Fluor (FLR) Competitors

KBR (NYSE:KBR) and Fluor (NYSE:FLR) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Does the media favor KBR or FLR?

In the previous week, KBR had 3 more articles in the media than Fluor. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for KBR and 7 mentions for Fluor. KBR's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Fluor's score of 0.62 indicating that Fluor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
KBR	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fluor	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, KBR or FLR?

KBR has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fluor has a beta of 2.12, indicating that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate KBR or FLR?

KBR presently has a consensus price target of $72.29, indicating a potential upside of 15.34%. Fluor has a consensus price target of $42.83, indicating a potential upside of 9.27%. Given Fluor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe KBR is more favorable than Fluor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
KBR	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Fluor	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KBR or FLR?

Fluor received 138 more outperform votes than KBR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Fluor an outperform vote while only 66.09% of users gave KBR an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
KBR	Outperform Votes 538 66.09%	Underperform Votes 276 33.91%
Fluor	Outperform Votes 676 66.67%	Underperform Votes 338 33.33%

Which has better valuation & earnings, KBR or FLR?

Fluor has higher revenue and earnings than KBR. KBR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fluor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
KBR	$6.96B	1.21	-$265M	-$2.05	-30.57
Fluor	$15.47B	0.43	$139M	$0.56	70.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in KBR or FLR?

97.0% of KBR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Fluor shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of KBR shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Fluor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is KBR or FLR more profitable?

Fluor has a net margin of 0.90% compared to Fluor's net margin of -3.81%. Fluor's return on equity of 25.08% beat KBR's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
KBR	-3.81%	25.08%	6.65%
Fluor	0.90%	24.25%	7.01%

Summary

Fluor beats KBR on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.