Kainos signals profit upgrade as Workday and digital divisions sustain double-digit expansion

Energy Written by: Ian Lyall 08:40 Tue 18 Aug 2026 --> Edited by: Jamie Ashcroft Disclaimer No investment advice About this content Editorial Standards & Policies Share article About this content × About Ian Lyall Ian Lyall, a seasoned journalist and editor, brings over three decades of experience to his role as Managing Editor at Proactive. Overseeing Proactive's editorial and broadcast operations across six offices on three continents, Ian is responsible for quality control, editorial policy, and content production. He directs the creation of 50,000 pieces of real-time news, feature articles, and filmed interviews annually. Prior to Proactive, Ian helped lead the business output at the Daily... Read more About the publisher Proactive financial news and online broadcast teams provide fast, accessible, informative and actionable business and finance news content to a global investment audience. All our content is produced independently by our experienced and qualified teams of news journalists. Proactive news team spans the world’s key finance and investing hubs with bureaus and studios in London, New York, Toronto, Vancouver, Sydney and Perth. We are experts in medium and small-cap markets, we also keep our community up to date with blue-chip companies, commodities and broader investment stories. This is content that excites and engages motivated private investors. The team delivers news and unique insights across the market including but not confined to: biotech and pharma, mining and natural resources, battery metals, oil and gas, crypto and emerging digital and EV technologies. Use of technology Proactive has always been a forward looking and enthusiastic technology adopter. Our human content creators are equipped with many decades of valuable expertise and experience. The team also has access to and use technologies to assist and enhance workflows. Proactive will on occasion use automation and software tools, including generative AI. Nevertheless, all content published by Proactive is edited and authored by humans, in line with best practice in regard to content production and search engine optimisation. Kainos Group PLC ( LSE:KNOS ) View Price & Profile Kainos signals profit upgrade as Workday and digital divisions sustain double-digit expansion Published: 08:40 18 Aug 2026 BST Kainos Group PLC (LSE:KNOS) , the UK-headquartered information technology provider, anticipates delivering annual revenue and adjusted profit before tax comfortably ahead of market expectations. This upgraded financial guidance follows a period of robust operational momentum during the opening months of the current financial year, investors were told. The company-compiled market consensus had previously projected total revenue of £509.3 million for the period. Current known sell-side analyst estimates for revenue sit within a range between £498 million and £514 million. The wider market also expected an adjusted profit before tax figure of £77.1 million. Estimates for this adjusted profit metric previously ranged from £75 million to £84 million. Continued strong trading across three core divisions drives this expected financial outperformance. Digital Services represents one of these main operating units and continues to demonstrate very strong growth. Management secured several significant new client contracts for this division during the second half of the previous financial year. The business has successfully won further contract awards since the start of the current financial year. Trading across the Workday Services and Workday Products divisions has also progressed well recently. Both Workday units recorded double-digit percentage revenue increases compared to the same period during the previous year. Kainos previously generated double-digit percentage revenue growth across the entire group during the financial year ended 31 March 2026. This past growth coincided with very strong sales activity and record levels of unfulfilled client orders. A substantial multi-year contracted backlog continues to underpin management confidence in the ongoing financial outlook. A robust pipeline of potential new business also supports this positive forward momentum. The broader macroeconomic environment remains highly volatile at present. However, the technology provider operates within specific markets driven by clear structural trends. These structural dynamics leave the business well positioned to execute its strategic objectives. Continue reading