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Klarna Group plc

Strong FundamentalsStrong FundamentalsRevenue growing 51% YoY at strong marginsStreet coverage with positive forward estimatesConsistent chatter on X (681/wk), no spike
$KLAR·$7.5B·Financial - Credit Services·Financial Services
$14.69+3.5%YTD-29.1%1Y-67.9%
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2026-08-21: 47 posts2026-08-22: 12 posts681+1%
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KLKLAR
$KLARKlarna Group plc
$14.69+3.45%681 posts+1%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $KLAR, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Comeback attemptWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-08-29

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

Klarna near IPO lows with the founder-CEO just buying $10M in the open market — a rare unambiguous insider tell.

Klarna is the largest global buy-now-pay-later provider — split-pay checkout, the Klarna Card, and an ad-supported shopping app. The stock is deep into its post-IPO drawdown, and the founder-CEO just responded with the loudest possible signal.

  • The insider signal is unusually clean: founder-CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski bought 692,506 shares for ~$10M on August 28 in the open market — that's the tell you want at a 52-week low, and the news coverage explicitly framed it as a "is this a signal to buy?" moment; nine-figure conviction from the top seat.
  • The underlying growth is holding: Q2 GMV grew 18% YoY, revenue +27% to $1.04B, TMD +42% (US TMD +126%), and the Klarna Card user base has scaled from 1.3M to 6.5M users in a year, with a JPMorgan Payments distribution partnership beginning to unlock — the growth story didn't break; the multiple did.
  • The offset is real execution churn: UBS downgraded to Neutral, CFO and CMO both departed, and the free-cash-flow yield is a negative -42% (heavy operating cash burn) — the turnaround needs both the growth to persist and the OpEx to normalize, which is not free.

The setup is a turnaround coiling at 4% of its 52-week range with the strongest possible insider tell just landing — the November 17 print is the next referee. Reiterated buyback commentary plus stabilized executive team is what breaks the coil up; another guide botch or a third C-suite departure would confirm the drawdown. The Affirm Q4 beat lifting BNPL peers is the pre-print supportive tape.

Agrees with X sentimentThe cautiously bullish X read on the rally + retrace, Q2 GMV +18% / revenue +27% / TMD +42% / US TMD +126%, Klarna Card at 6.5M users, JPM Payments distribution, and the guided buybacks is all factually right and lines up with the founder-CEO's $10M open-market purchase on August 28 — the bull case is anchored. The bears' UBS downgrade, CFO/CMO departures, and botched guidance are equally real risks the coil has to resolve.

What to watch: The November 17 Q3 earnings — need continued 20%+ revenue growth, TMD acceleration, reiterated buyback commentary, and stabilized executive team. Another guide botch or a third C-suite departure kills the setup; a clean beat plus visible buyback pace breaks the coil up.

On the calendar: 2026-11-17 — Q3 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment34 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-31

Tone is decisively bullish around Klarna, with the CEO's ~$10M open-market buy dominating nearly every post. Bulls pitch 'skin in the game' after a '75% drawdown', GMV +18%, transaction margin dollars +42% and a re-rating case vs Revolut. Cautions surface — UBS downgraded to neutral, weak German consumer, BNPL customers 'robbing Peter to pay Paul' — but the insider-buy story sits front and center.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Runs BNPL payments for 150M+ consumers and 500K+ merchants; expanding into banking, credit cards, and AI shopping in Europe and US.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Financial - Credit Services sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $KLAR.

Financial - Credit Services · Financial Services

Consumer credit quality is the central variable; delinquency trends in credit cards and auto loans determine reserve requirements and loss expectations. Rate normalization improves NIM dynamics but a credit cycle turn would offset those gains.

What this means for $KLAR

Direct beneficiary — AI-native product or platform captures spend from the same capex cycle driving the industry; Runs BNPL payments for 150M+ consumers and 500K+ merchants; expanding into banking, credit cards, and AI shopping in Eur.

Industry benchmark

18-name peer basket
-0.3%YTD
-8.4%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-31.1How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
1.2%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
1.3%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-42.1%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
1.6Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-8.2%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
59.7%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.6Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 18, 2026$0.01$-0.05+118.9%
Q1 2026May 14, 2026$-0.01$-0.18+94.6%
Q4 2025Feb 19, 2026$-0.12$-0.03-300.0%
Q3 2025Nov 19, 2025$-0.25$-0.25+0.1%
Next earningsTue, Nov 17·consensus EPS $-0.16

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$1.0B+51.3%73.7%18.6%$-0.01$-952.0M
Q4 FY25$1.1B+68.5%57.0%-1.0%$-0.12$-3.0B
Q3 FY25$903.0M+48.5%56.1%-9.2%$-0.26$472.0M
Q2 FY25$823.0M+20.8%49.9%-5.6%$-0.14$920.0M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 13 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$4.4B$4.3B – $4.5B$0.21-$0.13 – $0.4213
FY27$5.3B$5.2B – $5.6B$0.82$0.69 – $0.9113
FY28$6.2B$6.1B – $6.5B$1.34$1.30 – $1.418
FY29$7.0B$6.9B – $7.3B$1.81$1.76 – $1.9112
FY30$8.3B$8.2B – $8.7B$2.65$2.59 – $2.806

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.1×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.4%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-24.2%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-31.1%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 195.9M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today3.3% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.945-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 313
AI summary

Omid Kordestani, a director of Klarna Group plc (KLAR), filed an initial Form 3 as of March 31, 2026, disclosing 78,310 ordinary shares held directly. Kordestani is based in Mountain View, California. Routine Section 16(a) initial ownership disclosure for a Klarna director; non-material.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 313
AI summary

Lise Kaae, a director of Klarna Group plc (KLAR), filed an initial Form 3 as of March 31, 2026. Table I/II data is cut off before specific share counts are shown. Routine Section 16(a) initial ownership disclosure for a Klarna director; non-material.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 313
AI summary

Markus Villig, a director of Klarna Group plc (KLAR), filed an initial Form 3 as of March 31, 2026. Table I/II data is cut off before specific share counts are visible. Routine Section 16(a) initial ownership disclosure for a Klarna director; non-material.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
+ 15 other (8 3s · 7 6-Ks) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Klarna Billionaire Sebastian Siemiatkowski Buys $10 Million Shares. Is This a Signal to Buy KLAR Too?fool.com·4d agoKlarna Rallies 6%, Sezzle Gains 2% as Buy Now Pay Later Relief Trade Broadens, Affirm Jumps 10%247wallst.com·4d agoKlarna Stock Climbs as Affirm's Q4 Beat Lifts Buy-Now-Pay-Later Peersbenzinga.com·4d agoKlarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski Acquires 692,506 Shares for $10 Milliongurufocus.com·4d agoKlarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski Acquires 692,506 Shares for $10 Millionbusinesswire.com·4d ago

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