Forensic Analysis · Technology / Software · as of Aug 11, 2026

Kimball Electronics, Inc. (KE)

A forensic read on Kimball Electronics, Inc. built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

D · Weak — demands caution

Forensic grade

Safe

Financial health

4.9

Distress distance

Clean

Earnings quality

Forensic signals

24.4

P / E (ttm)

3.0%

ROE

$609M

Market cap

-13.3%

Revenue growth

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Kimball Electronics, Inc. earns a D (Weak — demands caution) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 4.9, placing it in the Safe zone. 3 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

4.3%

FY2025

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 4.3% in the latest fiscal year and slipping from 7% — well below its ~10% cost of capital, so reinvested dollars may be destroying value, not building it.

-0.3%/yr

FY2022–FY2025

Share count. Diluted share count changed -1% over the last 3 years to FY2025 (-0.3%/yr). Roughly flat — buybacks ($12M) are about offsetting stock comp ($7M), not shrinking the count. Per-share value isn't being meaningfully helped or hurt by the count.

$14M

FY2020–FY2024

Goodwill impairments. Took $14M of goodwill writedowns across 2 years (FY2020 ($8M), FY2024 ($6M)) — about 8% of net income over the span. Writedowns mean past acquisitions underperformed what was paid for them.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$1.49B

Revenue Growth YoY-13.3%

Revenue CAGR (3yr)+3.3%

Net Margin1.1%

Free Cash Flow$150.7M

Return on Equity3.0%

Debt / Equity0.32x

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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Aug 11, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.