World Kinect Corporation
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $38.45, World Kinect Corporation (WKC) is priced for -2.3% growth. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed June 28, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
- The price near 31 dollars embeds about 9 times normalized operating income and an implied path of roughly negative 4 percent annual operating growth, yet Q1 2026 gross profit rose 18 percent to 271 million dollars and net income swung to a 0.50-dollar-per-share profit from a loss. - The Q1 strength was substantially a marine windfall, with segment gross profit up 82 percent on Middle East-driven price volatility that management expects to normalize, while the land segment weakened and aviation
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243 institutional managers reported holding WKC in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. 30 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, State Street, among others. On the short side, 6.1M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 12% of shares outstanding (8.2 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
WKC has cut its share count 18.5% over the past five years, spending $419.30M on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (17 and counting), raised 8 years straight; the current rate is $0.77 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $107.20M in dividends and $270.10M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
No open-market insider buys on file at WKC over the trailing three years. Absence is a fact about the company, not a signal. 15 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
WKC's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-29 | -2.0% | -1.3% |
| 2023-10-28 | -7.5% | +25.6% |
| 2024-02-24 | +9.0% | -11.3% |
| 2024-04-27 | -8.1% | +12.1% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
WKC's latest 8-K filings: 2026-07-23 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-07-02 (items 5.07, 9.01); 2026-04-23 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-02-19 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2025-12-09 (items 5.02).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: June 28, 2026
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