World Kinect
WKC NYSE· Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$36.37
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- World Kinect had $36.9B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 12.5% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +12.6% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was −1.5%, down 2.0 pts: of every 100 in sales, about −2 is left after running the business.
- World Kinect lost $614M in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was $227M in fiscal 2025, 0.6% of revenue.
- World Kinect returned $126M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 56% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 6.1%.
- World Kinect owes $504M more than it holds in cash.
Market cap
$1.9B
P/E
—
Revenue
$36.9B
Net income
−$614M
Free cash flow
$227M
Operating margin
−1.5%
World Kinect in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
−12.5%
No. Sales fell 12.5% last year.
Does it make a profit?
−1.7%
No. It lost money last year.
Does profit turn into cash?
0.6%
Partly. 0.6% of sales ends up as free cash.
How healthy are the accounts?
5 / 9
Mixed. It passes 5 of 9 health tests.
What World Kinect does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 24, 2026
- Legal name
- WORLD KINECT CORPORATION
- CIK
- 0000789460
World Kinect · WKC
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $31.3B | $59.0B | $47.7B | $42.2B | $36.9B |
| Revenue growth | 53.9% | 88.4% | −19.2% | −11.6% | −12.5% |
| Gross margin | 2.5% | 1.8% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2.6% |
| Operating margin | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | −1.5% |
| Net income | $73.7M | $114M | $52.9M | $67.4M | −$614M |
| Net margin | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | −1.7% |
| Diluted EPS | $1.16 | $1.82 | $0.86 | $1.13 | −$10.99 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $173M | $139M | $271M | $260M | $293M |
| Capital expenditure | $39.2M | $78.6M | $87.6M | $68.2M | $65.6M |
| Free cash flow | $134M | $59.9M | $184M | $192M | $227M |
| FCF margin | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.6% |
| Dividends paid | $28.7M | $31.0M | $34.0M | $38.5M | $41.3M |
| Share buybacks | $50.5M | $48.7M | $60.1M | $100M | $85.0M |
| Share count change | −1.1% | −1.0% | −1.6% | −3.6% | −6.1% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $652M | $298M | $304M | $383M | $194M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $509M | $846M | $888M | $881M | $697M |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.9B | $2.0B | $1.9B | $1.9B | $1.3B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.6x | 1.4x | 1.9x | 1.6x | — |
| Current ratio | 1.3x | 1.1x | 1.1x | 1.2x | 1.1x |
| Interest coverage | 3.0x | 2.3x | 1.5x | 1.8x | −5.0x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 6.0% | 10.1% | 6.3% | 6.0% | −20.9% |
| Return on equity | 3.9% | 5.9% | 2.7% | 3.5% | −37.8% |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Altman Z'' | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.6 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$7.3M
6 insiders
Of sales under plans
61%
$4.4M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
World Kinect · WKC
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Kinect WKC | $1.9B | −12.5% | −1.5% | 0.6% | −20.9% | — | 5 |
| PBF Energy PBF | $9.8B | −11.4% | −0.2% | −2.7% | −0.6% | 7.1x | 4 |
| HF Sinclair DINO | $22.5B | −6.0% | 3.5% | 3.2% | 6.6% | 11.9x | 8 |
| Valero Energy VLO | $125.5B | −5.5% | 2.6% | — | 7.2% | 17.7x | 6 |
| Phillips 66 PSX | $116.3B | −7.5% | — | — | 11.2% | 16.5x | 8 |
KIRA
At $36.37 a share, the company is worth $1.9B.
World Kinect grew sales faster than 0 of its 4 similar companies.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000789460). Data updated October 21, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.