Far-East 2493.TW | Taiwan | $510M | -2% | +6% | 17% | n/a | 7.0% | +7.7% |
| Koa 6999.T | Japan | $415M | -6% | +22% | 7% | 7.4× | 12.7% | +7.5% |
| Chipsea Technologies Shenzhen 688595.SS | China | $521M | -30% | +12% | -16% | 45.1× | n/a | n/a |
| uPI Semiconductor 6719.TW | Taiwan | $522M | -14% | +8% | 16% | 20.2× | -6.0% | +1.8% |
| ICHIA Technologies 2402.TW | Taiwan | $405M | -38% | +13% | 6% | 37.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen Txd Technology 002845.SZ | China | $535M | -18% | -3% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen CDL Precision Technology 300686.SZ | China | $535M | -23% | -7% | -14% | n/a | n/a | n/a |