13FPulse
KN

KN KNOWLES CORP

2026Q2 · CUSIP 49926D109 · Sector: Industrials

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
336
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+55
Last quarter 281 → now 336
How unusual is that
Top 5%
Stronger buying than 95% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

336 funds held KN at the end of 2026Q2, up 55 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 95.4% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. On the business itself, revenue over the last 12 months was $614M(YoY +11.2%), the P/E is 54.7x, return on equity is 7.2%. KN has had 7 buying rushes in its history, and the price moved -6.3% on average over the six months after (that is the raw price move, not how much it beat the market by). It sits in the Industrials sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2014Q2: holders=320 2014Q3: holders=309 2014Q4: holders=301 2015Q1: holders=275 2015Q2: holders=267 2015Q3: holders=250 2015Q4: holders=254 2016Q1: holders=244 2016Q2: holders=250 2016Q3: holders=248 2016Q4: holders=269 2017Q1: holders=263 2017Q2: holders=246 2017Q3: holders=249 2017Q4: holders=257 2018Q1: holders=266 2018Q2: holders=246 2018Q3: holders=250 2018Q4: holders=263 2019Q1: holders=241 2019Q2: holders=241 2019Q3: holders=265 2019Q4: holders=264 2020Q1: holders=227 2020Q2: holders=233 2020Q3: holders=228 2020Q4: holders=237 2021Q1: holders=223 2021Q2: holders=224 2021Q3: holders=216 2021Q4: holders=239 2022Q1: holders=255 2022Q2: holders=232 2022Q3: holders=234 2022Q4: holders=225 2023Q1: holders=210 2023Q2: holders=209 2023Q3: holders=207 2023Q4: holders=214 2024Q1: holders=224 2024Q2: holders=227 2024Q3: holders=214 2024Q4: holders=225 2025Q1: holders=247 2025Q2: holders=228 2025Q3: holders=240 2025Q4: holders=268 2026Q1: holders=281 2026Q2: holders=336 -55 -27.5 +0 +27.5 +55 186270353 14Q215Q417Q218Q420Q221Q423Q224Q426Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 7 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 5%
2025Q4 Top 20% +29.3%
2025Q1 Top 10% +21.6% +25.6%
2022Q1 Top 20% -11.2% -21.7%
2019Q3 Top 10% -20.7% -33.3%
2018Q4 Top 20% +6.9% +23.8%
2016Q4 Top 20% -10.0% -25.8%

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
167
Change in large funds
+17
Total value they hold
$3.6B
Funds buying for the first time
81
Funds that sold out entirely
26
Price change that quarter
-0.2%
Funds holding puts (bearish)
0
Funds holding calls (bullish)
4

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

8,697 institutions have filed for this quarter. 13F permits late filing and a small number arrive in the weeks after the deadline, so the holder counts and changes below may tick up.

Fundamentals

PE (TTM)
54.7
EPS (TTM)
$0.63
EPS YoY
Revenue (TTM)
$0.6B
Revenue YoY
+11.2%
Net margin
9.1%
ROE
7.2%
Debt ratio
26.0%
FCF (TTM)
Dividend (TTM)
No dividend
Quarterly Revenue & EPS
2022-06-30: EPS -2.64 2022-09-30: EPS 0.03 2022-12-31: EPS -2.21 2023-03-31: EPS -0.06 2023-06-30: EPS 0.15 2023-09-30: EPS 0.18 2023-12-31: EPS 0.52 2024-03-31: EPS 0.03 2024-06-30: EPS -2.88 2024-09-30: EPS 0.01 2024-12-31: EPS 0.20 2025-03-31: EPS -0.02 2025-06-30: EPS 0.09 2025-09-30: EPS 0.20 2025-12-31: EPS 0.23 2026-03-31: EPS 0.11 0M 122M 243M $M -3.17 -1.30 0.57 20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Revenue EPS

Quarterly figures, revenue up to 10 years back; EPS split-adjusted, early quarters hidden when not calibrable

P/E (TTM) over time
18 47 76 2023202420252026

P/E = close around day 47 after quarter-end ÷ TTM EPS then; this is a consistent valuation date, not the company’s actual filing date; loss quarters hidden

Quarterly free cash flow
-29M10M49M 20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Latest quarter $-12M (2026-03-31)

FCF = operating cash flow − capex, computed from SEC XBRL; banks/insurers have no standard cash-flow structure and are hidden

As of 2026-03-31 · SEC filings (XBRL)

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