KBR, Inc.

NYSE:KBR Stock Report

Market Cap: US$7.6b

KBR Valuation

Is KBR undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of KBR when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: KBR ($57.23) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($92.62)

Significantly Below Fair Value: KBR is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for KBR?

Key metric: As KBR is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for KBR. This is calculated by dividing KBR's market cap by their current earnings.
What is KBR's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio23.9x
EarningsUS$319.00m
Market CapUS$7.63b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does KBR's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for KBR vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average23.4x
ULS UL Solutions
33.6x8.9%US$10.2b
SAIC Science Applications International
17.9x7.1%US$5.4b
CACI CACI International
20x8.4%US$9.1b
FCN FTI Consulting
22x6.0%US$6.9b
KBR KBR
23.9x22.9%US$7.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: KBR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.9x) compared to the peer average (23.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does KBR's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Professional Services Industry?

9 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CNDT Conduent
1.5x-104.3%US$663.54m
ALJJ ALJ Regional Holdings
0.7xn/aUS$70.26m
VCIG VCI Global
2xn/aUS$18.87m
LICN Lichen China
1.1xn/aUS$8.17m
KBR 23.9xIndustry Avg. 23.8xNo. of Companies9PE01224364860+
9 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: KBR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.9x) compared to the US Professional Services industry average (23.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is KBR's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

KBR PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio23.9x
Fair PE Ratio31.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: KBR is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.6x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst KBR forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$57.23
US$76.70
+34.0%
6.0%US$84.00US$70.00n/a10
Dec ’25US$60.83
US$76.70
+26.1%
6.0%US$84.00US$70.00n/a10
Nov ’25US$67.29
US$79.10
+17.6%
7.5%US$90.00US$70.00n/a10
Oct ’25US$65.75
US$77.50
+17.9%
7.6%US$90.00US$69.00n/a10
Sep ’25US$69.36
US$78.09
+12.6%
7.6%US$90.00US$69.00n/a11
Aug ’25US$65.94
US$78.09
+18.4%
7.6%US$90.00US$69.00n/a11
Jul ’25US$63.64
US$77.45
+21.7%
8.4%US$90.00US$68.00n/a11
Jun ’25US$65.66
US$77.45
+18.0%
8.4%US$90.00US$68.00n/a11
May ’25US$65.56
US$74.68
+13.9%
9.0%US$90.00US$65.00n/a12
Apr ’25US$63.32
US$69.94
+10.5%
7.9%US$80.00US$62.00n/a12
Mar ’25US$59.91
US$68.28
+14.0%
6.1%US$78.00US$62.00n/a12
Feb ’25US$53.08
US$66.78
+25.8%
5.8%US$72.00US$62.00n/a12
Jan ’25US$55.41
US$67.70
+22.2%
5.4%US$72.00US$62.00n/a10
Dec ’24US$52.59
US$68.00
+29.3%
5.9%US$74.00US$62.00US$60.8310
Nov ’24US$58.27
US$73.00
+25.3%
4.7%US$77.00US$64.00US$67.2910
Oct ’24US$58.94
US$73.10
+24.0%
4.8%US$77.00US$64.00US$65.7510
Sep ’24US$62.27
US$73.25
+17.6%
4.3%US$75.00US$64.00US$69.3612
Aug ’24US$61.99
US$73.25
+18.2%
4.3%US$75.00US$64.00US$65.9412
Jul ’24US$65.06
US$69.75
+7.2%
5.2%US$75.00US$60.00US$63.6412
Jun ’24US$59.45
US$69.75
+17.3%
5.2%US$75.00US$60.00US$65.6612
May ’24US$59.16
US$66.82
+12.9%
5.9%US$72.00US$60.00US$65.5611
Apr ’24US$55.05
US$66.00
+19.9%
5.7%US$70.00US$58.00US$63.3211
Mar ’24US$55.10
US$65.55
+19.0%
5.4%US$70.00US$58.00US$59.9111
Feb ’24US$51.25
US$63.00
+22.9%
7.0%US$69.00US$56.00US$53.0811
Jan ’24US$52.80
US$62.45
+18.3%
6.2%US$68.00US$56.00US$55.4111
Dec ’23US$51.84
US$61.80
+19.2%
5.8%US$66.00US$56.00US$52.5910

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/26 07:12
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/24 00:00
Earnings2024/09/27
Annual Earnings2023/12/29

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

KBR, Inc. is covered by 31 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Andrew KaplowitzBarclays
Adam ThalhimerBB&T Capital Markets