With 1.02 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.72 million shares. The 52-week range on KBR shows that it touched its highest point at $72.60 and its lowest point at $43.89 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $66.62. With its current market cap of 6.79 billion, KBR has annualized dividend of $0.61 while the current yield stands at 1.18%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.79.
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 -6.25%, but this was up by 1.14% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 6.51% while six-month performance fell -9.99%. The stock lost -20.83% in the past year, while it has lost -9.65% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KBR yields 2.99 with Next year EPS estimates of 4.26. For the next quarter, that number is 0.92. This implies an EPS growth rate of 15.28% for this year and 10.75% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 10.17% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 14.43%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 129.74 million KBR shares are outstanding with a float of 127.90 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 $2.90051 being high and $2.84049 being low. For KBR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.8705.
