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KYIV NASDAQ

Kyivstar Group Ltd. Common Shares
1W: +4.1% 1M: +3.5% 3M: +0.6% YTD: -0.5% 1Y: -1.0%
$13.20
+0.07 (+0.53%)
After Hours: $12.86 (-0.34, -2.58%)
Weekly Expected Move ±6.5%
$12 $12 $13 $14 $15
NASDAQ · Communication Services · Telecommunications Services · Tech Score Strong Buy · Power 67 · $3.0B mcap · 230M float · 0.227% daily turnover · Short 44% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 52% of companies Debt: 15.2% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
If the stock fell to about $0.31 (down 98%), Kyivstar Group Ltd. Common Shares would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $544.0M against a stock market value of $3.03B.
Distance to default 4.93 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $366.5M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 49.1%; Altman Z'' 4.51. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.

Edge Score

Quantitative competitive moat analysis scoring five pillars of durable advantage — cost leadership, brand intangibles, switching costs, network effects, and efficient scale — using industry percentile rankings on a 0–100 scale.

WEAK EDGE
54.7 / 100
NoneWeakNarrowWide
Primary source: Cost Advantage  ·  ROIC: 14.5%
Cost Advantage ★
84
Intangibles
58
Switching Cost
60
Network Effect
23
Scale
33
The Edge Score quantifies a company's competitive moat using five pillars: Cost Advantage (20%, operating margin and SG&A efficiency vs industry peers), Intangible Assets (25%, gross margin premium, R&D intensity, brand pricing power), Switching Costs (25%, revenue stability, earnings consistency, customer retention proxied by operating leverage), Network Effects (15%, revenue growth with expanding margins, market share dominance), and Efficient Scale (15%, market concentration, ROIC sustainability). Each pillar is scored 0–100 using industry percentile rankings, then weighted into a composite. Wide ≥ 70, Narrow ≥ 55, Weak ≥ 40, None < 40. KYIV shows a Weak competitive edge (54.7/100) — limited structural advantages that may face competitive pressure. The primary source of advantage is Cost Advantage. ROIC of 14.5% suggests modest returns relative to capital deployed.

Analyst Insights

Wall Street analyst consensus based on price targets and buy/sell/hold recommendations from institutional research coverage over the trailing 12 months.

Analyst Price Targets
$0
Low
$17
Avg Target
$17
High
Based on 1 analyst ratings (12 mo)
Analyst Recommendations
Rating Summary
Price Target Change History
DateFirmAnalystOldNewChangeUpside @ CallStock@Call
2026-06-05 Morgan Stanley — Initiated $17 — +22.0% $13.94
2025-10-21 Cantor Fitzgerald Yi Fu Lee Initiated $17 — +25.6% $13.54
2025-09-25 Northland Securities Tim Savageaux Initiated $17 — +38.3% $12.29
2025-09-24 Oppenheimer Timothy Horan Initiated $20 — +74.2% $11.48
2025-08-26 New Street — Initiated $16 — +34.1% $11.94

Financial Rating

Composite financial health rating (A+ to F) based on discounted cash flow valuation, return on equity, return on assets, debt-to-equity leverage, and relative P/E and P/B multiples.

B+
Oct 27, 2026
DCF
5
ROE
3
ROA
4
D/E
3
P/E
2
P/B
2
The Financial Rating evaluates six fundamental factors — discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation, return on equity (ROE), return on assets (ROA), debt-to-equity leverage (D/E), and relative price-to-earnings (P/E) and price-to-book (P/B) multiples — each scored 1–5. KYIV receives an overall rating of B+. Strongest factors: DCF (5/5), ROA (4/5). Areas of concern: P/E (2/5), P/B (2/5).
Rating Change History
DateFromTo
2026-10-26 A- B+
2026-09-02 B+ A-
2026-08-03 A- B+
2026-07-30 A A-
2026-07-25 A- A
2026-07-01 A A-
2026-06-08 A- A
2026-05-19 B+ A-
2026-05-18 A- B+
2026-05-15 B+ A-

