Kier Group (LON:KIE – Get Free Report) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday. The company reported GBX 23.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. Kier Group had a return on equity of 11.69% and a net margin of 1.47%.
Here are the key takeaways from Kier Group’s conference call:
- Positive Sentiment: Kier reported FY2026 revenue growth of 7.5% to £4.4 billion and adjusted operating profit growth of 6.7% to £170 million, while its order book reached a record £11.9 billion.
- Positive Sentiment: Cash generation and the balance sheet improved materially, with £165 million of free cash flow, a first full-year average net cash position since 2012, and a target of more than £200 million of average net cash by FY2029.
- Positive Sentiment: Management introduced medium-term targets of mid-single-digit annual revenue growth, a 4%-4.5% adjusted operating margin, and double-digit EPS CAGR, supported by growth opportunities in water, energy, defense, and healthcare.
- Positive Sentiment: Kier will stop investing in new property developments and expects to release approximately £150 million from the existing portfolio over the next three years, allowing capital to be redirected toward the balance sheet, acquisitions, and shareholder returns.
- Neutral Sentiment: Management said FY2027 adjusted EPS should be at the top end of prior expectations, but acknowledged exposure to supply-chain and macroeconomic pressures; it expects cash conversion to normalize from FY2026’s unusually strong 121% while maintaining a target above 90%.
Kier Group Trading Up 4.6%
Shares of KIE traded up GBX 11.38 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting GBX 259.38. The stock had a trading volume of 2,919,776 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,652,334. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 230.22, a quick ratio of 0.69 and a current ratio of 0.86. The firm has a market cap of £1.12 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.80, a P/E/G ratio of 0.29 and a beta of 0.89. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 243.84 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 221.29. Kier Group has a 12-month low of GBX 186.80 and a 12-month high of GBX 263.60.
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Kier Group Company Profile
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.
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