Kier Group (KIE) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Kier Group is a leading infrastructure services, construction and property group based in the UK. Our purpose is to sustainably deliver infrastructure which is vital to the UK with a vision is to be the UK’s leading infrastructure services and construction company. We operate through three segments; Infrastructure Services, Construction and Property. Infrastructure Services comprises our Transportation and Natural Resources, Nuclear and Networks business. Transportation: builds and maintains roads for National Highways and a number of district and county councils as well as our rail, airports’ infrastructure and ports’ businesses. Natural Resources, Nuclear and Networks: delivers long-term contracts providing repairs, maintains and support capital projects to the water, energy, and telecommunications sectors. Construction — comprises of our Regional Building, Strategic Projects, Kier Places (Housing Maintenance and Facilities Management), and International businesses. Kier is a leading UK national builder, providing project delivery for the public and private sectors across a number of sectors including education, health, justice and defence. Property — Our Property business invests and develops schemes and sites across the United Kingdom. It concentrates on mixed-used commercial and residential development business delivered through joint venture partnerships

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 298.20 to 306.40
• 50-Day Range: 243 to 314.60
• 52-Week Range: 186.80 to 319.40
• Volume: 35.08 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.59 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £1.32 billion
• P/E Ratio: 22.70
• Dividend Yield: 2.58%
• Price Target: GBX 300
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Kier Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Kier Group scored higher than 58% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Kier Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Kier Group is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Kier Group has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Kier Group is 22.70, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.35.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Kier Group is 22.70, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 26.16.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Kier Group has a PEG Ratio of 0.29. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Kier Group has a P/B Ratio of 2.53. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for KIE.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Kier Group pays a meaningful dividend of 2.58%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Kier Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Kier Group is 57.78%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.75

News Sentiment

Kier Group has a news sentiment score of 0.75. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.47 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Kier Group this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Kier Group insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £448.48 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.18% of the stock of Kier Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

29.76% of the stock of Kier Group is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 9/15/2026
• Today: 10/24/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Construction & Engineering
• Sub-Industry: Construction & Engineering
• Current Symbol: LON:KIE
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.kier.co.uk
• Phone: +44-1767-355000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 10,286
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Kier Group: GBX 300
• High Price Target: GBX 370
• Low Price Target: GBX 240
• Potential Upside/Downside: -2.1%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 13.50
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 22.70
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.95
• P/E Growth: 0.29
• Net Income: £42.84 million
• Net Margins: 1.42%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 11.95%
• Return on Assets: 2.18%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 360.81
• Current Ratio: 0.90
• Quick Ratio: 0.69

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £4.35 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.30
• Cash Flow: GBX 337.26 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.91
• Book Value: GBX 121.21 per share
• Price / Book: 2.53

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 431,452,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £1.32 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.89