KYNDRYL HLDGS INC KD
COMMON STOCK · Common Stock · CUSIP 50155Q100 · ISIN US50155Q1004
U.S. information technology company
- SectorTechnology
- IndustryServices-Computer Integrated Systems Design
- HeadquartersNew York, NY
- Websitekyndryl.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($15.7m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 232.7m as of 2025-01-30, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $34.60. Options: 18 managers hold calls ($224.3m notional), 16 hold puts ($73.2m).
Trends to Q4 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 598 |
| Q4 2022 | 609 |
| Q1 2023 | 584 |
| Q2 2023 | 573 |
| Q3 2023 | 573 |
| Q4 2023 | 626 |
| Q1 2024 | 646 |
| Q2 2024 | 663 |
| Q3 2024 | 627 |
| Q4 2024 | 697 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | 181 | 283 |
| Q2 2023 | 171 | 259 |
| Q3 2023 | 216 | 214 |
| Q4 2023 | 193 | 258 |
| Q1 2024 | 227 | 250 |
| Q2 2024 | 254 | 259 |
| Q3 2024 | 219 | 272 |
| Q4 2024 | 262 | 245 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | $25.8m | $10.0m | 0.39 |
| Q2 2024 | $55.3m | $18.6m | 0.34 |
| Q3 2024 | $76.9m | $27.5m | 0.36 |
| Q4 2024 | $224.3m | $73.2m | 0.33 |
Biggest buyers
| FMR LLC | Added | +6.4m |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC | Added | +2.2m |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +2.0m |
| WESTFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LP | Added | +1.4m |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Added | +1.1m |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ | Added | +974.3k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +856.6k |
| Maple Rock Capital Partners Inc. | New | +753.9k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +669.1k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +658.9k |
Biggest sellers
| HENNESSY ADVISORS INC | Sold out | -2.1m |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Reduced | -1.9m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -1.8m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -1.2m |
| DME Capital Management, LP | Reduced | -1.2m |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Reduced | -817.6k |
| Solas Capital Management, LLC | Reduced | -699.5k |
| J. Goldman & Co LP | Reduced | -642.1k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Reduced | -597.6k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. | Reduced | -575.0k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $49.0m1.4m shares |
| J. Goldman & Co LP | Reduced | $48.9m1.4m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $42.3m1.2m shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $24.6m711.8k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | First filing | $10.3m297.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $8.8m254.6k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $7.9m228.9k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $6.7m194.9k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $6.6m191.6k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Added | $6.6m191.5k shares |
Biggest puts
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ | New | $29.8m8.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $12.1m349.6k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Added | $10.2m296.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $5.8m166.6k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $4.2m121.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $3.4m98.3k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $2.4m70.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $2.0m57.9k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $1.4m39.8k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | New | $574.4k16.6k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 7.6% |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution +1.4 pts · filed 2026-08-13 | 6.6% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC), FMR LLC (4.5%, 2026-03-06), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (4.6%, 2026-03-04)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $802.2k | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q4 2024.
Holders, Q4 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 27.9m $964.4m | Added +79.6k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 22.2m $767.0m | Reduced -1.9m |
| FMR LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 12.4m $429.3m | Added +6.4m |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.31% of their portfolio | 11.4m $394.1m | Added +2.2m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 7.4m $255.9m | Added +349.3k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 4.9m $168.1m | Reduced -1.2m |
| WESTFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LP 0.69% of their portfolio | 4.6m $159.5m | Added +1.4m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.9m $134.1m | Added +6.3k |
| DME Capital Management, LP 6.70% of their portfolio | 3.8m $130.2m | Reduced -1.2m |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.10% of their portfolio | 3.7m $127.4m | Added +2.0m |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.1m $109.0m | Added +306.5k |
| GMT Capital Corp 5.01% of their portfolio | 3.0m $102.9m | Added +418.9k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 2.6m $91.0m | Reduced -194.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.3m $81.2m | Added +669.1k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.75% of their portfolio | 2.3m $80.6m | Reduced -312.6k |
| Zimmer Partners, LP 1.35% of their portfolio | 2.2m $77.8m | Reduced -476.3k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.1m $74.3m | Added +1.1m |
| CORTLAND ASSOCIATES INC/MO 8.36% of their portfolio | 2.1m $73.5m | Reduced -26.9k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.1m $72.4m | Added +249.1k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.25% of their portfolio | 2.1m $71.7m | Added +36.0k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.9m $66.9m | Reduced -35.2k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.9m $64.1m | Reduced -81.4k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.7m $60.5m | Added +658.9k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.7m $58.0m | Reduced -87.7k |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.6m $56.4m | Added +974.3k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.4m $48.5m | Reduced -817.6k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $46.2m | Added +586.6k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.3m $46.1m | Added +856.6k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.2m $41.5m | Reduced -575.0k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.1m $37.8m | Added +110.6k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.1m $36.4m | Added +86.2k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $34.6m | Added +71.4k |
