KBR, Inc. (NYSE:KBR) Stock Rated “Hold” by Wall Street Analysts

Shares of KBR, Inc. (NYSE:KBR) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the eight research firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and three have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price target among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $45.00.

Several research firms recently commented on KBR. Bank of America dropped their price objective on shares of KBR from $45.00 to $40.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, July 20th. Citigroup decreased their target price on shares of KBR from $50.00 to $49.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Wall Street Zen raised shares of KBR from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 1st. Oppenheimer lowered their target price on shares of KBR from $60.00 to $50.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, September 22nd. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised KBR from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 3rd.

KBR Stock Performance

Shares of KBR stock opened at $36.80 on Wednesday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $36.41 and its 200-day moving average price is $35.66. The stock has a market cap of $4.64 billion, a PE ratio of 11.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.98 and a beta of 0.47. The company has a current ratio of 1.15, a quick ratio of 1.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.52. KBR has a 12 month low of $29.94 and a 12 month high of $45.37.

KBR (NYSE:KBR) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The construction company reported $0.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.90 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $1.98 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.87 billion. KBR had a net margin of 5.49% and a return on equity of 32.55%. KBR’s quarterly revenue was up 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.91 EPS. KBR has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.870-4.220 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that KBR will post 4.01 EPS for the current fiscal year.

KBR Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 15th will be given a dividend of $0.1650 per share. This represents a $0.66 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 15th. KBR’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 19.88%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Anchor Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in KBR by 27.5% in the first quarter. Anchor Investment Management LLC now owns 1,275 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $47,000 after acquiring an additional 275 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP grew its stake in shares of KBR by 98.2% in the second quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 789 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 391 shares during the last quarter. State of Michigan Retirement System grew its stake in shares of KBR by 1.7% in the first quarter. State of Michigan Retirement System now owns 30,511 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $1,125,000 after acquiring an additional 500 shares during the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of KBR by 48.3% during the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 1,570 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $55,000 after acquiring an additional 511 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund increased its holdings in shares of KBR by 2.8% during the first quarter. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund now owns 26,098 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $962,000 after acquiring an additional 700 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 97.02% of the company’s stock.

KBR Company Profile

KBR, Inc is a global engineering, science and technology company that provides solutions to government and commercial customers. Its services include program management, engineering and integration, consulting, mission operations, logistics, cybersecurity, digital transformation and technical support.

Through its Government Solutions business, KBR supports defense, intelligence, space, civil government and national security programs. The company provides mission support, research and development, systems engineering, training, operations and maintenance services to government agencies and other public-sector customers.

KBR’s Sustainable Technology Solutions business serves energy, chemicals and industrial customers with technology licensing, engineering, project delivery and consulting services.