BofA Securities raised the price target for the KBR Inc. (NYSE:KBR) stock to “a Buy”. The rating was released on December 02, 2022, according to finviz. The stock was upgraded by Goldman, who disclosed in a research note on June 03, 2020, from Neutral to Buy and set the price objective to $31. In their research brief published May 26, 2020, UBS analysts upgraded the KBR Inc. stock from Neutral to Buy with a price target of $28.
The latest trade, Performances and Moving Averages give us the following Picture
The share price of KBR Inc. (NYSE:KBR) dipped -2.89% to close Wednesday’s market session at $52.16, lower as compared to yesterday’s close. The stock price fluctuated between $51.04 and $52.90 throughout the trading session with the volume trading being 1392489 shares, which represented a significant variation when compared to the three months average volume of 978.28K shares. The firm’s stock price fluctuated -4.49% within the last five trades and -0.91% within the last 30 trades, which was a significant change from the beginning of this year. Despite the fact that the share price increased 7.17% in the last 6 months and 1.28% was added to its value over the previous 3 months. KBR stock is trading at a margin of -4.32%, -0.23% and 4.27% apart from the 20-Day, 50-Day and 200-Day Simple Moving Average prices.
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As of the close of trading, KBR deals in the Industrials domain. The stock is trading -10.07 percent below its 52-week high and 24.31 percent above its 52-week low. For example, looking both at the price and the high and low measurements of 52 weeks will give you a clearer picture of the direction the price is heading. The firm’s Weighted Alpha is 2.1. A positive weighted alpha indicates the firm has done well over the course of the year, whereas one below 0 indicates that the firm has done poorly.
What Does KBR Inc.’s Profitability and Valuation Ratios Tell Us About the Stock?
With regard to the profitability of the company, the operating margin is currently at 5.20 percent and the profit margin is 2.90 percent, and the company has reported a gross margin of 12.60 percent. The profit margin, also known as the revenue ratio or gross profit ratio, is an efficiency figure used to estimate the business’s profitability by comparing net income and sales. The higher the number, the more profits are generated for the company and vice versa.
The stock’s market cap achieved a total value of $7.27 billion as of the last trading session. Market capitalization is the total value of all outstanding shares of a corporation and it is used to measure a company’s market value. The price-to-earnings ratio for KBR Inc. (NYSE:KBR) is 43.54. The price-to-earnings ratio is a method of assessing corporate values by comparing them to their per-share profit. Forward P/E stands at 14.36. Forward price-to-earnings is calculated using predicted earnings for the next financial year’s P/E determination. The stock has achieved an effective Price-to-Sales Ratio of 1.11 that mirrors the cost to be found for sales by the market. The firm managed a Price-to-Book ratio of 4.48, which equates the market value of a stock with its book value.
Is Insider Trading a Real Thing?
LYLES LESTER L, the Director at KBR Inc. (KBR) has sold 17,000 shares of firm on Mar 09 at a price of $54.81 against the total amount of $0.93 million. In another inside trade, Myles Jennifer, EVP, Chief People Officer of KBR Inc. (NYSE:KBR) sold 4,714 shares of the firm on Feb 21 for a total worth of $0.26 million at a price of $54.49. An inside trade which took place on Dec 16, EVP, Chief People Officer of KBR Inc. Myles Jennifer sold 1,449 shares of firm against total price of $72965.0 at the cost of $50.36 per share.