Why Kreate Group stock moves
Kreate Group rose slightly, moving against the market.
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Why today
16,413 news analyzed todayKreate Group rose slightly, moving against the market.
No company news explains that session's move.
Over the last five trading days, the shares fell clearly while OMX Helsinki 25 rose slightly.
Likely drivers include the sharp drop after the Q3 earnings release and weakness in infrastructure stocks earlier in the week.
The move itself was an ordinary one for the stock.
Today's move of +0.75% was 0.4 times a normal day's 1.9%. OMX Helsinki 25 moved −0.52% on the same day.
Kreate Group +0.75%OMX Helsinki 25 −0.52%Against the market
What analysts expect, and how often they have been right
Analysts’ estimates for Kreate Group.
Kreate Group earned more than expected in 5 out of 8 reports.
For comparison, about 46% of reports from Nordic companies beat the estimate in the last three years.
The share moved in the same direction as the earnings surprise in 7 out of 8 reports with a measured move, against about 63% of reports from Nordic companies.
Ratings
Price targets
Latest price 26.70 EUR
Earnings against expectations, and the share’s reaction
Expected EPSAbove estimateBelow estimateAs expectedEUR
Next reported quarter: expected earnings per share of 0.80 EUR. For the current fiscal year, expected earnings per share changed from 2.10 EUR three months ago to 2.40 EUR now. 2026 estimate: 2.40 EUR. 2027 estimate: 2.93 EUR. One analyst made these estimates. People on the board and in management must report their trades in the share, and the company publishes them. July 17: Sell about 105 thousand EUR. May 28: Sell about 51 thousand EUR. April 29: Sell about 32 thousand EUR. April 28: Sell about 94 thousand EUR. February 17: Buy about 7 thousand EUR.
Has the share price followed the business?
Price and earnings moved in the same direction: 2 out of 3 years. Across Nordic companies, that happens in about 60% of years. In 2025, the price changed +76% and earnings per share +45%.
Revenue, profit and market cap
RevenueProfitMarket capHatched bars: analysts’ estimates.m EUR
Assets, liabilities and market cap
AssetsLiabilitiesMarket capm EUR
Price and earnings moved in the same direction: 2 out of 3 years.Market cap (Now): 237 m EURRevenue 2025: 315 m EUR
What the key figures say about Kreate Group
The figures connect what Kreate Group earns with what investors pay.
The line shows the share price in the same year, on its own scale. Hatched bars: analysts’ estimates.
Profit divided by the number of shares. Each share represents this much of the earnings.
2022–2025: 0.44 EUR–0.71 EUR. Peers: Multiconsult 7.96 NOK, ByggPartnerGruppen 3.98 SEK, SRV Group 0.58 EUR. 2026 estimate: 2.40 EUR (2.40 EUR–2.40 EUR). 2027 estimate: 2.93 EUR (2.93 EUR–2.93 EUR).
What the company sold during the year.
2022–2025: 274 m EUR–320 m EUR. Peers: Multiconsult 5.9 bn NOK, ByggPartnerGruppen 6.1 bn SEK, SRV Group 761 m EUR. 2026 estimate: 696 m EUR (696 m EUR–696 m EUR). 2027 estimate: 758 m EUR (758 m EUR–758 m EUR).
The percentage of revenue left after the costs of running the business.
2022–2025: 2.2%–3.0%. Peers: Multiconsult 5.0%, ByggPartnerGruppen 3.7%, SRV Group 4.0%.
Profit as a percentage of shareholders’ money in the company.
2022–2025: 8.6%–14.0%. Peers: Multiconsult 18.4%, ByggPartnerGruppen 29.0%, SRV Group 13.5%.
The price investors pay for each unit of annual earnings per share. Not shown for a loss.
2022–2025: 12.8–17.7. Peers: Multiconsult 16.4, ByggPartnerGruppen 9.1, SRV Group 13.4. 2026 estimate: 11.1. 2027 estimate: 9.1.
What investors pay for each unit the company sells.
2022–2025: 0.20–0.35. Peers: Multiconsult 0.61, ByggPartnerGruppen 0.27, SRV Group 0.17. 2026 estimate: 0.34. 2027 estimate: 0.31.
Money paid to shareholders per share, summed by calendar year.
2021–2025: 0.44 EUR–0.50 EUR.
The ordinary yearly dividend as a percentage of the share price.
