Zacks Research Issues Positive Forecast for KBR Earnings

KBR, Inc. (NYSE:KBR) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research boosted their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for KBR in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, March 17th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the construction company will post earnings of $0.89 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.87. The consensus estimate for KBR’s current full-year earnings is $3.26 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for KBR’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.93 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.00 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.85 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.03 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.04 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.22 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $4.43 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.89 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. TD Cowen lowered their target price on KBR from $72.00 to $64.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Citigroup lowered their target price on KBR from $82.00 to $76.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 29th. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their target price on KBR from $75.00 to $64.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, February 26th. Finally, KeyCorp lowered their target price on KBR from $70.00 to $67.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, February 25th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $75.88.

KBR Trading Down 2.4 %

NYSE:KBR opened at $50.06 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.69, a current ratio of 1.07 and a quick ratio of 1.07. KBR has a fifty-two week low of $47.16 and a fifty-two week high of $72.60. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $53.32 and its two-hundred day moving average is $59.80. The stock has a market cap of $6.63 billion, a PE ratio of 21.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.86 and a beta of 0.86.

KBR (NYSE:KBR) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 24th. The construction company reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $2.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2 billion. KBR had a net margin of 4.35% and a return on equity of 28.87%.

KBR Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Investors of record on Friday, March 14th will be paid a $0.165 dividend. This is a boost from KBR’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. This represents a $0.66 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.32%. KBR’s payout ratio is presently 23.57%.

Insider Activity at KBR

In other news, insider Gregory Sean Conlon sold 19,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $50.59, for a total transaction of $961,210.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 63,533 shares in the company, valued at $3,214,134.47. The trade was a 23.02 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 1.08% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of KBR by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 12,790,454 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $740,951,000 after buying an additional 68,588 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in shares of KBR by 0.7% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 4,016,324 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $262,185,000 after buying an additional 29,833 shares during the last quarter. Boston Partners lifted its holdings in shares of KBR by 12,326.4% during the fourth quarter. Boston Partners now owns 3,242,416 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $188,098,000 after buying an additional 3,216,323 shares during the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of KBR by 18.7% during the fourth quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 2,868,418 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $166,167,000 after buying an additional 451,887 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its holdings in shares of KBR by 87.2% during the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 2,805,163 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $162,503,000 after buying an additional 1,307,033 shares during the last quarter. 97.02% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

KBR Company Profile

KBR, Inc provides scientific, technology, and engineering solutions to governments and commercial customers worldwide. It operates through Government Solutions and Sustainable Technology Solutions segments. The Government Solutions segment offers life-cycle support solutions to defense, intelligence, space, aviation, and other programs and missions for military and other government agencies in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.