KLS Stock Overview

Provides land and marine transport and tourism services in Australia, the United States, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. More details

KLS fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	0/6
Future Growth	1/6
Past Performance	5/6
Financial Health	1/6
Dividends	2/6

Rewards

Price-To-Earnings ratio (15.7x) is below the Australian market (17.6x)

Earnings are forecast to grow 10.94% per year

Earnings grew by 69% over the past year

Risk Analysis

Interest payments are not well covered by earnings

Dividend of 6.06% is not well covered by earnings or free cash flows

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Kelsian Group Limited Competitors

Lindsay Australia

ASX:LAU

AU$218.8m

Alliance Aviation Services

ASX:AQZ

AU$394.3m

K&S

ASX:KSC

AU$495.4m

Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure

ASX:DBI

AU$1.8b

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Kelsian Group
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	AU$2.87
52 Week High	AU$5.98
52 Week Low	AU$2.78
Beta	1.08
1 Month Change	-18.23%
3 Month Change	-21.15%
1 Year Change	-52.09%
3 Year Change	-59.97%
5 Year Change	3.61%
Change since IPO	62.15%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	KLS	AU Transportation	AU Market
7D	-10.3%	-2.5%	-2.0%
1Y	-52.1%	-28.5%	-0.4%

Return vs Industry: KLS underperformed the Australian Transportation industry which returned -28.5% over the past year.

Return vs Market: KLS underperformed the Australian Market which returned -0.4% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is KLS's price volatile compared to industry and market?
KLS volatility
KLS Average Weekly Movement	6.8%
Transportation Industry Average Movement	6.7%
Market Average Movement	8.2%
10% most volatile stocks in AU Market	15.7%
10% least volatile stocks in AU Market	3.4%

Stable Share Price: KLS has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the Australian market.

Volatility Over Time: KLS's weekly volatility (7%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1989	n/a	Clinton Feuerherdt	www.kelsian.com

Kelsian Group Limited provides land and marine transport and tourism services in Australia, the United States, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. It operates through Marine & Tourism, Australian Bus, and International Bus segments. The Marine & Tourism segment operates vehicle and passenger ferry services, barging, coach tours and package holidays, lunch, dinner, charter cruises, and accommodation facilities.

Kelsian Group Limited Fundamentals Summary

How do Kelsian Group's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
KLS fundamental statistics
Market cap	AU$783.59m
Earnings (TTM)	AU$49.99m
Revenue (TTM)	AU$2.13b

15.7x

P/E Ratio

0.4x

P/S Ratio

Is KLS overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
KLS income statement (TTM)
Revenue	AU$2.13b
Cost of Revenue	AU$1.60b
Gross Profit	AU$525.61m
Other Expenses	AU$475.62m
Earnings	AU$49.99m

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.18
Gross Margin	24.71%
Net Profit Margin	2.35%
Debt/Equity Ratio	97.0%

How did KLS perform over the long term?

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Dividends

6.1%

Current Dividend Yield

97%

Payout Ratio

Does KLS pay a reliable dividends?

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When do you need to buy KLS by to receive an upcoming dividend?
Kelsian Group dividend dates
Ex Dividend Date	Mar 20 2025
Dividend Pay Date	Apr 23 2025
Days until Ex dividend	4 days
Days until Dividend pay date	38 days

Does KLS pay a reliable dividends?

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/03/15 01:24
End of Day Share Price	2025/03/14 00:00
Earnings	2024/12/31
Annual Earnings	2024/06/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

Kelsian Group Limited is covered by 14 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Aryan Norozi	Barrenjoey Markets Pty Limited
Nicholas McGarrigle	Barrenjoey Markets Pty Limited
Piers Flanagan	Barrenjoey Markets Pty Limited

KLS Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

Kelsian Group Limited Competitors

ASX:LAU

AU$218.8m

ASX:AQZ

AU$394.3m

ASX:KSC

AU$495.4m

ASX:DBI

AU$1.8b

Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

Kelsian Group Limited to Report First Half, 2025 Results on Feb 26, 2025

Non-Executive Director recently bought AU$2.4m worth of stock

Kelsian Group Limited, Annual General Meeting, Oct 29, 2024

Final dividend of AU$0.095 announced

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.21 (vs AU$0.091 in FY 2023)

