FORTY vs KD vs YB Stock Comparison

Formula Systems (1985), Kyndryl Holdings and Yuanbao Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
KD Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.
$14.09 +25.6% 1M -51.2% 1Y
Market cap
$3.06B
P/E
35.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.97B
Div. yield
–
IT Services Technology
1 win
YB Yuanbao Inc.
$11.10 -8.1% 1M -52.1% 1Y
Market cap
$412.68M
P/E
1.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$721.91M
Div. yield
–
Insurtech Technology
6 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Yuanbao leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Yuanbao 6, Formula Systems (1985) 3, Kyndryl Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFORTYKDYBLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.85B $3.06B $412.68M KD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 2.9x 35.1x 1.0x YB
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 7.2x 2.6x YB
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +24.8% -0.6% +37.2% YB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 21.6% 0.6% 57.3% YB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.1% 1.2% — FORTY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.9x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -14.3% -51.2% -52.1% FORTY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.5%/yr -14.9%/yr — FORTY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 55.3% 95.2% 51.1% YB
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 86/100 53/100 89/100 YB

Percentile Scorecard

FORTYKDYB

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisFORTYKDYB
Valuation 98 #2 of 49 65 #18 of 49 86 #15 of 99
Growth 93 #4 of 45 61 #18 of 45 94 #7 of 94
Profitability 82 #8 of 39 42 #23 of 39 99 #2 of 90
Financial Health 59 #25 of 60 7 #56 of 60 87 #15 of 105
Shareholder Returns 100 #1 of 29 89 #4 of 29 81 #12 of 59
Overall 86 53 89
  • FORTY ranked among 65 companies in Technology Services
  • KD ranked among 65 companies in Technology Services
  • YB ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodFORTYKDYBSPY
1 month +12.0%+25.6%-8.1% +0.9%
3 months +13.2%+0.5%-17.3% +5.9%
6 months -7.6%+0.8%-29.4% +8.5%
Year to date -26.7%-47.0%-45.2% +13.3%
1 year -14.3%-51.2%-52.1% +12.4%
3 years +118.7%+0.9%— +88.1%
3 years, per year +29.8%+0.3%— +23.5%
5 years +12.9%-55.3%— +68.2%
5 years, per year +2.5%-14.9%— +11.0%
10 years +217.1%—— +263.4%
10 years, per year +12.2%—— +13.8%

Risk

MeasureFORTYKDYBSPY
Volatility, 1Y 55.3%95.2%51.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 85.2%123.2%51.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.630.610.38 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.26-0.54-1.02 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.5%-75.6%-64.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -35.8%-51.3%-52.1% -0.9%
52-week high $190.56$28.92$23.19 $779.14
52-week low $102.01$10.59$11.08 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleFORTYKDYB
P/E now vs peer median 3.0xmedian 17.7x 35.7xmedian 17.7x 1.0xmedian 19.6x
P/S now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 0.7x 0.2xmedian 0.7x 0.7xmedian 2.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 10.7x 4.0xmedian 10.7x —median 17.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 11.0x 20.7xmedian 11.0x —median 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 1.5x 2.6xmedian 1.5x 0.9xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median 0.03median 1.35 1.26median 1.35 —median 1.01

