Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Purchases 180,237 Shares of Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. $KD

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its position in shares of Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:KD) by 4.1% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 4,607,829 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 180,237 shares during the quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP owned 2.02% of Kyndryl worth $138,375,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Kyndryl by 6.1% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 28,186,677 shares of the company’s stock valued at $846,446,000 after buying an additional 1,619,048 shares during the period. ING Groep NV bought a new position in Kyndryl in the third quarter worth approximately $9,188,000. Arnhold LLC boosted its stake in shares of Kyndryl by 19.5% during the 3rd quarter. Arnhold LLC now owns 1,010,671 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,350,000 after acquiring an additional 164,856 shares during the last quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Kyndryl by 21.1% during the 3rd quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 315,439 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,472,000 after acquiring an additional 54,945 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sound Shore Management Inc CT bought a new stake in shares of Kyndryl during the 3rd quarter valued at $61,113,000. Institutional investors own 71.53% of the company’s stock.

Key Kyndryl News

Here are the key news stories impacting Kyndryl this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Kyndryl published its 2025–2026 Kyndryl Readiness Report highlighting rising enterprise demand around quantum, data sovereignty and network modernization — a commercial narrative that supports demand for Kyndryl’s infrastructure and security services and could help revenue opportunities. Kyndryl Readiness Report
• Neutral Sentiment: Numerous law firms and notice services (Pomerantz, Rosen, Schall, Faruqi, Bernstein Liebhard, others) are soliciting lead-plaintiff candidates and reminding investors of the April 13, 2026 deadline — these are procedural notices that increase attention and potential consolidation of plaintiffs but largely repeat the same class‑period/claims. Pomerantz Investor Alert
• Negative Sentiment: Kyndryl filed amended quarterly and annual reports that disclosed its disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting were ineffective for multiple 2025 periods. Plaintiffs’ firms (Hagens Berman and others) cite those amended filings as the basis for securities fraud litigation — the admissions materially increase legal, remediation and reputational risk. Hagens Berman: Securities Class Action
• Negative Sentiment: Short interest rose sharply in February — up ~20.2% to ~17.65M shares (about 8% of shares sold short) with a short-interest ratio around 3.0 days — indicating elevated bearish positioning that can amplify downward pressure on the share price. (Source: February short‑interest report)

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have recently commented on KD. Oppenheimer restated a “market perform” rating on shares of Kyndryl in a research note on Monday, February 9th. Susquehanna cut their price target on Kyndryl from $35.00 to $16.00 and set a “positive” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 13th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Kyndryl from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, February 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded Kyndryl from an “overweight” rating to an “underweight” rating and set a $16.00 price objective on the stock. in a research note on Monday, February 9th. Finally, Zacks Research cut Kyndryl from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $29.00.

Kyndryl Price Performance

Shares of Kyndryl stock opened at $12.69 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $19.52 and its 200-day simple moving average is $25.29. Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. has a 52 week low of $10.10 and a 52 week high of $44.20. The company has a market capitalization of $2.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.09 and a beta of 1.92. The company has a quick ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.75.

Kyndryl (NYSE:KD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 9th. The company reported $0.52 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.60 by ($0.08). Kyndryl had a return on equity of 25.91% and a net margin of 1.65%.The business had revenue of $3.86 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.89 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.51 EPS. The business’s revenue was up .6% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts expect that Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. will post 0.73 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Kyndryl

Kyndryl (NYSE: KD) is a global managed infrastructure services provider formed in November 2021 through the spin-off of IBM’s Managed Infrastructure Services business. The company designs, builds, manages and modernizes critical information technology systems for enterprises worldwide. Kyndryl’s core offerings include cloud migration and management, network and edge computing solutions, digital workplace services and IT resiliency and security capabilities.

With a workforce of approximately 90,000 professionals and operations in more than 60 countries, Kyndryl serves clients across a broad range of industries, including financial services, telecommunications, healthcare, manufacturing and retail.