Dividend Power Score
A single, comprehensive score designed to measure the true strength of a company’s dividend.
This score combines three essential pillars of dividend quality:
Consistency – Measures how reliable the dividend has been over time, focusing on payment history, stability, and the absence of cuts or suspensions.
Payability – Assesses the company’s financial ability to sustain its dividend, taking into account cash flow, earnings coverage, balance sheet strength, and overall financial health.
Growth – Evaluates the long-term growth of both the dividend and the company’s share price, highlighting businesses that consistently increase payouts while creating shareholder value.
Higher scores identify companies that have historically delivered dependable income alongside sustained dividend growth and long-term capital appreciation.
Company Overview
Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. is a global provider of mission-critical information technology infrastructure services, operating primarily in the IT services and enterprise technology sectors. The company focuses on designing, building, managing, and modernizing complex IT environments for large enterprises, with a core emphasis on hybrid cloud infrastructure, mainframe and distributed systems, network services, and digital workplace solutions. Its primary revenue is derived from long-term managed services contracts with enterprise and public-sector clients across regulated and data-intensive industries.
Kyndryl was formed in 2021 through the spin-off of IBM’s Global Technology Services business, becoming an independent publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker KD. The separation was intended to allow Kyndryl to operate as a vendor-agnostic infrastructure services provider, while IBM refocused on hybrid cloud software and consulting. Since its formation, Kyndryl has positioned itself as one of the world’s largest IT infrastructure services companies by revenue and employee count.
Business Operations
Kyndryl operates through a single reportable segment focused on IT infrastructure services, with revenue generated from managed services, consulting and advisory engagements, and infrastructure modernization projects. Core offerings include Managed Infrastructure Services, Cloud Services, Network and Edge Services, Security and Resiliency Services, and Digital Workplace Services, supporting mission-critical workloads across on-premises, private cloud, and public cloud environments. The company serves thousands of enterprise customers, including financial institutions, healthcare organizations, telecommunications providers, manufacturers, and government entities.
Operations are global, with service delivery teams deployed across multiple regions to support 24/7 enterprise environments. Kyndryl controls extensive operational assets, including data center capabilities, intellectual property related to infrastructure management tools, and proprietary service delivery platforms. While the company does not rely heavily on joint ventures, it maintains strategic alliances with major technology providers to support customer solutions, including hyperscale cloud platforms and enterprise software ecosystems.
Strategic Position & Investments
Kyndryl’s strategic direction centers on stabilizing and modernizing inherited infrastructure contracts while expanding higher-margin advisory and cloud-related services. Growth initiatives emphasize hybrid cloud enablement, application and infrastructure modernization, and security and resiliency offerings. The company has also invested in developing its consulting and advisory capabilities to move upstream in customer engagements and reduce dependence on legacy infrastructure management contracts.
Rather than large-scale acquisitions, Kyndryl has prioritized partnerships and internal investment. Notable strategic alliances include expanded partnerships with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Google Cloud, SAP, and VMware, aimed at delivering vendor-agnostic solutions. The company has also launched industry-focused practices and innovation labs to address emerging technologies such as automation, artificial intelligence-driven operations, and edge computing, though revenue contribution from these areas remains incremental based on publicly available disclosures.
Geographic Footprint
Kyndryl operates in more than 60 countries, with headquarters in New York, United States, and a significant presence across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Middle East and Africa. North America represents the company’s largest revenue region, followed by Europe, reflecting the concentration of large enterprise customers with complex legacy IT environments.
Internationally, Kyndryl maintains delivery centers and operational hubs in countries such as India, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, Brazil, and Canada, enabling both local market support and global service delivery. The company’s geographic diversification is designed to support multinational clients and provide cost-efficient service models through a mix of onshore, nearshore, and offshore resources.
Leadership & Governance
Kyndryl’s leadership team is composed primarily of executives with long tenures in enterprise technology services, many of whom previously held senior roles within IBM prior to the spin-off. The company’s governance framework emphasizes operational discipline, customer-centric service delivery, and a strategic shift toward higher-value infrastructure advisory and modernization services.
Key executives include:
- Martin J. Schroeter – Chairman of the Board
- Rocco A. Martin – President and Chief Executive Officer
- David A. Geaney – Chief Financial Officer
- Michael Bradshaw – Chief Information Officer
- Elly Keinan – Group President, Kyndryl Consult
Leadership has publicly articulated a strategic vision focused on improving profitability, reducing legacy contract risk, strengthening hyperscaler partnerships, and repositioning Kyndryl as a trusted, independent advisor for enterprise infrastructure transformation.