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Knowit ABKNOW.STCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Sweden · SEK·Industrials›Miscellaneous Commercial Services
Momentum leader 94
Mkt cap
$327M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
71%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$481,012
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
24.3×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-3.4 pp
WACC 5.9%
Hurdle
-6 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
91 days
5 Feb 2027
Close · SEKSEK 116.80
1D-1.4%
1W-0.3%
1M+21.2%
3M+23.6%
6M+48.2%
YTD-1.0%
1Y+0.2%
ATR %3.5%
52w lowhigh11.4% off high

What Knowit does

Employees: 3,714

Knowit at a glance

Size Knowit (KNOW.ST) is a Sweden Industrials company (Miscellaneous Commercial Services) with a market value of $327M, the 214th largest of 221 Sweden companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at SEK 116.80 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 48.2%, against -10.6% for the median peer and +8.2% for the Sweden market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 5.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.0%); the operating margin is 2.4% (peer median 6.4%).

Valuation It trades at 24.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.4× (3rd most expensive of 10).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 6% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is -6 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 3.4 points below its cost of capital (5.9% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 5 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012014016011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026KNOW.ST 151Peer median 89
Six months, rebased to 100: Knowit against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Knowit financials

Reported figures in SEK; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueSEK 5.59BSEK 5.80BSEK 6.42BSEK 7.10BSEK 6.83B
Revenue growth—-10%-10%+4%—
Gross profitSEK 135MSEK 169MSEK 200MSEK 295MSEK 459M
EBITDASEK 460MSEK 502MSEK 541MSEK 659MSEK 757M
Net income-SEK 275M-SEK 285MSEK 106MSEK 240MSEK 385M
Free cash flowSEK 386MSEK 313MSEK 607MSEK 365MSEK 412M
Capital expenditureSEK 32.7MSEK 16.2MSEK 25.5MSEK 47.4MSEK 73.4M
Total debtSEK 781MSEK 837MSEK 1.02BSEK 1.10BSEK 1.59B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Knowit competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%-25%0%+25%+50%-20%0%+20%0028616050693016339658JAYKAYHCKT002431KEYS3005362179301320ELIXREJL-B07524051608879216200300977KNOW.ST6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Knowit is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-10%0%+10%+20%+30%10×20×30×HCKTKEYSELIXREJL-B405160886200SAG300977KNOW.STRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Knowit is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%+40%-20%0%20%40%9658HCKT002431KEYSELIXREJL-B405160887921300977KNOW.STGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Knowit is the large dot.

Knowit competitors and peer comparison

How Knowit compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Knowit against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureKNOW.STPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+21.2%-2.3%3rd highest of 21
6-month return+48.2%-10.6%2nd highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-11.4%-35.1%4th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-5.9%+6.0%7th lowest of 21
Operating margin2.4%6.4%9th lowest of 21
Forward P/E24.3×12.4×3rd most expensive of 10
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)6.3%-1.2%5th most demanding of 12
Growth delivered (Del g)+12.1%+8.7%5th highest of 12
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-5.8 pp-14.4 pp3rd most demanding of 12
ROIC minus cost of capital-3.4 pp+0.8 pp10th lowest of 20
EV / EBITDA8.1×8.0×6th most expensive of 12
Net debt / EBITDA1.1×-0.5×4th most indebted of 13

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Knowit KNOW.STSweden$327M+48%-6%2%24.3×6.3%+12.1%
YingTong Telecommunication 002861.SZChina$329M-27%+15%-8%n/an/an/a
Beijing ZEHO Waterfront Ecological Environment Treatment 605069.SSChina$324M-28%+3%-62%n/an/an/a
Wuhan Guide Technology 301633.SZChina$331M-19%-32%-11%n/an/an/a
Business Brain Showaota 9658.TJapan$332M+63%+6%7%n/a-1.2%+7.6%
Jaykay Enterprises JAYKAY.NSIndia$321M+28%+118%4%n/an/an/a
Hackett HCKTUnited States$334M+25%-8%13%8.7×-1.2%+5.0%
Palm Eco-Town Development 002431.SZChina$319M-43%-52%-50%n/a14.2%-16.0%
Keystone Law KEYS.LUnited Kingdom$335M+38%+21%9%18.5×7.3%+15.9%
Wuhan Nusun Landscape 300536.SZChina$319M-29%+154%-57%n/an/an/a
Jiangsu Recbio Technology 2179.HKHong Kong$317M-43%-82%-25,868%n/an/an/a
Qingdao Richmat Intelligence Technology 301320.SZChina$315M-34%+20%-3%n/an/an/a
Elixirr International ELIX.LUnited Kingdom$340M-29%+29%21%7.7×4.4%+37.6%
Rejlers REJL-B.STSweden$314M-7%+6%6%14.8×-3.1%+14.9%
Pico Far East 0752.HKHong Kong$342M-14%+3%6%n/an/an/a
GMO Financial Gate 4051.TJapan$310M+3%+14%12%25.2×17.0%+37.2%
SIGMAXYZ 6088.TJapan$310M-6%-13%24%11.0×-9.5%+11.2%
Takara & 7921.TJapan$346M+23%+4%15%n/a-11.6%+4.7%
Insource 6200.TJapan$347M-1%+7%40%11.1×n/an/a
Science SAG.LUnited Kingdom$308M-4%-11%17%12.4×-5.8%+8.7%
Shenzhen Ridge Technology 300977.SZChina$349M-27%+13%-2%31.9×33.2%-4.0%

Questions

Which companies are Knowit's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: YingTong Telecommunication (002861.SZ), Beijing ZEHO Waterfront Ecological Environment Treatment (605069.SS), Wuhan Guide Technology (301633.SZ), Business Brain Showaota (9658.T), Jaykay Enterprises (JAYKAY.NS), Hackett (HCKT), Palm Eco-Town Development (002431.SZ), Keystone Law (KEYS.L).
Is Knowit expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 24.3× against a peer median of 12.4×, 3rd most expensive of 10 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 6% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is -6 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Knowit stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +48.2% against -10.6% for the median peer; over one year +0.2%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.