KnowBe4, Inc. financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q3 2022.

Location
Clearwater, FL
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
14 Nov 2022

Quick Takeaways

  • KnowBe4, Inc. financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q3 2022.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 7.5%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-139%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 30 Sep 2022.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

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Latest SEC snapshot (2022-09-30) highlights Return On Equity 7.5%, Return On Assets 2.8%, and Operating Margin 5.5%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

48.4/100

Caution Confidence medium

Return On Equity

7.5%

Metric score 0.0/100

Return On Assets

2.8%

Metric score 10.5/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
1.62x
Quick Ratio
1.49x
Debt to Equity
1.54x

Strengths

Current Ratio, Quick Ratio, and Revenues YoY

Watchpoints

Return On Equity, Return On Assets, and Operating Margin

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

7.5%

YoY: -139%

Industry median: 4.3% (n=81)

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Return On Assets

2.8%

YoY: -182%

Industry median: -8.4% (n=76)

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Operating Margin

5.5%

YoY: -198%

Industry median: -6.1% (n=67)

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Current Ratio

1.62x

YoY: -1.9%

Industry median: 1.49x (n=75)

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Quick Ratio

1.49x

YoY: -1.3%

Industry median: 1.33x (n=58)

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Debt-to-equity

1.54x

YoY: -45%

Industry median: 0.32x (n=63)

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Revenues YoY

37%

YoY:

Industry median: 5.3% (n=61)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 7.4% -139%
Return On Assets 2.8% -182%
Operating Margin 5.5% -198%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 1.62x -1.9%
Quick Ratio 1.49x -1.3%
Debt-to-equity 1.54x -45%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 37%
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent $15,621,000

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 175,864,081 +3.2%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 182,332,431 +7%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $310,938,000 +37%
Cost of Revenue $42,063,000 +27%
Selling and Marketing Expense $125,241,000 +20%
General and Administrative Expense $91,141,000 +20%
Operating Income (Loss) $17,075,000
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $18,571,000
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $2,950,000 -11%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 0
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 0
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $343,936,000 +26%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $63,952,000 +43%
Assets, Current $443,325,000 +28%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $10,147,000 +11%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $14,003,000 +12%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $7,969,000 -2.4%
Goodwill $87,704,000 +106%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $3,879,000 +261%
Assets $637,045,000 +37%
Accounts Payable, Current $4,754,000 +57%
Employee-related Liabilities, Current $14,922,000 -9.6%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current $227,662,000 +34%
Liabilities, Current $273,049,000 +30%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Noncurrent $101,947,000 +45%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $10,959,000 +12%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $3,905,000 +79%
Liabilities $389,860,000 +34%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $4,098,000 -293%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $161,925,000 +8.8%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $247,185,000 +44%
Liabilities and Equity $637,045,000 +37%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $343,936,000 +26%
Operating Lease, Liability $14,519,000 +12%
Depreciation $4,300,000 +7.5%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $12,567,000
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $15,101,000 +7.4%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $20,722,000 +20%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $3,560,000 +9.7%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $3,687,000 +15%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $1,009,000 -73%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.02 -67%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $582,000 -44%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $3,211,000 +25%
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued 0
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 100,000,000
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $2,615,000 +31%
Additional Paid in Capital $413,206,000 +18%
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding 0
Amortization of Intangible Assets $1,500,000 +50%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense $24,341,000 -3.6%
Interest Expense $283,000 -18%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0 0%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY