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: 255 to 261.20
• 50-Day Range: 205.73 to 261.80
• 52-Week Range: 178.60 to 263.60
• Volume: 707,774 shs
• Average Volume: 3.66 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £1.14 billion
• P/E Ratio: 19.85
• Dividend Yield: 3.07%
• Price Target: GBX 253.33
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Kier Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Kier Group scored higher than 60% 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: 1.7 / 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, 3 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 1 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 19.85, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.86.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Kier Group is 19.85, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 26.47.

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 2.15. 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 3.07%, 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 54.96%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.95

News Sentiment

Kier Group has a news sentiment score of 0.95. 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 0.76 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Kier Group this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Cluster Insider Buying

2 insiders have purchased shares of Kier Group in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

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 £2,727.58 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.16% 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: 3/03/2026
• Today: 8/26/2026

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 253.33
• High Price Target: GBX 260
• Low Price Target: GBX 240
• Potential Upside/Downside: -2.6%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 13.10
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 19.85
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.69
• P/E Growth: 0.29
• Net Income: £42.84 million
• Net Margins: 1.47%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 11.69%
• Return on Assets: 2.18%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 230.22
• Current Ratio: 0.86
• Quick Ratio: 0.69

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £4.12 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.28
• Cash Flow: GBX 286.19 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.91
• Book Value: GBX 121.21 per share
• Price / Book: 2.15

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 437,197,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £1.14 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.88