Zacks Research Comments on KBR’s Q2 Earnings (NYSE:KBR)

KBR, Inc. (NYSE:KBR) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research increased their Q2 2026 earnings estimates for KBR in a research report issued on Monday, April 13th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the construction company will earn $1.00 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.99. Zacks Research has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for KBR’s current full-year earnings is $3.26 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for KBR’s Q2 2027 earnings at $1.05 EPS.

KBR (NYSE:KBR) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The construction company reported $0.99 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.95 by $0.04. KBR had a net margin of 5.30% and a return on equity of 35.22%. The firm had revenue of $1.89 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.91 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.91 earnings per share. KBR’s revenue for the quarter was down 10.6% compared to the same quarter last year. KBR has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.870-4.220 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also commented on KBR. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on shares of KBR from $45.00 to $40.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of KBR from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Friday, March 27th. Truist Financial dropped their price target on shares of KBR from $62.00 to $50.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, December 19th. Citigroup dropped their price objective on shares of KBR from $57.00 to $53.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 26th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered shares of KBR from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, March 1st. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $56.50.

KBR Stock Performance

Shares of KBR stock opened at $36.38 on Wednesday. KBR has a one year low of $35.62 and a one year high of $56.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.68, a quick ratio of 1.22 and a current ratio of 1.22. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $39.32 and a 200 day moving average price of $41.72. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.17 and a beta of 0.49.

KBR Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be paid a $0.165 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 13th. This represents a $0.66 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.8%. KBR’s dividend payout ratio is 20.56%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Invesco Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of KBR by 3.5% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 5,736,873 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $230,622,000 after purchasing an additional 192,383 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in shares of KBR by 10.0% in the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,806,715 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $112,834,000 after purchasing an additional 255,948 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley boosted its stake in shares of KBR by 343.5% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 2,748,597 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $110,494,000 after purchasing an additional 2,128,895 shares during the period. Neuberger Berman Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of KBR by 12.4% in the fourth quarter. Neuberger Berman Group LLC now owns 2,587,375 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $104,046,000 after purchasing an additional 284,907 shares during the period. Finally, Snyder Capital Management L P boosted its stake in shares of KBR by 1.4% in the fourth quarter. Snyder Capital Management L P now owns 2,496,913 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $100,376,000 after purchasing an additional 34,495 shares during the period. 97.02% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About KBR

KBR, Inc is a global engineering, procurement, construction and services (EPC&S) company headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm delivers integrated solutions and technologies across the full project lifecycle for customers in the energy, government, industrial and infrastructure sectors. Its offerings span feasibility studies, front-end engineering design, detailed design, procurement, fabrication, construction, commissioning and operations support.

The company is organized into business segments that include Energy Solutions, which focuses on oil and gas processing, liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities and petrochemical plants; Government Solutions, providing logistics, sustainment, training and mission support for defense, intelligence and civilian agencies; and Sustainable Technology, delivering chemical process technologies, water treatment and lower-carbon fuels expertise.