InsiderStreet Scorecard

Proprietary multi-factor scorecard rating companies across seven fundamental dimensions — profitability, balance sheet strength, earnings quality, growth, value, momentum, and safety — each scored 0–100.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 61 Grade A
Profitability
75
Balance Sheet
76
Earnings Quality
55
Growth
—
Value
45
Momentum
—
Safety
100
Cash Flow
64
The InsiderStreet Scorecard rates companies across eight dimensions: Profitability (margins, ROA, ROE), Balance Sheet (leverage, liquidity, coverage), Earnings Quality (accruals, cash conversion), Growth (revenue and earnings trajectory), Value (P/E, P/B, earnings yield, Graham criteria), Momentum (revenue and earnings acceleration), Safety (Altman Z-Score risk adjustment), and Cash Flow (operating cash flow quality, FCF conversion, cash coverage). The overall score blends 35% quality, 35% value, and 30% momentum, with a penalty for distress-zone Altman scores. KYIV scores highest in Safety (100/100) and lowest in Value (45/100). An overall grade of A places KYIV among the highest-quality companies in its peer group.

Risk & Quality Signals

Academic financial models used by institutional investors to assess bankruptcy risk, earnings manipulation, financial strength, and credit quality.

Altman Z-Score
4.31
Safe Zone
Piotroski F-Score
4/9
✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗
Beneish M-Score
—
—
Ohlson O-Score
-9.76
Bankruptcy prob: 0.0%
Low Risk
Credit Rating
AA-
Score: 84.0/100
Earnings Quality
75/100
OCF/NI: 3.83x
Accruals: -20.4%
The Altman Z-Score (1968) combines five ratios — working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, market value of equity, and sales, all relative to total assets or liabilities — into a single bankruptcy predictor. KYIV scores 4.31, placing it in the Safe Zone (safe > 2.99, distress < 1.81). Bankruptcy is statistically unlikely within the next two years. The Piotroski F-Score (2000) is a 9-point binary checklist — four profitability tests (positive ROA, positive cash flow, improving ROA, cash flow exceeding net income), three leverage tests (declining debt ratio, improving current ratio, no share dilution), and two efficiency tests (improving gross margin, improving asset turnover). Each pass scores 1 point. KYIV scores 4/9, indicating moderate financial health — some areas of strength offset by weaknesses in others. The Ohlson O-Score (1980) is a 9-variable logistic regression that estimates bankruptcy probability using firm size, leverage, working capital, current ratio, profitability (ROA), cash flow coverage, negative equity flag, consecutive losses flag, and earnings trajectory. The raw score is converted to a probability via logistic transformation. KYIV's implied 0.0% bankruptcy probability is well within safe territory. Our Credit Rating model scores companies on five weighted components — solvency (30%), earning power (25%), leverage (20%), liquidity (15%), and cash flow quality (10%) — then blends the absolute score with sector and industry peer rankings. For companies with large buyback programs, equity is adjusted by adding back cumulative 5-year repurchases (capped at 80% of FCF generated) to avoid penalizing shareholder-friendly capital allocation. KYIV receives an estimated rating of AA- (score: 84.0/100). The Earnings Quality score measures how well reported earnings are backed by real cash. It evaluates the operating cash flow to net income ratio (OCF/NI ≥ 1.0 means every dollar of earnings is cash-backed) and the accruals ratio (the gap between earnings and cash flow relative to assets — lower is better). KYIV's score of 75/100 is high — cash flows strongly support reported earnings.

Valuation

Key valuation multiples comparing the stock's market price to its earnings, revenue, book value, and cash flows. Lower multiples may indicate relative undervaluation versus peers.

P/E
19.43x
PEG
0.91x
P/S
2.38x
P/B
2.20x
P/FCF
13.68x
P/OCF
5.98x
EV/EBITDA
7.04x
EV/Revenue
2.95x
EV/EBIT
12.78x
EV/FCF
13.85x
Earnings Yield
4.37%
FCF Yield
7.31%
Shareholder Yield
0.00%
Graham Number
$9.76
Equity-based multiples (P/E, P/B, P/FCF) compare the stock price to per-share fundamentals and are affected by capital structure. Enterprise value multiples (EV/EBITDA, EV/Revenue, EV/FCF) strip out debt and cash, making them more useful for cross-company comparisons regardless of how companies are financed. The Graham Number — √(22.5 × EPS × Book Value) — is Benjamin Graham's formula for the maximum price a defensive investor should pay. At 19.4x earnings, KYIV trades at a reasonable valuation. Graham's intrinsic value formula yields $9.76 per share, 35% below the current price.

