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KBR, Inc.

KBRActive

CIK 1357615 · Environmental Engineering & Consulting

N/A

Market data as of N/A

Financials: LTM / latest available company filings

Sources: FMP, KBR filings, SEC EDGAR

$4,126

Market cap ($MM)

$6,557

Enterprise value ($MM)

$7,691

Revenue · LTM ($MM)

$927

EBITDA · LTM ($MM)

12%

EBITDA margin

0.9x

EV / revenue

7.1x

EV / EBITDA

2.4x

Net debt / EBITDA

Coverage

Coverage view

The analytical read on the name and the balance-sheet capacity behind the program.

Key points

  1. 01KBR is a scaled public consolidator in Env Engineering, a benchmark for how the sub-sector buys, pays, and trades.
  2. 02The relevant peer set is TTEK, ACM, PWR, J, EME, GVA.

Balance sheet & capacity

Indicative capacity read: 2.4x net debt / EBITDA with EBITDA of $927MM.

$380

Cash & equiv. ($MM)

$2,583

Total debt ($MM)

$2,203

Net debt ($MM)

2.4x

Net debt / EBITDA

Valuation

Where it trades against its peer set

KBR versus the scaled public Environmental Engineering & Consulting comparables.

Indexed share-price performance

KBR versus available Environmental Engineering & Consulting peers and SPY.

-18%

KBR

N/A

Peer med.

+79%

SPY

19013171May 21Nov 23May 26KBRpeer medianSPY

Indexed to 100 from May 28, 2021 through May 26, 2026. Source: FMP month-end close history.

CompanyTickerRevenue ($MM)EBITDA ($MM)MarginMarket cap ($MM)EV ($MM)EV / revEV / EBITDANet debt / EBITDA
KBR, Inc.KBR$7,691$92712%$4,126$6,5570.9x7.1x2.4x

Financials via Financial Modeling Prep (SEC-derived TTM). EV/EBITDA distribution: each dot a live peer, band = interquartile range, line = median. Impossible values (EBITDA > revenue, negative-EBITDA multiples) shown NM.

M&A program

A sustained, programmatic tuck-in cadence

KBR's disclosed acquisition footprint and the deals behind it.

Disclosed acquisitions

47

Active years

12

Named deals

10

Avg / active year

3.9

Acq. cash outflow ($MM)

N/A

Banker read

  • 01KBR reads as a programmatic acquirer: 47 disclosed acquisitions across 12 active years, or 3.9 per active year. The chart shows activity in 10 of the last 12 visible years.
  • 02In the last three years, the file shows 2 acquisitions versus 5 in the prior three; recent activity has cooled versus the prior three-year period.
  • 03Spend changes the read: $4.5B of disclosed spend is concentrated in lumpy years, with FY16 the largest year at $911MM. Recent spend is below the prior three-year period.

Annual acquisitions + disclosed spend

count spend named deal
4 deals$911MM081015161718202122232425

KBR count bars show acquisition cadence; the spend line shows when the program required larger capital deployment.

Program diagnostics

Recent / prior

2 / 5

Last three years is down 60% vs prior three.

Peak count year

FY08

4 disclosed acquisitions in the peak visible year.

Recent spend

$829MM

is down 37% vs prior three; peak FY16 at $911MM.

Named evidence

10 rows

21% selected source-cited transaction coverage.