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsFORTYKDYB
Revenue $2.93B $14.97B $721.91M
Gross profit $580.29M $3.27B –
Operating income $249.80M $203.00M –
Net income $697.91M $87.00M $277.06M
Free cash flow – $148.00M –
R&D $21.15M – $59.06M
EPS (diluted) $39.97 $0.39 $8.68
Cash & equivalents $863.79M $2.11B $168.92M
Total debt $642.43M $4.85B –
Shares (diluted) 15.79M 220.60M 47.65M
Enterprise value -$1.50B -$4.37B -$1.96B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricFORTYKDYB
P/E 3.0x 35.7x 1.0x
P/FCF – 20.7x –
P/Operating cash flow – 4.0x –
P/S 0.6x 0.2x 0.7x
P/B 1.1x 2.6x 0.9x
P/Tangible book 1.1x 3.1x 0.9x
EV/EBITDA – 4.0x –
EV/EBIT 4.7x 28.6x -0.9x
EV/Revenue 0.4x 0.4x -0.3x
EV/FCF – 39.3x –
EV/Operating cash flow – 7.6x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.03 1.26 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFORTYKDYB
Revenue growth (1Y) 24.8% -0.6% 37.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.9% -4.1% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 22.3% 4.3% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -3.2% 7.5% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 26.5% 851.9% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 1.6% 29.0% –
Net income growth (1Y) 255.1% -70.7% 63.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 61.1% 28.3% –
EPS growth (1Y) 700.9% -68.3% 438.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 112.1% 28.4% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -12.0% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 36.3% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -38.3% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 34.2% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFORTYKDYB
Gross margin 19.8% 21.8% –
EBITDA margin – 9.8% –
Operating margin 8.5% 1.4% –
Pretax margin 7.1% 1.7% 34.1%
Net margin 21.6% 0.6% 57.3%
FCF margin – 1.0% –
Operating cash flow margin – 5.1% –
Return on equity 40.1% 7.1% 50.4%
Return on assets 19.5% 0.7% 33.2%
Return on invested capital 10.1% 1.2% –
Return on capital employed 11.2% 3.2% 45.5%
Asset turnover 0.8x 1.2x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 8.8x –
Stock comp / revenue – 0.4% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFORTYKDYB
Debt / assets 4.8% 40.3% –
Debt / equity 0.1x 4.2x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.9x –
Debt / FCF – 32.8x –
Liabilities / assets 52.8% 90.3% 36.8%
Equity / assets 47.2% 9.7% 63.2%
Interest coverage – 2.0x –
Current ratio 1.5x 0.8x 2.9x
Quick ratio 1.4x 0.6x 2.8x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.4x 2.5x
Altman Z-score – 1.15 3.53

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFORTYKDYB
Dividend yield 12.4% – 11.4%
Net buyback yield – 10.0% –
Shareholder yield 12.4% 10.0% 11.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusFORTYKDYB
Forward P/E – 7.2xFY2026 2.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $1.95FY2026 $4.25FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +33.6%FY2026 +553.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +30.8% +21.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $15.74BFY2026 $881.23MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +4.3%FY2026 +41.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -4.0% +22.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFORTYKDYB
Held by institutions – 86.9% 10.3%
Institutions holding – 673 23
Change in shares held, QoQ – +7.0% +20.8%
Institutions buying – 255 14
Institutions selling – 211 5
Buyers to sellers – 1.21 2.80

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

FORTYKDYB
FORTY 1.00 0.03 0.04
KD 0.03 1.00 0.03
YB 0.04 0.03 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FORTY, KD and YB?

Kyndryl Holdings (KD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) $1.85B, Kyndryl Holdings (KD) $3.06B, Yuanbao (YB) $412.68M.

Which stock is cheaper, FORTY, KD and YB?

Yuanbao (YB) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) 2.9x, Kyndryl Holdings (KD) 35.1x, Yuanbao (YB) 1.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Yuanbao (YB) is cheapest (Kyndryl Holdings (KD) 7.2x, Yuanbao (YB) 2.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Yuanbao (YB) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) +24.8%, Kyndryl Holdings (KD) -0.6%, Yuanbao (YB) +37.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Yuanbao (YB) has the highest net margin (Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) 21.6%, Kyndryl Holdings (KD) 0.6%, Yuanbao (YB) 57.3%). On return on invested capital, Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) leads (Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) 10.1%, Kyndryl Holdings (KD) 1.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) returned the most: Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) -14.3%, Kyndryl Holdings (KD) -51.2%, Yuanbao (YB) -52.1%. Over five years, Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) compounded fastest (Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) +2.5%/yr, Kyndryl Holdings (KD) -14.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Yuanbao (YB) has been the steadiest (Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) 55.3%, Kyndryl Holdings (KD) 95.2%, Yuanbao (YB) 51.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FORTY, KD and YB?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Yuanbao (YB) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.