KBR, Inc. (KBR) Stock Analysis
Falling Knife setup
Industrials · Engineering & Construction
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $32.30: Quality below floor (3.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10 and A.R:R 3.2:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 1.31; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend.
KBR provides engineering, technology, and logistics support to the U.S. federal government, allied nations, and commercial clients through Mission Technology Solutions (defense, space, intelligence) and Sustainable Technology Solutions (energy transition, process licensing)... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $32.30: Quality below floor (3.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10 and A.R:R 3.2:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 1.31; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 37, MACD bearish. Score 5.0/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 77d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — KBR, Inc.
Latest news
- Activist Engine Capital Urges Government Contractor KBR to Explore a Sale - WSJ — WSJ negative
- Is KBR (KBR) stock undervalued compared to peers | 3.3% EPS beat on strong quarterly revenue results - Geographic Trends — UBND thành phố Hải Phòng positive
- Analysts Are Bullish on Top Industrial Goods Stocks: Stantec (STN), KBR (KBR) - The Globe and Mail — The Globe and Mail positive
- KBR (KBR) to Release Quarterly Earnings on Tuesday - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- KBR Partners with Tagup to Enhance Military AI Solutions - GuruFocus — GuruFocus positive
Generated 2026-05-20T20:21:21Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHCustomerU.S. government57%10-K Item 1A: 'Revenues from the U.S. government represented 57% of our total consolidated revenues for fiscal 2025.'
- LOWCustomerU.K. government9.0%10-K Item 1: 'U.K. government ... 9 | %'
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Revenue shrinking — -4.7% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $32.30: Quality below floor (3.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10 and A.R:R 3.2:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 1.31; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 37, MACD bearish. Prior stop was $29.98. Score 5.0/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $42.30 (+31.2% upside). Prior stop was $29.98. Stop-loss: $29.98.
Concentration risk — Customer: U.S. government (57.0%); Quality below floor (3.9 < 4.0).
KBR, Inc. trades at a P/E of 9.5 (forward 7.7). TrendMatrix value score: 9.1/10. Verdict: Sell.
12 analysts cover KBR with a consensus score of 3.8/5. Average price target: $49.
What does KBR, Inc. do?KBR provides engineering, technology, and logistics support to the U.S. federal government, allied nations, and...
KBR provides engineering, technology, and logistics support to the U.S. federal government, allied nations, and commercial clients through Mission Technology Solutions (defense, space, intelligence) and Sustainable Technology Solutions (energy transition, process licensing) segments. The U.S. government represents 57% of revenues ($4.4B in fiscal 2025), with the U.K. government representing an additional 9%. KBR announced plans to spin off its Mission Technology Solutions business in fiscal 2026.