Selected transactions

DateTargetSegmentConsideration ($MM)Strategic rationaleSource
Oct 1, 2020Centauri Platform Holdings, LLCEnvironmental engineering, consulting, and infrastructure services$830On October 1, 2020, we acquired Centauri in accordance with an agreement and plan of merger, pursuant to which a wholly owned subsidiary of KBR merged with and into Centauri, wi...10-K
Oct 20, 2021Frazer-Nash Consultancy LimitedEnvironmental engineering, consulting, and infrastructure services$392On October 20, 2021, we acquired Frazer-Nash in accordance with an agreement with Babcock International Group PLC, a leading UK based provider of specialist systems, engineering...10-K
Apr 18, 2018Aspire Defence Subcontracting Joint VenturesEnvironmental engineering, consulting, and infrastructure services$50Effective January 15, 2018, as a result of our joint venture partner's compulsory liquidation, we assumed operational control of and began consolidating the Aspire Defence subco...10-K
Aug 30, 2024LinQuestEnvironmental engineering, consulting, and infrastructure services$739On August 30, 2024, we acquired LinQuest for $739 million in cash net of cash acquired, subject to certain working capital, net debt and other post-closing adjustments. The purc...10-K
Jul 1, 2016Wyle Inc.Environmental engineering, consulting, and infrastructure services$623On July 1, 2016, we acquired 100% of the equity interests of Wyle from its shareholders, including Court Square Capital Partners and certain officers of Wyle, pursuant to an agr...10-K
Jul 1, 2016Wyle Inc.Environmental engineering, consulting, and infrastructure services$623During the third quarter of 2016, we acquired 100% of the equity interests of Wyle Inc. ("Wyle") from its shareholders, including Court Square Capital Partners and certain offic...10-K
Jul 1, 2008BE&K, Inc.Environmental engineering, consulting, and infrastructure services$559On July 1, 2008, we acquired 100% of the outstanding common shares of BE&K, Inc., (“BE&K”) a privately held, Birmingham, Alabama-based engineering, construction and maintenance...10-K
Jun 30, 2018SGTEnvironmental engineering, consulting, and infrastructure services$365During the second quarter of 2018, we acquired 100% of the outstanding stock of SGT, a leading provider of high-value engineering, mission operations, scientific and IT software...10-K

Acquisitions disclosed/extracted from SEC filings; not necessarily full M&A history. Disclosed acquisition cash outflow is cumulative "payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired" from the 10-K cash-flow statements (a cash outflow, not deal value). Built on 16 SEC-backed facts across 8 cited filings.

Evidence

Source archive

A collapsed investigation trail for the SEC filings behind the financials, annual M&A cadence, named transactions, and management language.