2022–2025: 4.0%–6.7%. Peers: Multiconsult 3.8%, ByggPartnerGruppen 2.1%, SRV Group 0.0%.
Net debt divided by operating earnings before depreciation and amortisation.
2022–2025: 1.23–2.61. Peers: Multiconsult 3.38, ByggPartnerGruppen -1.35, SRV Group 6.72.
More key figures
Market cap divided by shareholders’ equity, what remains after liabilities.
2022–2025: 1.43–2.42. Peers: Multiconsult 3.04, ByggPartnerGruppen 2.35, SRV Group 1.31.
Market cap plus net debt, divided by operating earnings. This includes debt.
2022–2025: 11.1–14.2.
Cash left after investments, divided by the number of shares.
2022–2025: -0.71 EUR–4.20 EUR. Peers: Multiconsult 20.62 NOK, ByggPartnerGruppen 11.48 SEK, SRV Group 2.12 EUR.
The percentage of assets financed by shareholders’ equity.
2022–2025: 24.0%–32.9%.
The dividend explained
A dividend is money paid to shareholders. Kreate Group paid 0.60 EUR per share in the twelve months through November 6, 2026.
On the ex-dividend day, September 23, 2026, Kreate Group traded without the right to the 0.30 EUR dividend. The price went from 35.70 EUR to 37.70 EUR; including the dividend, the day's change was +6.4%. Entitlement passes from the company to shareholders on the ex-day; payment comes later.
2021: 0.44 EUR2022: 0.45 EUR2023: 0.46 EUR2024: 0.48 EUR2025: 0.50 EUR2026 so far: 0.60 EUR
What followed similar falls?
Including reinvested dividends, Kreate Group fell 4.0% over the latest five trading days. Since February 19, 2021, falls at least this large were followed by a higher value 21 trading days later in 20 out of 29 non-overlapping periods. The median was +2.7%, against +1.3% for an ordinary 21-day period, which ended higher 56 times in 100.
Such a fall has not said much about the next month.
+2.7% · 20/29
More about Kreate Group
Insider trades
People on the board and in management must report their trades in the share, and the company publishes them.
- Juha Schönberg, senior executiveSellabout 105 thousand EUR
- Juha Schönberg, senior executiveSellabout 51 thousand EUR
- Juha Tapani Schönberg, senior executiveSellabout 32 thousand EUR
- Juha Tapani Schönberg, senior executiveSellabout 94 thousand EUR
- Timo Kohtamäki, board member (closely associated)Buyabout 7 thousand EUR
Earnings report
On its last 16 report days Kreate Group usually moved about 3.0%. On a normal day it moves 1.9%.
−4.38% Why? +6.79% +9.38% +6.06%
10,000 EUR in Kreate Group bought on February 19, 2021 is worth 33,400 EUR today, with dividends reinvested.
The same amount in OMX Helsinki with dividends would have become 14,800 EUR.
What would 10,000 EUR in Kreate Group be worth today? →
What would 10,000 EUR in Kreate Group be worth today?
33,400 EUR
with dividends reinvested, bought on February 19, 2021. The same amount in OMX Helsinki with dividends would have become 14,800 EUR.
At worst it was worth 6,740 EUR (October 30, 2023).
The five biggest days of the journey
· −18.6% · the whole market fell 0.1% the same day · Why?
· +11.6% · the whole market rose 0.9% the same day
· +10.6% · the whole market rose 0.3% the same day
· +9.4% · the whole market rose 0.2% the same day · report day
· +8.4% · the whole market rose 1.1% the same day
Earlier days
−3.96% market +0.50% Kreate Group fell clearly over the last five trading days, moving against a slightly rising market. Read →
Kreate Group fell clearly over the last five trading days, moving against a slightly rising market.
The market also saw a tech-stock correction that week, which likely weighed on sentiment.
The stock's moves were ordinary in size, and it sits well above its lowest close of the past year.
−3.99% market −1.18% Kreate Group fell sharply without a company-news explanation. Read →
Kreate Group fell sharply without a company-news explanation.
The stock fell more than OMX Helsinki 25, which dropped clearly over the same days.
It fell clearly over the last five trading days, while the market fell slightly.
Trading was about twice its normal level, which suggests heavy selling pressure.
Earlier, the company reported strong third-quarter revenue but earnings below expectations, and that report is the likeliest background for the sell-off.
