Low-margin deals hurt Kyndryl

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KYNDRYL HOLDINGS INC. $25 is still a hold. The company (New York symbol KD; Conservative Growth, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 230.5 million; Market cap: $5.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.4; No dividend paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.kyndryl.com) helps corporate and government clients manage their datacentres. On November 3, 2021, former parent company International Business Machines Corp. (New York symbol IBM) spun off Kyndryl as a separate firm. Investors received one Kyndryl share for every five IBM shares they held. In its fiscal 2024 fourth quarter, ended March 31, 2024, Kyndryl’s revenue fell 9.5%, to $3.85 billion from $4.26 billion a year earlier. That’s mainly due to low-margin contracts it inherited as part of the spinoff from IBM. Excluding unusual items, the company lost $2 million, or $0.01 a share, in the latest quarter. Still, that’s a big improvement over its year-earlier loss of $519 million, or $2.28 a share. Due to job cuts and other efficiencies, the company will probably earn $0.69 a share in…