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KBR vs. STRL, DY, EME, HWM, J, LPX, TOL, URI, FIX, and ACM

Should you be buying KBR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KBR include Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Dycom Industries (DY), EMCOR Group (EME), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), Jacobs Solutions (J), Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), Toll Brothers (TOL), United Rentals (URI), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), and AECOM (ACM).

KBR vs. Its Competitors

Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) and KBR (NYSE:KBR) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and dividends.

81.0% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of KBR shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of KBR shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Sterling Infrastructure presently has a consensus target price of $265.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.83%. KBR has a consensus target price of $64.14, indicating a potential upside of 34.70%. Given KBR's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe KBR is more favorable than Sterling Infrastructure.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sterling Infrastructure
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
KBR
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sterling Infrastructure$2.12B3.41$257.46M$8.5627.68
KBR$7.74B0.80$375M$2.9915.93

Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KBR has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 12.62% compared to KBR's net margin of 4.99%. KBR's return on equity of 32.55% beat Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sterling Infrastructure12.62% 26.58% 10.13%
KBR 4.99%32.55%7.27%

In the previous week, KBR had 19 more articles in the media than Sterling Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for KBR and 12 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure. Sterling Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat KBR's score of 0.04 indicating that Sterling Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sterling Infrastructure
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
KBR
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
5 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Sterling Infrastructure beats KBR on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KBR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KBR vs. The Competition

MetricKBRENGINRG/R&D SVS IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.18B$6.68B$9.37B$20.72B
Dividend Yield1.39%1.38%2.04%3.71%
P/E Ratio15.9320.8216.6628.09
Price / Sales0.8012.54120.4238.30
Price / Cash10.4318.3414.9822.53
Price / Book4.308.494.704.58
Net Income$375M$335.40M$619.52M$986.06M
7 Day Performance-1.20%0.07%2.14%2.79%
1 Month Performance-8.77%4.43%5.01%5.46%
1 Year Performance-25.49%73.80%106.27%15.06%

KBR Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KBR
KBR
4.9498 of 5 stars
$47.62
+0.4%
$64.14
+34.7%
-26.0%$6.18B$7.74B15.9310,000Trending News
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STRL
Sterling Infrastructure
3.2669 of 5 stars
$230.73
-0.3%
$265.00
+14.9%
+103.4%$7.02B$2.12B26.953,000Positive News
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DY
Dycom Industries
3.6935 of 5 stars
$244.72
-0.4%
$241.25
-1.4%
+44.6%$7.08B$4.70B31.0215,623
EME
EMCOR Group
3.7966 of 5 stars
$535.42
+0.9%
$518.00
-3.3%
+47.3%$23.97B$14.57B23.6635,500Trending News
Dividend Announcement
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
4.5864 of 5 stars
$186.38
+0.8%
$142.13
-23.7%
+127.6%$75.24B$7.43B60.7121,400Positive News
J
Jacobs Solutions
3.7257 of 5 stars
$131.61
+1.2%
$150.86
+14.6%
-4.2%$15.81B$11.50B36.2645,000Positive News
LPX
Louisiana-Pacific
3.9992 of 5 stars
$85.98
-2.0%
$106.63
+24.0%
+10.3%$5.98B$2.94B15.084,300News Coverage
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.8137 of 5 stars
$114.34
+0.0%
$141.46
+23.7%
+4.4%$11.23B$10.66B8.484,900
URI
United Rentals
4.4259 of 5 stars
$754.56
+0.3%
$766.23
+1.5%
+20.0%$49.05B$15.35B19.5424,600Positive News
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
4.0543 of 5 stars
$536.12
+0.2%
$558.80
+4.2%
+73.3%$18.91B$7.03B32.1618,300Positive News
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ACM
AECOM
4.4141 of 5 stars
$112.93
+0.1%
$120.86
+7.0%
+33.1%$14.94B$16.11B24.6051,000News Coverage
Positive News

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