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MetricKBRKBR, INC.SAICScience Applications International CorpMBGLMobility Global Inc.PLPlanet Labs PBCMedian of the restexcluding KBR
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$38.79▼ 0.74 (1.87%)
$136.74▲ 1.64 (1.21%)
$19.28▲ 0.76 (4.10%)
$13.08▼ 0.63 (4.60%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/106.0/107.3/104.7/106.0/10
Market value$4.91B$6.02B$5.69B$4.03B
Revenue$7.79B$7.26B$1.75B$307.7M
Profit$415.0M$358.0M$140.0M-$246.9M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.1.0%-2.9%8.5%25.9%8.5%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.14.8%12.0%—56.1%34.0%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.10.0%7.2%18.7%-30.9%7.2%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.5.3%4.9%8.0%-80.2%4.9%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.6.6%7.9%26.3%18.7%18.7%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.27.6%23.9%1.2%-131.0%1.2%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.14.6%12.7%1.8%—7.2%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.11.82x16.81x40.64x—28.72x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.8.45x15.10x9.23x—12.17x
Price to book3.26x4.01x0.50x21.37x4.01x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.3.37x2.57x0.13x5.08x2.57x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.8/96/96/82/86.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.greygreynot reporteddistress

How KBR compares with the others

  • KBR's operating margin of 10.0% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (7.2%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 1.0% against 8.5%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 11.8x against 28.7x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 3.4x against 2.6x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.