# Kistos PLC (KIST.L) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. LSE, United Kingdom. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price 310p, market value 258 millionp.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): n/a** (negative earnings). Kistos PLC reported negative earnings over the last twelve months, so the P/E is not meaningful; use price-to-sales, EV/EBITDA and free-cash-flow yield instead.
- **PEG: 0.15**. A PEG of 0.15 means the P/E is low relative to expected earnings growth: the market is not paying much for that growth.
- **Price / sales: 0.8×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.8×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 8.1×**. The shares trade at 8.1× book value; most of the value is in earnings power and intangibles rather than the balance sheet.
- **EV / EBITDA: 2.8×**. Enterprise value is 2.8× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed; below 8× is inexpensive for most sectors.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: -7.7%** (5-yr avg 0.2%). Free cash flow is negative: the business is consuming cash, which is normal for heavy investment phases but a warning otherwise.

## Profitability
- **Gross margin: 28.7%**. Kistos PLC keeps 28.7% of revenue after the direct cost of what it sells.
- **Operating margin: -11.6%**. Operating margin is negative: the business loses money before interest and tax.
- **Net margin: -0.9%**. The company reported a net loss over the last twelve months.
- **Return on equity: -4.3%**. Return on equity is negative because earnings are negative.
- **Return on invested capital: -15.6%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is -15.6%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: -6.0%**. Each dollar of assets produces -6.0% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -1.9%** (3-yr -19.2%/yr). Revenue fell 1.9% over the last year.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 96.5%**. Earnings per share rose 96.5%, faster than revenue, so margins expanded or the share count shrank.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -57.8%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -57.8% a year over three years.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.
- **Cash and short-term investments: 122 millionp**. Leverage ratios are shown differently for banks and insurers, whose balance sheets are built on deposits and reserves; use return on equity and the regulatory capital in the filings instead.

## Dividends
- **Dividend: none**. Kistos PLC does not currently pay a dividend, but it returned -0.1% of its market value through buybacks over the last year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 90.8%** (YTD 72.2%, 3-mo 19.2%). The shares are up 90.8% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -7.4%** (113.8% above the low). Trading 7% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 69**. An RSI of 69 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): -0.61** (volatility 51%). Beta of -0.61 against the FTSE All-Share: the shares move much less than the market.

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