Snowflake Score | |
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Valuation | 3/6 |
Future Growth | 3/6 |
Past Performance | 5/6 |
Financial Health | 6/6 |
Dividends | 0/6 |
GKS Stock Overview
GK Software SE provides retail sector software worldwide.
Rewards
Risk Analysis
No risks detected for GKS from our risk checks.
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Price History & Performance
Historical stock prices | |
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Current Share Price | €138.60 |
52 Week High | €172.00 |
52 Week Low | €105.00 |
Beta | 2.15 |
1 Month Change | 8.28% |
3 Month Change | 0.80% |
1 Year Change | 10.00% |
3 Year Change | 71.11% |
5 Year Change | 67.90% |
Change since IPO | 593.00% |
Recent News & Updates
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Shareholder Returns
GKS | DE Software | DE Market | |
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7D | 8.1% | -1.5% | 1.0% |
1Y | 10.0% | -18.5% | -11.1% |
Return vs Industry: GKS exceeded the German Software industry which returned -17.8% over the past year.
Return vs Market: GKS exceeded the German Market which returned -11.4% over the past year.
Price Volatility
GKS volatility | |
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GKS Average Weekly Movement | 6.6% |
Software Industry Average Movement | 7.4% |
Market Average Movement | 6.4% |
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market | 10.8% |
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market | 3.5% |
Stable Share Price: GKS is not significantly more volatile than the rest of German stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 7% a week.
Volatility Over Time: GKS's weekly volatility (7%) has been stable over the past year.
About the Company
Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
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1990 | 1,096 | Rainer Gläß | https://www.gk-software.com |
GK Software SE provides retail sector software worldwide. It offers GK/Retail suite, including OmniPOS solution for point of sale; Mobile POS that enables to deploy mobile retail concepts; OmniScale, a CLOUD4RETAIL-based solution for scales; Artificial Intelligence for Retail, a cloud-based, ready-to-use AI services for smart retailers to achieve their goals; Store Inventory Management, a solution for the seamless integration of stores with any central ERP system; GK Drive, which gives retailers access to POS platform; eMailBon offer customers a way to receive receipts digitally; and Mobile Consumer Assistant. The company’s GK/Retail suite consists of Store Device Control, a solution for the management of store peripherals; Label & Poster Print, a software solution for store-level label and poster printing; Fiskal cloud-based services of Deutsche Fiskal for the accommodation of German legal requirements; central services; Frictionless Checkout that enables shopping processes on the customer's smartphone, including self-scanning and mobile payment; Dynamic Pricing to pricing with a cloud deployment; Cloud POS, which delivers a reduction of costs for licenses, development, maintenance, and hardware investments; TransAction+, a payment processing application; and electronic payments, an advanced solution for credit, debit, gift, loyalty, and check.
GK Software Fundamentals Summary
GKS fundamental statistics | |
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Market Cap | €313.02m |
Earnings (TTM) | €13.16m |
Revenue (TTM) | €128.78m |
23.8x
P/E Ratio2.4x
P/S RatioIs GKS overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
GKS income statement (TTM) | |
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Revenue | €128.78m |
Cost of Revenue | €92.91m |
Gross Profit | €35.87m |
Other Expenses | €22.72m |
Earnings | €13.16m |
Last Reported Earnings
Dec 31, 2021
Next Earnings Date
Aug 26, 2022
Earnings per share (EPS) | 5.83 |
Gross Margin | 27.86% |
Net Profit Margin | 10.22% |
Debt/Equity Ratio | 22.9% |
How did GKS perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonValuation
Is GK Software undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
Valuation Score
3/6Valuation Score 3/6
Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
PE vs Industry
PE vs Market
PEG Ratio
PB vs Industry
28.9%
Undervalued compared to fair value
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: GKS (€138.6) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€195.03)
Significantly Below Fair Value: GKS is trading below fair value by more than 20%.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: GKS is good value based on its PE Ratio (23.8x) compared to the German Software industry average (30.9x).
PE vs Market: GKS is poor value based on its PE Ratio (23.8x) compared to the German market (17.7x).
