KBR, Inc. (KBR) To Go Ex-Dividend on December 15th

Posted by Brian Himes on Oct 16th, 2026

KBR, Inc. (NYSE:KBR – Get Free Report) declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 14th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 15th will be given a dividend of $0.1650 per share by the construction company on Friday, January 15th. This represents a $0.66 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 15th.

KBR has increased its dividend by an average of 0.1% per year over the last three years and has increased its dividend annually for the last 6 consecutive years. KBR has a dividend payout ratio of 15.5% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities analysts expect KBR to earn $4.15 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $0.66 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 15.9%.

KBR Stock Up 3.3%

Shares of NYSE:KBR opened at $36.41 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.59 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.97, a P/E/G ratio of 1.90 and a beta of 0.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.52, a quick ratio of 1.15 and a current ratio of 1.15. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $36.49 and a 200-day moving average price of $35.66. KBR has a 52-week low of $29.94 and a 52-week high of $45.37.

KBR (NYSE:KBR – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The construction company reported $0.99 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.90 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $1.98 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.87 billion. KBR had a return on equity of 32.55% and a net margin of 5.49%. The firm’s revenue was up 1.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.91 earnings per share. KBR has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.870-4.220 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that KBR will post 4.01 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently commented on the stock. Citigroup dropped their target price on shares of KBR from $50.00 to $49.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, July 31st. Bank of America decreased their price target on shares of KBR from $45.00 to $40.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, July 20th. Oppenheimer decreased their price target on shares of KBR from $60.00 to $50.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, September 22nd. Weiss Ratings raised shares of KBR from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 3rd. Finally, UBS Group boosted their price objective on shares of KBR from $36.00 to $41.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, August 10th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $45.00.

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KBR, Inc (NYSE: KBR) is a global engineering, technology and professional services company serving government and commercial customers. Its services include program management, systems engineering, mission operations, logistics, scientific research, cybersecurity, digital solutions and technical support for complex infrastructure and national security programs.

Through its government solutions business, KBR supports defense, intelligence, space, civil government and other public-sector customers.