The key reasons why KBR Inc (KBR) is -3.62% away from 52-week high?

KBR Inc (NYSE: KBR) started the day on Wednesday, with a price decrease of -2.15% at $69.97, before settling in for the price of $71.51 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, KBR posted a 52-week range of $50.45-$72.60.

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The company of the Industrials sector’s yearbook sales growth during the past 5- year span was recorded 7.94%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 12.04%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $135.07 million, simultaneously with a float of $131.52 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $9.32 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $66.62, while the 200-day Moving Average is $64.13.

KBR Inc (KBR) Ownership Facts and Figures

Now let’s turn our focus to how large-scale investors are working with this stock of the Engineering & Construction Industry. KBR Inc’s current insider ownership accounts for 1.29%, in contrast to 97.90% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Aug 19 ’24, this organization’s Pres., Sustainable Tech Solns sold 35,000 shares at the rate of 66.56, making the entire transaction reach 2,329,488 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 106,550.

KBR Inc (KBR) Earnings and Revenue Records

KBR Inc’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 12.04% and is forecasted to reach 3.85 in the upcoming year.

KBR Inc (NYSE: KBR) Trading Performance Indicators

Let’s observe the current performance indicators for KBR Inc (KBR). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 1.07. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 1.43. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $29.31, and its Beta score is 0.89. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 1.27. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 21.63.

In the same vein, KBR’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 2.39, a figure that is expected to reach 0.83 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 3.85 at the market close of one year from today.

Technical Analysis of KBR Inc (KBR)

If we take a close look at the recent performances of KBR Inc (NYSE: KBR), its last 5-days Average volume was 1.15 million that shows progress from its year to date volume of 1.11 million. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 74.56% While, its Average True Range was 1.49.

Raw Stochastic average of KBR Inc (KBR) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 79.66%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 57.27% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 20.05% that was lower than 22.99% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.