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: GKS is poor value based on its PEG Ratio (2.1x)
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: GKS is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (3.8x) compared to the DE Software industry average (2.8x).
Future Growth
How is GK Software forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 4 analysts?
Future Growth Score
3/6Future Growth Score 3/6
Earnings vs Savings Rate
Earnings vs Market
High Growth Earnings
Revenue vs Market
High Growth Revenue
Future ROE
11.6%
Forecasted annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts
Analyst Future Growth Forecasts
Earnings vs Savings Rate: GKS's forecast earnings growth (11.6% per year) is above the savings rate (-0.05%).
Earnings vs Market: GKS's earnings (11.6% per year) are forecast to grow faster than the German market (7.7% per year).
High Growth Earnings: GKS's earnings are forecast to grow, but not significantly.
Revenue vs Market: GKS's revenue (10% per year) is forecast to grow faster than the German market (4.8% per year).
High Growth Revenue: GKS's revenue (10% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.
Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts
Future Return on Equity
Future ROE: GKS's Return on Equity is forecast to be low in 3 years time (16.9%).
Past Performance
How has GK Software performed over the past 5 years?
Past Performance Score
5/6Past Performance Score 5/6
Quality Earnings
Growing Profit Margin
Earnings Trend
Accelerating Growth
Earnings vs Industry
High ROE
32.1%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: GKS has high quality earnings.
Growing Profit Margin: GKS's current net profit margins (10.2%) are higher than last year (5.2%).
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: GKS's earnings have grown significantly by 32.1% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: GKS's earnings growth over the past year (111.9%) exceeds its 5-year average (32.1% per year).
Earnings vs Industry: GKS earnings growth over the past year (111.9%) exceeded the Software industry 9.2%.
Return on Equity
High ROE: GKS's Return on Equity (15.9%) is considered low.
Financial Health
How is GK Software's financial position?
Financial Health Score
6/6Financial Health Score 6/6
Short Term Liabilities
Long Term Liabilities
Debt Level
Reducing Debt
Debt Coverage
Interest Coverage
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: GKS's short term assets (€91.0M) exceed its short term liabilities (€44.7M).
Long Term Liabilities: GKS's short term assets (€91.0M) exceed its long term liabilities (€15.8M).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: GKS has more cash than its total debt.
Reducing Debt: GKS's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 46.6% to 22.9% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: GKS's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (121.2%).
Interest Coverage: GKS's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (16.6x coverage).
Balance Sheet
Dividend
What is GK Software current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Score
0/6Dividend Score 0/6
Notable Dividend
High Dividend
Stable Dividend
Growing Dividend
Earnings Coverage
Future Dividend Coverage
0.69%
Forecast Dividend Yield
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate GKS's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate GKS's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if GKS's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if GKS's dividend payments have been increasing.
Earnings Payout to Shareholders
Earnings Coverage: GKS is not paying a notable dividend for the German market.
Cash Payout to Shareholders
Cash Flow Coverage: Unable to calculate sustainability of dividends as GKS has not reported any payouts.
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Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
11.3yrs
Average board tenure
CEO
Rainer Gläß
no data
Tenure
Mr. Rainer Gläß is a Co-Founder of GK Software SE (formerly known as GK Software AG), and serves as its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board. Mr. Gläß is an engineering graduate.
Board Members
Experienced Board: GKS's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 11.3 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
GK Software SE's employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: GK Software SE
- Ticker: GKS
- Exchange: XTRA
- Founded: 1990
- Industry: Application Software
- Sector: Software
- Implied Market Cap: €313.018m
- Shares outstanding: 2.26m
- Website: https://www.gk-software.com
Number of Employees
Location
- GK Software SE
- Waldstrasse 7
- Schöneck
- Saxony
- 8261
- Germany
Listings
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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Company Analysis | 2022/05/18 00:00 |
End of Day Share Price | 2022/05/18 00:00 |
Earnings | 2021/12/31 |
Annual Earnings | 2021/12/31 |
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 here.