DuPont Decomposition (5-Factor)

The 5-factor DuPont framework breaks Return on Equity into its component drivers — tax efficiency, interest burden, operating profitability, asset utilization, and financial leverage — to reveal what truly drives shareholder returns.

Tax Burden
0.676
NI / EBT
×
Interest Burden
0.814
EBT / EBIT
×
EBIT Margin
0.231
EBIT / Rev
×
Asset Turnover
0.566
Rev / Assets
×
Equity Multiplier
1.634
Assets / Equity
=
ROE
11.8%
The 5-factor DuPont identity decomposes ROE as: Tax Burden × Interest Burden × EBIT Margin × Asset Turnover × Equity Multiplier = ROE. This reveals whether returns are driven by operating performance, financial leverage, or tax efficiency — three very different sources of profitability. KYIV's ROE of 11.8% is driven by Asset Turnover (0.566), indicating efficient use of assets to generate revenue.

Graham-Dodd Adjusted Valuation

Our adaptation of Graham's growth formula (Fair P/E = 8.5 + 2g) from The Intelligent Investor. The classic version relies on analyst growth projections, which can be unreliable. This adjusted model substitutes the company's realized 3-year EPS CAGR — a backward-looking, verifiable measure of actual earnings power — grounding the valuation in demonstrated performance rather than forecasts.

Two adjustments we make, and why. Growth is capped at 15%. Graham defined g as expected growth over the next seven to ten years, not last year's rate. Across US companies since 1994 the median realized 7-year EPS growth is 5–8% regardless of how fast a company grew beforehand, and of 4,457 company-quarters that grew faster than 200%, none sustained it. Uncapped, the formula assigned fair multiples in the hundreds to companies that had never held that rate — and scored worse than simply reading the P/E. Capped, it carries real information. The verdict has three states, not two. Tested over 377,249 stock-months, this ratio only separates outcomes at its extremes: below 0.25 beat the universe by 1.3 points a year, above 3.0 lagged by 2.7, and everything in between sat inside a one-point band. Rather than call two-thirds of the market "undervalued" on a threshold of 1.0, we say Neutral where the model cannot tell — which is most of the time.

Adj. Growth Rate
0.00%
Fair P/E
8.50x
Intrinsic Value
$6.00
Price/Value
2.69x
Margin of Safety
-169.46%
Premium
169.46%
Assessment
Neutral
Graham's classic formula uses analyst-projected growth to estimate a fair P/E (8.5 + 2g). Our adjusted version replaces that projection with KYIV's realized 0.0% 3-year EPS CAGR, capped at 15% — demonstrated performance rather than forecasts, held to a rate companies have historically sustained. KYIV trades at a 169% premium to its adjusted intrinsic value of $6.00, suggesting the market is pricing in future growth beyond what historical earnings support. The adjusted fair P/E of 8.5x compares to the current market P/E of 19.4x.

Profitability Trends

Historical profitability ratios tracking how efficiently the company converts revenue into returns for shareholders over time.

Leverage & Solvency Trends

Debt and liquidity metrics showing the company's financial leverage and ability to meet short-term and long-term obligations.

Efficiency & Working Capital Trends

Operating efficiency metrics measuring how quickly the company converts inventory to sales, collects receivables, and manages its cash conversion cycle.

Growth Trends (YoY %)

Year-over-year growth rates for key financial metrics, showing the trajectory of revenue, earnings, and cash flow generation.

Earnings Stability

R-squared of linear regression measuring how predictably revenue, earnings, and margins follow a trend over the trailing 5 years. 1.0 = perfectly predictable; lower values indicate erratic or cyclical behavior.

