KIMBALL ELECTRONICS INC (KE)
Information Technology · Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) · NASDAQ
Kimball Electronics is a global electronics manufacturing services provider specializing in complex, high-reliability assemblies for the automotive, medical, and industrial markets.
What KIMBALL ELECTRONICS INC does
Kimball Electronics is an electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider that designs, manufactures, and assembles electronic components and assemblies for customers across multiple industries. The company operates through contract manufacturing, providing engineering, design, and supply chain solutions for original equipment manufacturers. It maintains manufacturing facilities across the United States and internationally to serve its customer base.
Themes: automotive electronics, medical device manufacturing, industrial automation, electronic supply chain services
Fundamentals
- Price$23.11 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$554M as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return-16.4% 2025-08-21 close $27.64 → 2026-08-21 close $23.11
- P/E24.06 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+1.8% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+8.0% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+4.5% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.28 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)-6.3% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-7.8% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.28 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-12 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How KE compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 265 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginbottom 10% 403 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 10% 386 covered Information Technology peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 382 covered Information Technology peers, as of FY2026
Position among covered Information Technology companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
How KIMBALL ELECTRONICS INC looks technically
KIMBALL ELECTRONICS INC (KE) is trading 12.6% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 100 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. A trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 22 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 38, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It just made a new 20-day low, its first since 2026-03-13, breaking below its recent trading range. It is 30.4% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 12.6% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -12.6% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $25.07 | $25.07 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $26.43 | $26.43 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 8 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 8 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 100 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 100 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 22 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend) | 22.3 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 38, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 38.2 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($21.89 to $27.41) — its "stochastic" reading is 22 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 22.1 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 4 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $33.19 | $33.19 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 30.4% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -30.4% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 10.0% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +10.0% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 30.4% below its highest point of the past year | 30.4% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it just made a new 20-day low, its first since 2026-03-13, breaking below its recent trading range | 1 session |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it just made a new 55-day low, its first since 2026-03-13, breaking below its recent trading range | 1 session |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $33.19 (set on 2025-09-18) | $33.19 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($22.63 to $33.13), and it has recovered only a small part of its fall from last year’s high — 5% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $29.12 to $29.45. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 4.6% |
| From the all-time high | it is 30.4% below its all-time high | -30.4% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 0.7% below a resistance level at $23.26 — a price it turned at six times since 2026-02-05, most recently on 2026-07-29. Since 2024-08-21 it has 6 such levels below the current price and 8 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +0.7% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $5.19 (set on 2014-11-03) | $5.19 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 345.3% above its all-time low | +345.3% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are wider than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (wider than about 79% of it) | 79th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $1.28 between its high and its low — about 5.5% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $1.28 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $22.89 and $27.48 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $22.89 – $25.19 – $27.48 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 5.5% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 5.5% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 2.6 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (12.6% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 2.6 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.78× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
3
| Since a doji | 1 session ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 1 session ago |
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| Since a bullish engulfing | 6 sessions ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | 6 sessions ago |
| Since a bearish engulfing | today it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | today |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 1.2% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +1.1% |
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| Gap filled | a 8.9% gap down opened on 2026-08-13 has been "filled" 6 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 6 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 4 sessions in a row, a -13.93% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 4 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 9.4 percentage points (the stock lost 7.1% while the market gained 2.3%) | -9.4% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 7.6 percentage points (the stock lost 4.5% while the market gained 3.1%) | -7.6% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 18.8 percentage points (the stock lost 7.7% while the market gained 11.1%) | -18.8% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 36.9 percentage points (the stock lost 16.4% while the market gained 20.5%) | -36.9% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 0 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 0 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 6 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day low, MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 6 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 7.8% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is thin, spanning 2.0% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that gives way easily. | -7.8% |
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Volume-weighted price
1
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 10% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $25.66 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 158 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -9.9% |
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Price levels it has turned at before
KE last closed at $23.11 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 6 prices below its last close and 8 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $23.26 | Resistance | 0.7% above the last close | turned there six times · 2026-02-05 to 2026-07-29 |
