KBR (KBR) has secured new work with AGF Nitrogen in Germany and Austria, providing ammonia technology and engineering services to revamp two plants and reduce energy use and emissions.
Recent contract wins like the AGF Nitrogen deals have arrived alongside a sharp momentum shift in KBR’s shares, with a 7.83% 7 day share price return and an 11.01% 30 day share price return, in contrast with a year to date share price decline of 3.16% and a 1 year total shareholder return decline of 9.44%.
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Bulls point to KBR’s recent contract wins and analyst implied upside, while bears focus on the years of share underperformance. The valuation work now needs to show which side currently has stronger support.
Against KBR’s last close of $39.23, the most followed valuation story puts fair value at $50.00. This frames the recent contract momentum in a very different light.
The record US$5.5b STS backlog, 40% higher year over year, together with a near term pipeline above US$6b and multiple ammonia and circularity wins in the Middle East, Americas, Europe, Morocco and Argentina, gives KBR room for mix improvement as higher value proprietary technologies gain weight in revenue and margins.
See why 1 investors see KBR as 22% undervalued.
Result: Fair Value of $50.00 (UNDERVALUED)
Still, this KBR story can crack if NASA insources more work than expected or if investors keep marking down defense service valuations and compress the P/E.
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