+1.80% market +0.36% Kreate Group rose sharply without a company-news explanation. Read →
Kreate Group rose sharply without a company-news explanation.
The rise was clearly stronger than the market, which edged up slightly over the same day.
Over the last five trading days, Kreate fell very sharply, a much bigger drop than the market's slight decline.
The drop is most likely linked to its latest quarterly report, which came out last week and missed expectations.
Its earnings per share fell short of analysts' forecasts, and the share price fell after.
−28.35% market +0.22% Kreate Group fell very sharply over the week, while the wider Helsinki market was roughly flat. Read →
Kreate Group fell very sharply over the week, while the wider Helsinki market was roughly flat.
The drop followed the company's quarterly report on Monday 26 October, which showed record revenue and profit growth but earnings below analysts' expectations.
Shares fell further as the week went on, with the sharpest declines on Tuesday 27 October.
Peer stocks in the sector also declined, with the median move about 2% lower, so part of the weakness may reflect a broader industrial sell-off.
−5.30% market −0.54% Kreate Group fell, moving well apart from the market. Read →
Kreate Group fell, moving well apart from the market.
Its Q3 earnings reportedly strengthened, yet the share price dropped, a sign investors may have focused on margins and profit.
The stock fell very sharply over the last five trading days, while OMX Helsinki 25 fell only slightly.
Earlier this week the company reported record revenue and raised its guidance, but earnings missed expectations, which likely weighed on the shares.
Sector peers fell about 1.7% over the same week, so part of the weakness may be broader.
−18.60% market −0.14% Kreate Group fell very sharply. Read →
Kreate Group fell very sharply.
Kreate fell very sharply while OMX Helsinki 25 was roughly unchanged, so the move was specific to the stock and its sector.
The drop was about eleven times a normal daily swing, on trading well above its usual level.
Over the last five trading days the stock fell very sharply, while the sector median was about 2% lower.
The quarterly report published yesterday showed record revenue and a higher EBITA margin, but earnings missed expectations.
−4.38% market +1.83% Kreate Group fell that day on its quarterly report, which missed expectations. Read →
Kreate Group fell that day on its quarterly report, which missed expectations.
Over the same session OMX Helsinki 25 rose sharply, so Kreate Group moved against the market.
Results were a record, but earnings fell short of what analysts expected, which likely drove the sell-off.
Trading volume was about four times its usual level, and its report days usually move roughly three times a normal day, so the drop was about a typical report-day move.
Over the last five trading days Kreate Group fell clearly while the market was roughly flat.
+2.37% market −0.38% Kreate Group rose clearly while the market fell slightly, with no clear company news explaining it. Read →
Kreate Group rose clearly while the market fell slightly, with no clear company news explaining it.
Over the last five trading days the stock was roughly unchanged, while OMX Helsinki 25 fell clearly, so Kreate held up better than the market.
Trading was around its usual level, and the share remains well above its low of late October last year but below its early October high.
The newest item, an 'Earnings To Watch' piece on the upcoming third-quarter 2026 report, is a preview and does not explain the move.
Earlier news about a data center contract in Forssa, booked into the order backlog, came out before the session, so it is not the reason for the move either.
−0.26% market −3.27% Kreate Group was roughly unchanged over the last five trading days. Read →
Kreate Group was roughly unchanged over the last five trading days.
Its shares rose clearly in the last session, against a weaker market.
Over the same days the wider Helsinki market fell clearly, so Kreate held up better than the index.
Next, watch for the company's next quarterly report, which may update how much of this backlog it expects to turn into revenue.
−4.29% market −1.41% Kreate Group fell sharply after data center news. Read →
Kreate Group fell sharply after data center news.
It fell sharply in the last session, clearly more than the OMX Helsinki 25 index, which fell clearly.
The most likely reason is a data center contract in Forssa that was booked into its third-quarter order backlog, meaning work already signed but not yet done.
Trading was thin, which can make moves look bigger.
+5.32% market +0.61% Kreate Group rose sharply, more than the market, without company news explaining it. Read →
Kreate Group rose sharply, more than the market, without company news explaining it.
Over the last five trading days it fell slightly, in line with OMX Helsinki 25, which fell clearly.
The only company news is from Friday last week, before the last session, and it is about a retail partner award, so it does not explain that session's rise.
Trading was around its usual level, so the move was not driven by unusually heavy trading.
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