John Giffen - Kinaxis Independent Chairman of the Board

KXS Stock  CAD 183.47  4.36  2.43%   

Chairman

Mr. John Giffen is Chairman of the Board of Kinaxis Inc. Mr. Giffen is currently our Independent Lead Director and is a director of Absolute Software Inc. and also a director of a number of other private companies. From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Giffen was VicePresident, Finance and Chief Financial Officer at Alias Research Inc. . Since 1996, Mr. Giffen has advised several private venture investment funds, and has served on the boards of a number of public and private companies including Macromedia Inc.,, Ruggedcom Inc., MKS Inc., Descartes Systems Group Inc., DPS Inc., Corel Corporation Inc., Certicom Corporation Inc., Financial Models Inc., 724 Solutions Inc., Sierra Systems Group Inc., and Open Text Corporation Inc since 2018.
Age 61
Tenure 6 years
Professional MarksCPA
Address 3199 Palladium Drive, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K2T 0N9
Phone613 592 5780
Webhttps://www.kinaxis.com
Giffen is a Chartered Professional Accountant and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario .and has a Designation in Corporationrationrationrate Finance. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and worked with KPMG in Glasgow from 19781982.

Kinaxis Management Efficiency

The company has return on total asset (ROA) of 0.0189 % which means that it generated a profit of $0.0189 on every $100 spent on assets. This is way below average. Similarly, it shows a return on equity (ROE) of 0.0464 %, meaning that it generated $0.0464 on every $100 dollars invested by stockholders. Kinaxis' management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well Kinaxis manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities. At this time, Kinaxis' Return On Tangible Assets are very stable compared to the past year. As of the 1st of December 2024, Return On Assets is likely to grow to 0.02, while Return On Capital Employed is likely to drop 0.03. At this time, Kinaxis' Net Tangible Assets are very stable compared to the past year. As of the 1st of December 2024, Return On Tangible Assets is likely to grow to 0.02, while Total Current Assets are likely to drop about 247 M.
Kinaxis has accumulated 51.79 M in total debt with debt to equity ratio (D/E) of 0.06, which may suggest the company is not taking enough advantage from borrowing. Kinaxis has a current ratio of 2.78, suggesting that it is liquid and has the ability to pay its financial obligations in time and when they become due. Debt can assist Kinaxis until it has trouble settling it off, either with new capital or with free cash flow. So, Kinaxis' shareholders could walk away with nothing if the company can't fulfill its legal obligations to repay debt. However, a more frequent occurrence is when companies like Kinaxis sell additional shares at bargain prices, diluting existing shareholders. Debt, in this case, can be an excellent and much better tool for Kinaxis to invest in growth at high rates of return. When we think about Kinaxis' use of debt, we should always consider it together with cash and equity.
Kinaxis Inc. provides cloud-based subscription software for supply chain operations in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Canada. Kinaxis Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. KINAXIS INC operates under SoftwareApplication classification in Canada and is traded on Toronto Stock Exchange. It employs 662 people. Kinaxis (KXS) is traded on Toronto Exchange in Canada and employs 26 people. Kinaxis is listed under Application Software category by Fama And French industry classification.

Management Performance

Kinaxis Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the Kinaxis' board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Kinaxis inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Kinaxis. The board's role is to monitor Kinaxis' management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Kinaxis' inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Kinaxis' outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
Giovanni Pizzoferrato, Chief Officer
Gillian Denham, Independent Director
Jill Denham, Independent Director
Robert Courteau, Independent Director
Jay Muelhoefer, Chief Marketing Officer
Richard Monkman, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President - Corporate Services
Rick CA, Vice Relations
Megan Paterson, Vice President - Human Resources
Martin Dubois, Risk Security
Claire Rychlewski, Chief Officer
Angel Mendez, Independent Director
Pamela Passman, Independent Director
Gelu Ticala, Vice President - Product Development
David Kelly, Executive Vice President - Professional Services
John Giffen, Independent Chairman of the Board
Elizabeth Rafael, Independent Director
Andrew McDonald, Chief Product Officer
Jamie Hollingworth, Chief Legal Officer
Paul Carreiro, Chief Commercial Officer
James Hollingworth, Chief Secretary
Blaine Fitzgerald, Executive CFO
Anne Robinson, Chief Strategy Officer
Michael Mauger, Executive Vice President Global Customer Care
John Sicard, President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Amber Pate, Chief Officer
Kelly Thomas, Independent Director

Kinaxis Stock Performance Indicators

The ability to make a profit is the ultimate goal of any investor. But to identify the right stock is not an easy task. Is Kinaxis a good investment? Although profit is still the single most important financial element of any organization, multiple performance indicators can help investors identify the equity that they will appreciate over time.

Pair Trading with Kinaxis

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Kinaxis position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Kinaxis will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

Moving together with Kinaxis Stock

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The ability to find closely correlated positions to Kinaxis could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Kinaxis when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Kinaxis - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Kinaxis to buy it.
The correlation of Kinaxis is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Kinaxis moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Kinaxis moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Kinaxis can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.
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Other Information on Investing in Kinaxis Stock

Kinaxis financial ratios help investors to determine whether Kinaxis Stock is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Kinaxis with respect to the benefits of owning Kinaxis security.