On Friday, KBR Inc (NYSE: KBR) opened higher 1.56% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $69.43. Price fluctuations for KBR have ranged from $49.37 to $69.77 over the past 52 weeks.
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Industrials Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 7.94% over the last five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 11.69% at the time writing. With a float of $131.33 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $135.07 million.
The firm has a total of 34000 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 13.94%, operating margin of 7.46%, and the pretax margin is 4.57%.
KBR Inc (KBR) Insider Activity
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Engineering & Construction industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of KBR Inc is 1.30%, while institutional ownership is 97.00%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 19 ’24, was worth 2,329,488. In this transaction Pres., Sustainable Tech Solns of this company sold 35,000 shares at a rate of $66.56, taking the stock ownership to the 106,550 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 19 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 35,000 for $66.56, making the entire transaction worth $2,329,488.
KBR Inc (KBR) Earnings and Forecasts
If we go through the results of last quarter, which was made public on 6/30/2024, the company posted 0.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, besting the agreed prediction (set at 0.74) by 0.01. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.81 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 11.69% per share during the next fiscal year.
KBR Inc (NYSE: KBR) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for KBR Inc (KBR). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.10. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.31. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 41.33.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.48, a number that is poised to hit 0.84 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.91 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of KBR Inc (KBR)
Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [KBR Inc, KBR], we can find that recorded value of 0.94 million was lower than the volume posted last year of 1.1 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 81.12%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.19.
During the past 100 days, KBR Inc’s (KBR) raw stochastic average was set at 99.54%, which indicates a significant increase from 99.18% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 18.55% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 21.87% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $65.79, while its 200-day Moving Average is $62.76. Now, the first resistance to watch is $70.91. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $71.31. The third major resistance level sits at $72.07. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $69.76, it is likely to go to the next support level at $69.00. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $68.60.
KBR Inc (NYSE: KBR) Key Stats
There are currently 134,276K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 9.38 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 6,956 M according to its annual income of -265,000 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 1,855 M and its income totaled 106,000 K.