Annual 10-Ks

20

Named deal filings

8

Recent SEC filings

0

Evidence clips

6

Annual 10-K M&A evidenceAccepted annual filings used for disclosed acquisition count and spend.20 rows+
Fiscal yearFiling dateFormStatusCountCash spendPurchase considerationSource
FY2025Feb 26, 2026Annual M&A 10-Kaccepted1$15.0MM$35.0MMSEC filing
FY2024Feb 25, 2025Annual M&A 10-Kaccepted1$739MM$749MMSEC filing
FY2023Feb 20, 2024Annual M&A 10-Kquarantined (1 issue)0N/AN/ASEC filing
FY2022Feb 17, 2023Annual M&A 10-Kaccepted1$75.0MM$82.0MMSEC filing
FY2021Feb 22, 2022Annual M&A 10-Kaccepted2$409MM$411MMSEC filing
FY2020Feb 25, 2021Annual M&A 10-Kquarantined (1 warn, 1 issue)2$839MM$830MMSEC filing
FY2019Feb 24, 2020Annual M&A 10-Kquarantined (1 issue)N/AN/AN/ASEC filing
FY2018Feb 26, 2019Annual M&A 10-Kaccepted2N/A$595MMSEC filing
FY2017Feb 23, 2018Annual M&A 10-Kaccepted1$9.0MM$9.0MMSEC filing
FY2016Feb 24, 2017Annual M&A 10-Kaccepted3$926MM$928MMSEC filing
FY2015Feb 26, 2016Annual M&A 10-Kquarantined (1 warn, 1 issue)0N/AN/ASEC filing
FY2014Feb 27, 2015Annual M&A 10-KacceptedN/AN/AN/ASEC filing
FY2013Feb 27, 2014Annual M&A 10-KacceptedN/AN/AN/ASEC filing
FY2012Feb 20, 2013Annual M&A 10-Kquarantined (1 warn, 1 issue)0N/AN/ASEC filing
FY2011Feb 22, 2012Annual M&A 10-Kwarning (1 warn)2$289MM$297MMSEC filing
FY2010Feb 23, 2011Annual M&A 10-Kquarantined (1 issue)2$296MM$313MMSEC filing
FY2009Feb 25, 2010Annual M&A 10-Kquarantined (1 warn, 1 issue)0N/AN/ASEC filing
FY2008Feb 25, 2009Annual M&A 10-Kquarantined (1 issue)4$582MM$591MMSEC filing
FY2007Feb 26, 2008Annual M&A 10-KacceptedN/AN/AN/ASEC filing
FY2006Feb 28, 2007Annual M&A 10-KacceptedN/AN/AN/ASEC filing
Named transaction source filingsFilings behind selected named-deal rows and transaction excerpts.8 rows+
Filing dateFormTargets / topicsSupportSource
Feb 26, 202610-KLinQuestAnnual M&ANamed dealsSEC filing
Feb 17, 202310-KCentauri Platform Holdings, LLC; Frazer-Nash Consultancy LimitedAnnual M&ANamed dealsSEC filing
Feb 25, 202110-KStinger Ghaffarian TechnologiesAnnual M&ANamed dealsSEC filing
Feb 24, 202010-KAspire Defence Subcontracting Joint VenturesAnnual M&ANamed dealsSEC filing
Feb 26, 201910-KSGTAnnual M&ANamed dealsSEC filing
Feb 23, 201810-KWyle Inc.; Stinger Ghaffarian TechnologiesAnnual M&ANamed dealsSEC filing
Feb 24, 201710-KWyle Inc.Annual M&ANamed dealsSEC filing
Feb 25, 201010-KBE&K, Inc.Annual M&ANamed dealsSEC filing
Recent SEC filingsThe latest profile filings, kept separate so someone can investigate beyond M&A.0 rows+
No filing source clears this category.
Evidence clipsShort excerpts used on the page; expand only when you want the language.6 rows+

Centauri Platform Holdings, LLC

10-K - Feb 17, 2023

Medium

On October 1, 2020, we acquired Centauri in accordance with an agreement and plan of merger, pursuant to which a wholly owned subsidiary of KBR merged with and into Centauri, with Centauri continui...

Frazer-Nash Consultancy Limited

10-K - Feb 17, 2023

Medium

On October 20, 2021, we acquired Frazer-Nash in accordance with an agreement with Babcock International Group PLC, a leading UK based provider of specialist systems, engineering and technology solu...

Aspire Defence Subcontracting Joint Ventures

10-K - Feb 24, 2020

Medium

Effective January 15, 2018, as a result of our joint venture partner's compulsory liquidation, we assumed operational control of and began consolidating the Aspire Defence subcontracting entities i...

LinQuest Corporation

10-K - Feb 26, 2026

Medium

On August 30, 2024, we acquired LinQuest for $739 million in cash net of cash acquired, subject to certain working capital, net debt and other post-closing adjustments. The purchase price allocatio...

Wyle Inc. Acquisition

10-K - Feb 23, 2018

Medium

On July 1, 2016, we acquired 100% of the equity interests of Wyle from its shareholders, including Court Square Capital Partners and certain officers of Wyle, pursuant to an agreement and plan of m...

Acquisition of Wyle Inc.

10-K - Feb 24, 2017

Medium

During the third quarter of 2016, we acquired 100% of the equity interests of Wyle Inc. ("Wyle") from its shareholders, including Court Square Capital Partners and certain officers of Wyle, pursuan...

Annual M&A counts and disclosed spend are extracted from SEC acquisition disclosures and cash-flow statements; named-deal rows carry direct filing links where the filing identifies the target or consideration.

Prepared from SEC EDGAR public filingsKBR · CIK 1357615Source-backed coverage research, not investment advice