Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus · SIC 3841

KESTRA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.

KMTS

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Latest revenue

$24.6M

as of 2026-01-31

Latest net income

$-34.2M

as of 2026-01-31

Net margin

-139.2%

as of 2026-01-31

Price · 5Y

+2.6% / yr 11.2 pts / yr vs S&P 500 3.1% total
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delayed ≤15 min
$21.64
0.37%
Market cap
$1.26B
Enterprise value
$1.26B
P/E (trailing)
Forward P/E
P/B
Dividend yield
0.0%
52-wk high
$30.00
52-wk low
$13.25
Beta
Shares out
58.4M

5-year trend

What this company does

AI

Kestra Medical Technologies sells the ASSURE wearable cardioverter defibrillator, a vest-like device that monitors high-risk cardiac patients and delivers a shock to prevent sudden cardiac arrest. Revenue comes primarily from prescriptions of the ASSURE WCD and its connected Cardiac Recovery System platform, billed largely through Medicare and insurance reimbursement averaging roughly $3,500 per patient per month. Kestra is the first serious challenger to a 20-year monopoly in the $1.3 billion WCD market, competing on fewer false alarms, better comfort, and gender-specific garments.

Generated from KMTS's filing dated 2025-07-17

Key risks

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  • Single-product concentration: ASSURE WCD is essentially the entire business, leaving Kestra exposed to any clinical, regulatory, or recall setback.
  • Direct competition with entrenched ZOLL LifeVest, which has held the WCD monopoly 20+ years; Kestra still reaches only minority share of $1.3B market.
  • Reimbursement dependence: ~$3,519/month Medicare rate per patient drives the $10B TAM math—any CMS rate cut would materially impair revenue.

Generated from KMTS's filing dated 2025-07-17

Profitability

Gross margin

40.5%

3009.9%

Operating margin

-177.8%

41.8%

Net margin

-190.3%

43.8%

Return on assets

-38.5%

81.2%

Earnings tracker

QuarterRevenueYoYNet incomeYoYNet margin

Q1 2026

2026-01-31

$24.6M+62.7%$-34.2M-58.8%-139.2%

Q4 2025

2025-10-31

$22.6M+53.4%$-32.8M-61.0%-145.3%

Q3 2025

2025-07-31

$19.4M+51.5%$-25.8M-29.9%-133.3%

Q2 2025

2025-04-30

$17.2M$-52.1M-302.1%

Q1 2025

2025-01-31

$15.1M+82.3%$-21.5M+0.5%-142.5%

Q4 2024

2024-10-31

$14.7M$-20.4M-138.5%

Q3 2024

2024-07-31

$12.8M$-19.9M-155.6%

Q1 2024

2024-01-31

$8.3M$-21.6M-261.2%

Year-over-year change vs the same fiscal quarter one year prior. Revenue + net income sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K filings — no analyst-consensus dependency.

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Insider activity

Insider buying

$199.8K

Insider selling

$2.3M

Net activity

−$2.1M

Distinct insiders

3

Open-market trades over the last 365 days.

Recent transactions

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-05-15

Brian Daniel Webster

President and Chief Executive Officer

Sale8,155$20.53$167.4K
2026-05-15

Brian Daniel Webster

President and Chief Executive Officer

Sale6,845$21.46$146.9K
2026-04-15

Brian Daniel Webster

President and Chief Executive Officer

Sale15,000$20.04$300.7K
2026-03-26

Raymond W Cohen

Director

Purchase10,000$19.98$199.8K
2026-03-17

Brian Daniel Webster

President and Chief Executive Officer

Sale15,000$20.27$304.1K
2026-02-17

Brian Daniel Webster

President and Chief Executive Officer

Sale11,635$25.39$295.5K
2026-02-17

Brian Daniel Webster

President and Chief Executive Officer

Sale3,272$26.29$86.0K
2026-02-17

Brian Daniel Webster

President and Chief Executive Officer

Sale93$27.18$2.5K
2026-01-15

Brian Daniel Webster

President and Chief Executive Officer

Sale15,000$22.80$342.0K
2025-12-29

Traci S Umberger

General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer

Sale10,500$26.69$280.2K
2025-12-29

Brian Daniel Webster

President and Chief Executive Officer

Sale15,000$26.59$398.8K

Source: SEC Form 4 filings. Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners must disclose share transactions within two business days. RSU grants and tax-withholding rows are excluded by default — compensation activity is not a trading signal.

Who owns KMTS

Institutional value

$178.7M

Total shares held

9.0M

Distinct holders

55

-52 vs prior

As of

2026-03-31

Prior: 2025-12-31

Filers with $100M+ AUM disclose holdings 45 days after quarter end.

Top institutional holders

#ManagerSharesValueQoQ changeAction
1ANDERA PARTNERS2.7M$53.7M+155.1K (+6.1%)Added
2BlackRock, Inc.1.7M$33.7M+454.6K (+36.8%)Added
3FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC1.2M$24.8M+292.2K (+30.7%)Added
4VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC1.2M$24.2MNew
5FEDERATED HERMES, INC.525.0K$10.5M+0 (+0.0%)No change
6UBS Group AG349.7K$7.0M+79.6K (+29.5%)Added
7SEI INVESTMENTS CO237.1K$4.7M+43.8K (+22.6%)Added
8VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC218.8K$4.4MNew
9VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO145.7K$2.9MNew
10TD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC109.4K$2.2M-23.5K (-17.7%)Trimmed
11SEVEN GRAND MANAGERS, LLC100.0K$2.0M+0 (+0.0%)No change
12Bank of New York Mellon Corp70.1K$1.4M+22.5K (+47.2%)Added
13Swiss National Bank39.6K$789.2K+0 (+0.0%)No change
14Nuveen, LLC31.9K$635.3K+8.4K (+35.9%)Added
15Spartan Wealth Advisory Services LLC30.3K$603.2KNew
16DEUTSCHE BANK AG\29.3K$583.1K+11.4K (+63.6%)Added
17RHUMBLINE ADVISERS26.3K$524.9K+10.6K (+67.2%)Added
18NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND25.1K$499.8K+0 (+0.0%)No change
19JPMORGAN CHASE & CO25.8K$472.7K+6.0K (+30.3%)Added
20Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd.20.7K$412.4K+3.7K (+21.8%)Added

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR. Positions aggregated across sub-managers within each firm. Options (puts/calls) excluded — common stock only.

Top questions investors are asking

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  1. 1

    With ZOLL's LifeVest entrenched for 20+ years, what specific active-prescription and reorder metrics demonstrate ASSURE is taking share versus simply expanding the 14% penetrated market?

  2. 2

    Given $3,519 Medicare reimbursement underpins your $10B TAM, what percentage of revenue is currently Medicare versus commercial, and are payers pushing back on rates?

  3. 3

    ACE-PAS showed 23-hour median wear time, but what's your actual compliance-adjusted gross margin per patient after garment returns, service costs, and bad debt?

Refreshed when KMTS files a new report · last from 2025-07-17