Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC Increases Holdings in KBR, Inc. $KBR

Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC increased its stake in KBR, Inc. (NYSE:KBR) by 5.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 306,450 shares of the construction company’s stock after acquiring an additional 14,881 shares during the period. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC owned approximately 0.24% of KBR worth $14,492,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Hantz Financial Services Inc. lifted its stake in shares of KBR by 207.8% in the 3rd quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 594 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 401 shares during the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in KBR by 432.5% during the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 607 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $29,000 after buying an additional 493 shares during the period. Bessemer Group Inc. lifted its position in KBR by 75.8% in the second quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 617 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 266 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its stake in KBR by 98.1% during the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,228 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $59,000 after buying an additional 608 shares during the period. Finally, Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB bought a new position in KBR during the third quarter valued at $70,000. 97.02% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently issued reports on KBR. Oppenheimer began coverage on shares of KBR in a report on Tuesday, December 2nd. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $60.00 target price for the company. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of KBR from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Truist Financial dropped their target price on KBR from $62.00 to $50.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, December 19th. Wall Street Zen downgraded KBR from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company began coverage on KBR in a research note on Thursday, November 13th. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $45.00 price target for the company. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $57.00.

KBR Price Performance

Shares of KBR stock opened at $41.06 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $5.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.79, a P/E/G ratio of 1.06 and a beta of 0.50. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $42.39 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $44.24. KBR, Inc. has a one year low of $39.39 and a one year high of $56.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.68, a current ratio of 1.22 and a quick ratio of 1.22.

KBR (NYSE:KBR) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The construction company reported $0.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.95 by $0.04. KBR had a return on equity of 35.22% and a net margin of 5.30%.The firm had revenue of $1.89 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.91 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.91 earnings per share. KBR’s quarterly revenue was down 10.6% on a year-over-year basis. KBR has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.870-4.220 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that KBR, Inc. will post 3.26 EPS for the current year.

KBR Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be given a dividend of $0.165 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. This represents a $0.66 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.6%. KBR’s dividend payout ratio is presently 20.56%.

KBR Company Profile

KBR, Inc is a global engineering, procurement, construction and services (EPC&S) company headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm delivers integrated solutions and technologies across the full project lifecycle for customers in the energy, government, industrial and infrastructure sectors. Its offerings span feasibility studies, front-end engineering design, detailed design, procurement, fabrication, construction, commissioning and operations support.

The company is organized into business segments that include Energy Solutions, which focuses on oil and gas processing, liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities and petrochemical plants; Government Solutions, providing logistics, sustainment, training and mission support for defense, intelligence and civilian agencies; and Sustainable Technology, delivering chemical process technologies, water treatment and lower-carbon fuels expertise.