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 26%

Recent updates

Kelsian Group Limited to Report First Half, 2025 Results on Feb 26, 2025

Non-Executive Director recently bought AU$2.4m worth of stock

Kelsian Group Limited, Annual General Meeting, Oct 29, 2024

Final dividend of AU$0.095 announced

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.21 (vs AU$0.091 in FY 2023)

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 26%

Kelsian Group Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on Aug 28, 2024

Now 22% undervalued after recent price drop

Less than half of directors are independent

MD, Group CEO & Director recently bought AU$379k worth of stock

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Upcoming dividend of AU$0.08 per share

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.11 (vs AU$0.089 in 1H 2023)

Kelsian Group Limited Appoints Jacqueline Mcarthur as Director

Kelsian Group Limited Announces the Appointment of Jackie McArthur as an Independent Non-Executive Director, Effective 15 January 2024

Non-Executive Director recently sold AU$1.2m worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of AU$0.095 per share at 2.7% yield

Kelsian Group Limited Announces Director Retirement and Chair Succession Plan

New major risk - Financial position

Kelsian Group Limited Announces the Appointment of Clint Feuerherdt as Director

Kelsian Group Limited (ASX:KLS) completed the acquisition of All Aboard America! Holdings, Inc. from Tensile Capital Management LP.

Ventura Bus Lines Reportedly Taps Goldman Sachs for Sale

Non-Executive Director recently sold AU$5.0m worth of stock

Now 20% undervalued

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.079 (vs AU$0.097 in 1H 2022)

Kelsian Group Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Aug 30, 2023

Now 21% undervalued

Less than half of directors are independent

Kelsian Group Limited (ASX:KLS) acquired Two Bus Businesses in the Channel Islands.

Non-Executive Director recently bought AU$844k worth of stock

Independent Non-Executive Deputy Chair recently bought AU$57k worth of stock

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.24 (vs AU$0.17 in FY 2021)

Kelsian Group Limited, Annual General Meeting, Oct 25, 2022

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Stagecoach Bus Holdings Limited agreed to acquire Kelsians East London public bus transport service operations at Lea Interchange from Kelsian Group Limited (ASX:KLS) for GBP 20 million.

Less than half of directors are independent

Upcoming dividend of AU$0.07 per share

First half 2022 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

Kelsian Group Limited Declares Interim Dividend for A Period of Six Months Ended 31 December 2021, Payable on 31 March 2022

Kelsian Reportedly Racing to Catch the Bus in Kiwi Takeover Deal

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS AU$0.17 (vs AU$0.082 loss in FY 2020)

SeaLink Travel Group Limited (ASX:SLK) completed the acquisition of Go West Tours (VIC) Pty Ltd from Stanley V. Haoust and the trustees of the DS & NM Haoust Family Trust, David Haoust and Naomi Haoust.

Independent Non-Executive Director recently bought AU$318k worth of stock

SeaLink Travel Group Limited (ASX:SLK) entered into binding agreement to acquire Go West Tours from Stanley V. Haoust and the trustees of the DS & NM Haoust Family Trust, David Haoust and Naomi Haoust for approximately AUD 110 million.

Upcoming Dividend of AU$0.07 Per Share

First half 2021 earnings released: EPS AU$0.15 (vs AU$0.073 in 1H 2020)

SeaLink Travel Group Limited Appoints Jeffrey Ellison as the Chair of the Board

New 90-day high: AU$6.80

New 90-day high: AU$6.09

New 90-day high: AU$5.89

Non-Executive Director recently sold AU$500.0k worth of stock

New 90-day high - AU$5.19

Full year earnings released - AU$0.082 loss per share

New 90-day high - AU$4.74

SeaLink Travel Group Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2020 Results on Aug 31, 2020

Shareholder Returns

Price Volatility

About the Company