Kodiak AI, Inc. (NASDAQ:KDK – Free Report) – Equities researchers at Northland Securities lowered their FY2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Kodiak AI in a research report issued on Friday, August 7th. Northland Securities analyst M. Latimore now expects that the company will post earnings of ($0.89) per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of ($0.68). The consensus estimate for Kodiak AI’s current full-year earnings is ($0.65) per share.
A number of other equities analysts have also recently commented on KDK. Citigroup decreased their price target on Kodiak AI from $13.50 to $11.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, May 13th. Craig Hallum started coverage on shares of Kodiak AI in a research note on Monday, June 15th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $12.00 target price on the stock. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Kodiak AI from a “sell (d-)” rating to a “sell (e+)” rating in a report on Friday, July 17th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Kodiak AI from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 8th. Finally, Chardan Capital lowered their price objective on shares of Kodiak AI from $22.00 to $15.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, May 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have issued a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $12.50.
Kodiak AI Price Performance
Shares of KDK opened at $4.13 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $759.30 million, a P/E ratio of -0.88 and a beta of 0.45. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $5.07 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $7.15. Kodiak AI has a 1 year low of $3.97 and a 1 year high of $11.44.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of KDK. ARK Investment Management LLC lifted its position in Kodiak AI by 190.3% during the 4th quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC now owns 2,669,456 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,150,000 after acquiring an additional 1,749,863 shares during the period. Rokos Capital Management US LP purchased a new stake in Kodiak AI in the third quarter worth about $14,185,000. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new stake in Kodiak AI in the second quarter worth about $9,073,000. Amova Asset Management Americas Inc. increased its stake in shares of Kodiak AI by 112.5% during the first quarter. Amova Asset Management Americas Inc. now owns 1,677,951 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,628,000 after purchasing an additional 888,480 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Kodiak AI by 112.5% during the first quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 1,677,951 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,645,000 after purchasing an additional 888,480 shares in the last quarter. 72.95% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Key Kodiak AI News
Here are the key news stories impacting Kodiak AI this week:
- Neutral Sentiment: Reported short interest was listed at zero shares as of August 11, unchanged from zero shares previously, with a 0.0-day days-to-cover ratio. The report’s claim of a “large increase” and its NaN percentage change appear to reflect a data error, so it provides no meaningful short-selling signal for investors. Kodiak AI short interest and stock data
- Negative Sentiment: Northland Securities lowered its EPS forecasts for Kodiak AI across nearly every reported period. Estimates were reduced to losses of $0.25 per share for Q3 2026, $0.27 for Q4 2026, $0.26 for Q1 2027, $0.25 for Q2 2027, $0.24 for Q3 2027 and $0.23 for Q4 2027.
- Negative Sentiment: The firm also cut its full-year EPS forecast to a loss of $0.99 for 2027 from $0.61 previously, and to a loss of $0.66 for 2028 from $0.61. These revisions suggest Northland expects Kodiak AI’s path to profitability to take longer or require greater spending than previously anticipated.
About Kodiak AI
We are a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to as our initial business combination. Our only activities since inception have been organizational activities and those necessary to prepare for this offering. We have not selected any business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target.
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