With 2.03 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.43 million shares. The 52-week range on KBR shows that it touched its highest point at $72.60 and its lowest point at $51.31 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $76.38. With its current market cap of 6.76 billion, KBR has annualized dividend of $0.60 while the current yield stands at 1.18%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.85.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of KBR was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -4.80%, but this was down by -16.09% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -13.49% while six-month performance fell -23.73%. The stock lost -8.23% in the past year, while it has lost -12.41% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KBR yields 2.39 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.82. For the next quarter, that number is 0.82. This implies an EPS growth rate of 11.73% for this year and 17.39% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 133.23 million KBR shares are outstanding with a float of 131.49 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for KBR since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $3.29435 being high and $3.20451 being low. For KBR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.25442. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.93 and the low estimate is $0.84. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.87.