| Douglas Lane & Associates, LLC 0.49% of their portfolio | 999.3k $34.6m | Reduced -19.3k |
| Engle Capital Management, L.P. 10.04% of their portfolio | 970.0k $33.6m | Added +321.4k |
| Arnhold LLC 3.03% of their portfolio | 887.4k $30.7m | Reduced -221.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 864.1k $29.9m | Reduced -297.5k |
| COMERICA BANK 0.12% of their portfolio | 851.9k $29.5m | Added +76.1k |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 754.7k $26.1m | Added +36.5k |
| Maple Rock Capital Partners Inc. 1.90% of their portfolio | 753.9k $26.1m | New |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 721.9k $25.0m | Added +108.2k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.04% of their portfolio | 719.4k $24.9m | Added +38.3k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 703.2k $24.3m | Added +424.2k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 688.9k $23.8m | Added +53.9k |
| Mesirow Institutional Investment Management, Inc. 1.79% of their portfolio | 672.7k $23.3m | Reduced -133.1k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.10% of their portfolio | 668.2k $23.1m | Reduced -171.0k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 620.9k $21.5m | Reduced -11.6k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.22% of their portfolio | 547.5k $18.9m | Added +475.1k |
| Penn Capital Management Company, LLC 1.81% of their portfolio | 534.5k $18.5m | Reduced -66.3k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 533.3k $18.5m | Reduced -371.0k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.02% of their portfolio | 532.6k $18.4m | Added +3.0k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 532.3k $18.4m | Reduced -3.1k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 515.4k $17.8m | Added +225.5k |
| Man Group plc 0.05% of their portfolio | 513.3k $17.8m | Added +267.8k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 512.6k $17.7m | Reduced -6.4k |
| Ancora Advisors LLC 0.39% of their portfolio | 510.5k $17.7m | Reduced -46.5k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.02% of their portfolio | 501.0k $17.4m | Reduced -31.1k |
| Mediolanum International Funds Ltd 0.22% of their portfolio | 489.4k $16.9m | New |
| Cinctive Capital Management LP 0.88% of their portfolio | 473.8k $16.4m | Reduced -405.8k |
| Tidal Investments LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 473.1k $16.4m | Added +370.8k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 454.7k $15.7m | Added +4.7k |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 413.9k $14.3m | Added +7.8k |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 394.7k $13.7m | Reduced -36.4k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 389.1k $13.5m | New |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.02% of their portfolio | 379.6k $13.1m | New |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 372.6k $12.9m | Added +48.8k |
| Phocas Financial Corp. 1.72% of their portfolio | 372.4k $12.9m | Reduced -3.4k |
| J. Goldman & Co LP 0.43% of their portfolio | 355.6k $12.3m | Reduced -642.1k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 340.2k $11.8m | Reduced -40.3k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 331.8k $11.5m | Added +59.7k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 328.3k $11.4m | First filing |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 306.7k $10.6m | Reduced -3.9k |
| Bastion Asset Management Inc. 6.00% of their portfolio | 302.7k $9.0m | First filing |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.04% of their portfolio | 282.4k $9.8m | Added +1.6k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.02% of their portfolio | 274.9k $9.5m | Added +93.3k |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.31% of their portfolio | 266.9k $9.2m | Reduced -247.3k |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 262.8k $9.1m | Reduced -10.6k |
| Manatuck Hill Partners, LLC 3.69% of their portfolio | 260.0k $9.0m | Reduced -15.0k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 231.8k $8.0m | Reduced -24.1k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 225.7k $7.8m | Reduced -71.0k |
| Amundi 0.00% of their portfolio | 223.6k $8.4m | Added +88.4k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.01% of their portfolio | 217.6k $7.5m | Added +2.2k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 216.1k $7.5m | Reduced -5.2k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.02% of their portfolio | 209.1k $7.2m | Reduced -300 |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 208.8k $7.2m | Added +9.9k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 202.9k $7.0m | Reduced -123.1k |
| CASTLEARK MANAGEMENT LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 202.6k $7.0m | Reduced -135.4k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 191.5k $6.6m | Reduced -312.7k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.01% of their portfolio | 190.6k $6.6m | Reduced -3.6k |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL 0.07% of their portfolio | 190.5k $6.6m | Reduced -12.7k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 171.9k $5.9m | Reduced -26.4k |
| Vident Advisory, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 165.7k $5.7m | Added +34.7k |
| PRELUDE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.48% of their portfolio | 165.1k $5.7m | Reduced -64.1k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 157.9k $5.5m | Reduced -597.6k |
| Informed Momentum Co LLC 0.76% of their portfolio | 155.5k $5.4m | New |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 152.5k $5.3m | Unchanged |
| Global IMC LLC 0.92% of their portfolio | 147.5k $5.1m | New |
| Diversify Advisory Services, LLC 0.29% of their portfolio | 144.5k $5.3m | New |
| FIRST MANHATTAN CO. LLC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 140.4k $4.9m | New |
| Hilton Capital Management, LLC 0.40% of their portfolio | 133.8k $4.6m | Added +6.2k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 132.8k $4.6m | Added +4.3k |