KBR, Inc.
boothcheck covers KBR, Inc. (KBR) but does not put one priced-in number on it: here the defensible answer is the evidence rather than a point estimate. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating. Narrative composed June 27, 2026.
• KBR is two different businesses inside one ticker: a government-services arm doing science, space, defense, and readiness work for agencies like NASA and the Pentagon, and a higher-margin Sustainable Technology Solutions arm that licenses proprietary process technology, and management has announced plans to separate them. • The single most important number is backlog coverage: government-services backlog and options stand at $18.5 billion with a 1.0x book-to-bill, and work under contract alrea
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356 institutional managers reported holding KBR in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. 54 opened new positions that quarter. Held by FMR (Fidelity), BlackRock, Vanguard Group, among others. On the short side, 7.2M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 6% of shares outstanding (4.3 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
KBR has cut its share count 9.9% over the past five years, spending $938.00M on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has for 16 years running; the current rate is $0.66 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $200.00M in dividends and $548.00M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at KBR over the trailing three years: 2023: 1 buy totaling $258k; 2026: 2 buys totaling $597k. 24 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
KBR's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-28 | -2.2% | -5.1% |
| 2023-11-03 | -12.9% | +6.7% |
| 2024-02-21 | +6.2% | +9.5% |
| 2024-05-01 | -0.6% | -1.8% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
KBR's latest 8-K filings: 2026-07-30 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-07-10 (items 5.02, 9.01); 2026-05-18 (items 5.07); 2026-05-05 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-02-26 (items 2.02, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: June 27, 2026
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