Monte Carlo Price Simulation

Geometric Brownian Motion with 1,000 antithetic paths over 1 year, seeded from 302 days of historical volatility. Percentile bands show the range of statistically plausible outcomes — this is a statistical model, not a forecast.

Current Price
$13.20
Median 1Y
$12.66
5th Pctile
$5.35
95th Pctile
$30.09
Ann. Volatility
55.8%
25th–75th percentile 5th–95th percentile Median path Historical

Workforce & Productivity

Workforce efficiency metrics measuring revenue, profit, and R&D spend per employee — key indicators of operational leverage and human capital productivity.

Employees
5,000
-3.6% YoY
Revenue / Employee
$231,400
Rev: $1,157,000,000
Profit / Employee
$24,800
NI: $124,000,000
SGA / Employee
$77,000
Avg labor cost proxy

Scaling Efficiency

All Ratios & Metrics

Complete fundamental data with up to 20 periods of history, sparkline trends, and current values across 13 categories and 130+ financial metrics.

Profitability
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
ROE -7.2% 0.1% 6.4% 11.8% 11.77%
ROA -4.4% 0.0% 3.9% 7.2% 7.20%
ROIC -3.0% 0.1% 7.2% 14.5% 14.48%
ROCE -4.6% 3.6% 10.7% 16.6% 16.55%
Gross Margin 89.9% -3.1% 71.8% 88.8% 88.79%
Operating Margin -16.2% 36.4% 35.3% 36.6% 36.58%
Net Margin -30.0% 28.0% 26.3% 22.7% 22.71%
EBITDA Margin -5.7% 60.4% 55.7% 53.1% 53.10%
FCF Margin 13.5% 10.0% 16.9% 21.3% 21.33%
OCF Margin 47.5% 47.4% 48.2% 48.8% 48.75%
ROIC Economic snapshot only 10.91%
Cash ROA snapshot only 27.57%
Cash ROIC snapshot only 43.51%
CROIC snapshot only 19.04%
NOPAT Margin snapshot only 16.22%
Pretax Margin snapshot only 18.83%
R&D / Revenue snapshot only 0.00%
SGA / Revenue snapshot only 11.09%
SBC / Revenue snapshot only 0.00%
Valuation
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
P/E Ratio -30.80 2999.68 27.17 22.90 19.426
P/S Ratio 9.23 4.85 2.48 2.92 2.383
P/B Ratio 2.22 2.31 1.74 2.70 2.202
P/FCF 68.53 48.38 14.69 13.68 13.675
P/OCF 19.44 10.24 5.15 5.98 5.983
EV/EBITDA -163.01 17.29 7.03 7.04 7.044
EV/Revenue 9.33 4.95 2.67 2.95 2.955
EV/EBIT -39.03 52.77 13.94 12.78 12.778
EV/FCF 69.28 49.37 15.78 13.85 13.855
Earnings Yield -3.2% 0.0% 3.7% 4.4% 4.37%
FCF Yield 1.5% 2.1% 6.8% 7.3% 7.31%
PEG Ratio snapshot only 0.907
Price/Tangible Book snapshot only 5.150
EV/OCF snapshot only 6.062
EV/Gross Profit snapshot only 4.788
Acquirers Multiple snapshot only 12.320
Shareholder Yield snapshot only 0.00%
Graham Number snapshot only $9.76
Leverage & Solvency
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Current Ratio 1.40 1.38 1.16 1.26 1.257
Quick Ratio 1.40 1.35 1.16 1.25 1.251
Debt/Equity 0.41 0.40 0.39 0.39 0.393
Net Debt/Equity 0.02 0.05 0.13 0.04 0.035
Debt/Assets 0.25 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.240
Debt/EBITDA -29.53 2.92 1.47 1.01 1.013
Net Debt/EBITDA -1.76 0.34 0.48 0.09 0.091
Interest Coverage -3.94 1.61 3.33 4.05 4.055
Equity Multiplier 1.64 1.63 1.63 1.63 1.634
Cash Ratio snapshot only 1.042
Debt Service Coverage snapshot only 7.356
Cash to Debt snapshot only 0.910
FCF to Debt snapshot only 0.502
Defensive Interval snapshot only 426.2 days
Efficiency & Turnover
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Asset Turnover 0.15 0.29 0.43 0.57 0.566
Inventory Turnover — 24.07 226.00 163.33 163.333
Receivables Turnover 8.03 17.17 26.89 31.22 31.220
Payables Turnover 0.22 2.56 3.07 3.29 3.289
DSO 45 21 14 12 11.7 days
