KBR (NYSE:KBR) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

KBR (NYSE:KBR) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Monday. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.710-3.950 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 3.860. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.7 billion-$9.1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.9 billion.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms recently issued reports on KBR. Citigroup lowered their target price on KBR from $82.00 to $76.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 29th. KeyCorp decreased their price target on shares of KBR from $78.00 to $70.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. UBS Group raised their price target on shares of KBR from $77.00 to $78.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $84.00 price target on shares of KBR in a research note on Tuesday, November 19th. Finally, TD Cowen decreased their price target on shares of KBR from $72.00 to $64.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $78.00.

KBR Stock Performance

Shares of KBR traded up $1.12 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $50.26. 6,196,902 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,500,493. KBR has a twelve month low of $47.55 and a twelve month high of $72.60. The company has a quick ratio of 1.07, a current ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.69. The company has a market cap of $6.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.12, a PEG ratio of 0.86 and a beta of 0.83. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $56.16 and its 200 day simple moving average is $61.90.

KBR (NYSE:KBR) last posted its earnings results on Monday, February 24th. The construction company reported $0.91 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.83 by $0.08. KBR had a return on equity of 28.87% and a net margin of 4.35%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that KBR will post 3.26 earnings per share for the current year.

KBR Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Investors of record on Friday, March 14th will be given a $0.165 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. This represents a $0.66 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.31%. This is a boost from KBR’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. KBR’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 27.73%.

About KBR

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.