On Friday, KBR Inc (NYSE: KBR) was 3.60% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $50.04. A 52-week range for KBR has been $47.16 – $72.60.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Industrials Sector giant was 7.25%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 14.25%. With a float of $130.58 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $132.44 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 38000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 14.25%, operating margin of 7.54%, and the pretax margin is 6.6%.
KBR Inc (KBR) Insider Activity
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward KBR Inc stocks. The insider ownership of KBR Inc is 1.41%, while institutional ownership is 98.70%. 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
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 14.25% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 8.97% during the next five years compared to 14.43% growth over the previous five years of trading.
KBR Inc (NYSE: KBR) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what KBR Inc (KBR) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.05. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.89. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 17.83.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.80, a number that is poised to hit 0.87 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.30 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of KBR Inc (KBR)
Looking closely at KBR Inc (NYSE: KBR), its last 5-days average volume was 2.78 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 1.74 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 75.57%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.70.
During the past 100 days, KBR Inc’s (KBR) raw stochastic average was set at 18.40%, which indicates a significant decrease from 88.97% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 32.78% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 35.06% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $54.66, while its 200-day Moving Average is $62.20. However, in the short run, KBR Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $52.68. Second resistance stands at $53.51. The third major resistance level sits at $55.00. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $50.36, it is likely to go to the next support level at $48.87. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $48.04.
KBR Inc (NYSE: KBR) Key Stats
There are 132,442K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 6.87 billion. As of now, sales total 7,742 M while income totals 375,000 K. Its latest quarter income was 2,122 M while its last quarter net income were 76,000 K.