DIO 0 15 2 2 2.2 days
DPO 1667 143 119 111 111.0 days
Cash Conversion Cycle -1621 -106 -104 -97 -97.1 days
Fixed Asset Turnover snapshot only 1.349
Operating Cycle snapshot only 13.9 days
Cash Velocity snapshot only 2.586
Capital Intensity snapshot only 1.768
Growth Quality
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Revenue Stability — — — — —
Earnings Stability — — — — —
Margin Stability — — — — —
Rev. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000
Earn. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000
FCF Positive Streak 0 0 0 0 0
Earnings Persistence — — — — —
Earnings Smoothness — — — — —
ROE Trend — — — — —
Gross Margin Trend — — — — —
FCF Margin Trend — — — — —
Sustainable Growth Rate — 0.1% 6.4% 11.8% 11.77%
Internal Growth Rate — 0.0% 4.1% 7.8% 7.76%
Cash Flow Quality
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
OCF/Net Income -1.58 293.00 5.28 3.83 3.828
FCF/OCF 0.28 0.21 0.35 0.44 0.438
FCF/Net Income snapshot only 1.675
OCF/EBITDA snapshot only 1.162
CapEx/Revenue 34.0% 37.4% 31.3% 27.4% 27.42%
CapEx/Depreciation snapshot only 1.456
Accruals Ratio -0.11 -0.14 -0.17 -0.20 -0.204
Sloan Accruals snapshot only -0.188
Cash Flow Adequacy snapshot only 1.778
Earnings Quality Score snapshot only 0.750
Dividends & Buybacks
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Dividend Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
Dividend/Share $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Payout Ratio — 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
FCF Payout Ratio 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
Total Payout Ratio — 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
Div. Increase Streak — — — — —
Chowder Number — — — — —
Buyback Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
Net Buyback Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
Total Shareholder Return 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
DuPont Factors
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Tax Burden (NI/EBT) 1.25 0.03 0.60 0.68 0.676
Interest Burden (EBT/EBIT) 1.00 0.69 0.80 0.81 0.814
EBIT Margin -0.24 0.09 0.19 0.23 0.231
Asset Turnover 0.15 0.29 0.43 0.57 0.566
Equity Multiplier 1.64 1.63 1.63 1.63 1.634
Per Share
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
EPS (Diluted TTM) $-0.41 $0.00 $0.37 $0.71 $0.71
Book Value/Share $5.64 $5.62 $5.81 $6.00 $6.00
Tangible Book/Share $3.47 $3.50 $3.01 $3.14 $3.14
Revenue/Share $1.35 $2.67 $4.08 $5.54 $5.54
FCF/Share $0.18 $0.27 $0.69 $1.18 $1.18
OCF/Share $0.64 $1.27 $1.97 $2.70 $2.70
Cash/Share $2.15 $1.97 $1.53 $2.14 $2.14
EBITDA/Share $-0.08 $0.77 $1.55 $2.33 $2.33
Debt/Share $2.29 $2.23 $2.28 $2.36 $2.36
Net Debt/Share $0.14 $0.26 $0.75 $0.21 $0.21
Academic Models
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Altman Z-Score — — — — 4.310
Altman Z-Prime snapshot only 7.321
Piotroski F-Score 3 4 4 4 4
Beneish M-Score — — — — —
Ohlson O-Score snapshot only -9.756
ROIC (Greenblatt) snapshot only 27.64%
Net-Net WC snapshot only $-1.22
EVA snapshot only $64239004.15
Credit
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Credit Rating snapshot only AA-
Credit Score 52.74 64.33 75.60 84.04 84.039
Credit Grade snapshot only 4
Implied Spread (bps) snapshot only 100.000
Industry Credit Rank snapshot only 85
Sector Credit Rank snapshot only 80

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