| $23.96 | Resistance | 3.7% above the last close | turned there three times · 2026-06-08 to 2026-07-08 |
| $20.51 | Support | 11.3% below the last close | turned there twice · 2024-12-03 to 2025-07-08 |
| $26.13 | Resistance | 13.1% above the last close | turned there four times · 2025-11-06 to 2026-07-13 |
| $19.64 | Support | 15.0% below the last close | turned there five times · 2024-12-27 to 2025-07-30 |
| $18.91 | Support | 18.2% below the last close | turned there six times · 2024-08-29 to 2025-07-16 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · Broke down to a new 20-day low · MACD just crossed bearish (12/26/9) · lagging the market · Printed a bearish engulfing pair | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingStrong Buy (1.50 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 4 analysts
- Mean price target$34.25 range $30.00 – $37.00; median $35.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-22. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for KE
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.38 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-22
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Revenue decline of 6.26% year-over-year indicates weakening demand or customer concentration risk in key end-markets","Low net margin of 1.81% suggests tight profitability and vulnerability to cost fluctuations, material price volatility, and manufacturing inefficiencies","Significant depreciation and amortization expense relative to operating income indicates capital-intensive operations; capital expenditures of $43M in nine months ended March 2026 may strain cash flow"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of KE's 10-Q filed 2026-05-06 against the prior one filed 2026-02-05.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Added description of geopolitical tensions in Middle East, including conflict involving U.S., Israel, and Iran, and related regional instability monitoring (newer filing, 2026-05-06)
- Added statement that company is monitoring impacts to global macroeconomic conditions, supply chain disruptions, freight and component cost increases from Middle East tensions (newer filing, 2026-05-06)
- Added statement about recovery of tariff-related costs lagging timing of cost occurrence (newer filing, 2026-05-06)
- Added customer data table comparing nine-month periods ended March 31, 2026 vs March 31, 2025 (newer filing, 2026-05-06)
- Added statement that eight declining customers accounted for approximately 1% of consolidated net sales in first nine months of fiscal year 2025 (newer filing, 2026-05-06)
- Removed:
- Removed reference to NVR market study 'Worldwide Manufacturing Services Market - 2025 Edition' and projection of 6.3% CAGR for worldwide assembly market through 2029 (older filing, 2026-02-05)
- Removed customer data table comparing six-month periods ended December 31, 2025 vs December 31, 2024 (older filing, 2026-02-05)
- Removed statement that declining customers accounted for approximately 1% of consolidated net sales in first six months of fiscal year 2025 (older filing, 2026-02-05)
- Removed reference to net sales in second quarter decreasing 5% most significantly in automotive end market (older filing, 2026-02-05)
- Reworded:
- Forward-Looking Statements: changed 'the war in Ukraine' to 'geopolitical environment and conflicts such as war' (broader phrasing in newer filing)
- Tariffs section: changed 'evolving at a rapid pace' to 'highly dynamic, including legal challenges and administrative processes related to tariffs and potential refunds' (newer filing adds specificity)
- Tariffs section: changed 'we expect that we will recover the tariff costs by passing them on to our customers' to 'We have recovered, and expect to continue recovering, a significant portion of our tariff-related costs from our customers, although recovery may lag the timing of cost occurrence' (newer filing indicates partial recovery and timing lag)
- Sales performance: changed 'Net sales in the second quarter...decreased 5%' to 'Net sales in the third quarter of the current fiscal year decreased 6%...driven primarily by single-digit percentage declines in each end market vertical' (updated to third quarter data with different metric)
- Balance sheet: changed current ratio from 2.2 to 2.1, debt-to-equity ratio remains 0.3, Share Owners' equity changed from $579 million at December 31, 2025 to $578 million at March 31, 2026 (newer filing reflects updated period-end data)
- Notes:
- Newer filing covers nine-month period ended March 31, 2026; older filing covers six-month period ended December 31, 2025 - different reporting periods complicate direct comparison
- The removal of NVR market forecast appears to be simple substitution rather than reversal of prior guidance
Risk Factors
- Reworded:
- Balance sheet date changed from December 31, 2025 to March 31, 2026 in newer filing (filed 2026-05-06)
- Income statement period changed from 'Three Months Ended December 31' and 'Six Months Ended December 31' to 'Three Months Ended March 31' and 'Nine Months Ended March 31' in newer filing (filed 2026-05-06)
- Cash flows statement period changed from 'Six Months Ended December 31' to 'Nine Months Ended March 31' in newer filing (filed 2026-05-06)
- Comparison period in income statement changed from 2025/2024 to 2026/2025 in newer filing (filed 2026-05-06)
- Comprehensive income statement comparison period changed from December 31, 2025/2024 to March 31, 2026/2025 in newer filing (filed 2026-05-06)
- Item 6 exhibits page reference changed from 33 to 34 in newer filing (filed 2026-05-06)
- Signatures page reference changed from 34 to 35 in newer filing (filed 2026-05-06)
- Notes:
- The two filings represent different interim periods for the same company (nine months ended March 31, 2026 versus six months ended December 31, 2025), making direct operational comparisons between the periods not the focus of this comparison
- The financial statement data itself has changed due to different reporting periods and dates, but these represent normal progression of financial results rather than revisions to previously reported periods
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales are on record for KE — recent Form 4 activity was compensation-related (awards, option exercises, or tax withholding), not open-market buying or selling.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsOnly open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
4 institutional 13F filers reported holding KE as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 4
- Reported shares held 3,152,578
- Reported value $74,684,584
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 4 increased, 0 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
KE had 1,761,318 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
KE had 7.35% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 9.22 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 1,761,318
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 7.35%
- Prior settlement (shares) 1,801,424
- Reported change -2.23%
- Days to cover (reported) 9.22
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Flex Ltd. (FLEX)
- Jaco Electronics
- Sanmina Corporation (SANM)
- Tech Data Corporation
- Celestica Inc. (CLS)
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Frequently asked questions
What does KIMBALL ELECTRONICS INC (KE) do?
Kimball Electronics is an electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider that designs, manufactures, and assembles electronic components and assemblies for customers across multiple industries. The company operates through contract manufacturing, providing engineering, design, and supply chain solutions for original equipment manufacturers. It maintains manufacturing facilities across the United States and internationally to serve its customer base.
What sector is KIMBALL ELECTRONICS INC (KE) in?
KIMBALL ELECTRONICS INC (KE) is classified in the Information Technology sector. Its industry is Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS). It trades on NASDAQ.
Who are KIMBALL ELECTRONICS INC's (KE) competitors?
Notable peers of KIMBALL ELECTRONICS INC (KE) include Flex Ltd., Jaco Electronics, Sanmina Corporation, Tech Data Corporation and Celestica Inc.. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is KIMBALL ELECTRONICS INC (KE) overbought or oversold right now?
KIMBALL ELECTRONICS INC (KE) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 38, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on KE come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.