KBR (KBR) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $0.99
- Estimate
- $0.90
- Surprise
- +9.5%
- Revenue (period 2026-07-03)
- $1.98B
- Score today
- 5.7/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
KBR (KBR) beat the $0.90 estimate with diluted EPS of $0.99 — a clear 9.5% upside surprise.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates KBR Sell at 5.7/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +9.5% surprise compares with a +6.6% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-10-22.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Customer: U.S. government (57.0%)
- Thin upside margin: 8.0%
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.1)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $36.82
- Price target
- $39.77
- Stop
- $35.23
- Upside to target
- +8.0%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.6:1
The stock trades at 11.1× trailing but 9.1× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-05 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
KBR at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Engineering & Construction
- Market cap
- $4.64B
- P/E (fwd)
- 9.1
- P/E (ttm)
- 11.1
- 52-week range
- $29.94–$52.23
- Off 52-week high
- 29.5%
- RSI (14)
- 42
- Volume vs avg
- 0.94×
- Score today
- 5.7/10