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Back to KBR, Inc.
How KBR, Inc. stacks up
KBR · against 459 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
72/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #178 of 460 · scores higher than 60% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score72 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including KBR · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 72?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 9.5% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 78% of peers. Return on invested capital: 15.0% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 79% of peers. Return on assets: 6.4% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = KBR, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | KBR | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 441 reported | 15.0% | 9.5% | 72% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 462 reported | 9.5% | 9.7% | 49% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 438 reported | 6.4% | 4.2% | 73% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 437 reported | 27.5% | 10.8% | 92% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 468 reported | 14.5% | 29.2% | 17% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around KBR| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32.0B CNY (≈$4.5B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 69.3B CNY (≈$9.7B) | 100 | 71 | |
| 3 | 26.9B CNY (≈$3.8B) | 99 | 72 | |
| 3 | 7.8B USD | 99 | 82 | |
| 3 | 4.1B USD | 99 | 59 | |
| 178 | 319.2B INR (≈$3.8B) | 72 | 61 | |
| 178 | 6.6B USD | 72 | 58 | |
| 178 | 3.2B USD | 72 | 50 | |
| 178 | 3.3B USD | 72 | 57 | |
| 178 | 5.0B USD | 72 | 53 | |
| 178 | 9.4B USD | 72 | 48 | |
| 184 | 4.1B GBP (≈$5.3B) | 71 | 58 | |
| 184 | 2.7B GBP (≈$3.5B) | 71 | 50 | |
| 184 | 8.7B USD | 71 | 59 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score