KBR has delivered four consecutive earnings beats and trades at an attractive forward multiple with 16.4% upside to the analyst target, but below-minimum business quality, a confirmed technical downtrend with a death cross, and heavy reliance on US government contracts limit new-money conviction despite the favorable price geometry.
Thesis pillars
- Perfect Earnings Beat Streak→Stable
- Government Customer Concentration→Stable
- Valuation And Upside→Stable
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
KBR, Inc. (KBR) Stock Analysis
Recovery setup
Industrials · Engineering & Construction
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $37.43: Quality below floor (3.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 2.00; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend.
KBR delivers science, technology, and engineering services to U.S. and allied government agencies and commercial clients through Mission Technology Solutions (defense/intelligence) and Sustainable Technology Solutions (proprietary energy process technologies). The U.S.... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $37.43: Quality below floor (3.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 2.00; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 58. Score 5.0/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, earnings proximity 30d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
About KBR, Inc.
About KBR, Inc.
KBR's total backlog reached $16.9 billion at January 2, 2026, up from $16.6 billion a year earlier, with 36% expected to convert to revenue in fiscal 2026. The U.S. government generated $4.4 billion, or 57% of consolidated revenues in fiscal 2025, with an additional 9% from U.K. government contracts. The company operates through two segments — Mission Technology Solutions and Sustainable Technology Solutions — following a segment realignment effective for fiscal 2025.
KBR earns revenue through two distinct models. Mission Technology Solutions (MTS) provides full life-cycle engineering, systems integration, C5ISR, cyber, space domain awareness, and logistics services under predominantly cost-reimbursable contracts for U.S. DoW agencies including the Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, Missile Defense Agency, and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, alongside NASA, the U.K. Ministry of Defence, and the Royal Australian Air Force. Cost-reimbursable contracts pass most project risk to the customer in exchange for a fixed or incentive fee, providing revenue stability but limited margin upside relative to fixed-price work. Sustainable Technology Solutions licenses more than 85 proprietary process technologies across ammonia/syngas, chemicals/petrochemicals, clean refining, and circular economy verticals, supplemented by advisory and asset optimization services for commercial energy clients worldwide. The June 2025 unexpected termination of HomeSafe's Global Household Goods Contract by U.S. Transportation Command — in which KBR held a 72% interest — resulted in all HomeSafe operations ceasing by January 2, 2026, illustrating how single-contract award concentration may impact financial results.
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KBR announced in September 2025 its intention to spin off Mission Technology Solutions into a separate, U.S. publicly-traded company, targeting completion in the second half of fiscal 2026. The transaction is conditioned on receipt of a favorable IRS private letter ruling or legal opinion on tax treatment, the effectiveness of a Form 10 registration statement with the SEC, and satisfactory completion of financing. If the spin-off proceeds, the remaining Sustainable Technology Solutions entity will shed the U.S. government revenue concentration that currently represents 57% of consolidated revenues, fundamentally reshaping the company's risk profile.
See also: Industrials · Engineering & Construction
From KBR, Inc.'s most recent 10-K filing, extracted June 11, 2026.
Recent developments
updated 2026-07-07Recent Developments — KBR, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS Activist Engine Capital Urges Government Contractor KBR to Explore a Sale - WSJ — WSJ negative
- NEWS 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
- NEWS Analysts Are Bullish on Top Industrial Goods Stocks: Stantec (STN), KBR (KBR) - The Globe and Mail — The Globe and Mail positive
- NEWS KBR (KBR) to Release Quarterly Earnings on Tuesday - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- NEWS KBR Partners with Tagup to Enhance Military AI Solutions - GuruFocus — GuruFocus positive
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- HIGHCustomerU.S. government57%10-K Item 1A: 'Revenues from the U.S. government represented 57% of our total consolidated revenues for fiscal 2025.'
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Revenue shrinking — -4.7% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.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 $37.43: Quality below floor (3.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 2.00; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 58. Prior stop was $34.85. Score 5.0/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $40.52 (+8.3% upside). Prior stop was $34.85. Stop-loss: $34.85.
Concentration risk — Customer: U.S. government (57.0%); Quality below floor (3.9 < 4.0).
KBR, Inc. trades at a P/E of 10.7 (forward 8.8). TrendMatrix value score: 8.3/10. Verdict: Sell.
12 analysts cover KBR with a consensus score of 3.8/5. Average price target: $47.
What does KBR, Inc. do?KBR delivers science, technology, and engineering services to U.S. and allied government agencies and commercial...
KBR delivers science, technology, and engineering services to U.S. and allied government agencies and commercial clients through Mission Technology Solutions (defense/intelligence) and Sustainable Technology Solutions (proprietary energy process technologies). The U.S. government represented 57% of fiscal 2025 revenues; KBR held $16.9 billion in backlog at January 2, 2026.