Kier Group (KIE) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Kier Group is a leading infrastructure services, construction and property group based in the UK. Our purpose is to sustainably deliver infrastructure which is vital to the UK with a vision is to be the UK’s leading infrastructure services and construction company. We operate through three segments; Infrastructure Services, Construction and Property. Infrastructure Services comprises our Transportation and Natural Resources, Nuclear and Networks business. Transportation: builds and maintains roads for National Highways and a number of district and county councils as well as our rail, airports’ infrastructure and ports’ businesses. Natural Resources, Nuclear and Networks: delivers long-term contracts providing repairs, maintains and support capital projects to the water, energy, and telecommunications sectors. Construction — comprises of our Regional Building, Strategic Projects, Kier Places (Housing Maintenance and Facilities Management), and International businesses. Kier is a leading UK national builder, providing project delivery for the public and private sectors across a number of sectors including education, health, justice and defence. Property — Our Property business invests and develops schemes and sites across the United Kingdom. It concentrates on mixed-used commercial and residential development business delivered through joint venture partnerships

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 121.20 to 124.60
• 50-Day Range: 122.20 to 155.20
• 52-Week Range: 118.80 to 163.27
• Volume: 9.34 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.74 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £532.91 million
• P/E Ratio: 12.46
• Dividend Yield: 4.04%
• Price Target: GBX 210
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Kier Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Kier Group scored higher than 84% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Kier Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Kier Group has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Kier Group is 12.42, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.12.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Kier Group is 12.42, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 21.95.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Kier Group has a PEG Ratio of 0.29. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Kier Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.02. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for KIE.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Kier Group has a dividend yield of 0.03%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Kier Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Kier Group is 50.34%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for KIE.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.66

News Sentiment

Kier Group has a news sentiment score of 0.66. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.42 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 21 news articles for Kier Group this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for KIE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Kier Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Kier Group insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £20,061.30 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 6.07% of the stock of Kier Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

92.26% of the stock of Kier Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

KIE Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have KIE shares performed this year?

Kier Group's stock was trading at GBX 148.40 at the start of the year. Since then, KIE stock has decreased by 16.8% and is now trading at GBX 123.40.
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How were Kier Group's earnings last quarter?

Kier Group plc (LON:KIE) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March, 11th. The company reported $8.70 EPS for the quarter. Kier Group had a net margin of 1.09% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.23%.

How do I buy shares of Kier Group?

Shares of KIE stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What other stocks do shareholders of Kier Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Kier Group investors own include Persimmon (PSN), NVIDIA (NVDA), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Barclays (BARC) and Balfour Beatty (BBY).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/11/2025
• Today: 3/13/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Engineering & Construction
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:KIE
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.kier.co.uk
• Phone: +44-1767-355000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 10,286
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 210
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 210
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 210
• Potential Upside/Downside: +71.8%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 9.93
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.30
• Forward P/E Ratio: 5.96
• P/E Growth: 0.29
• Net Income: £42.84 million
• Net Margins: 1.09%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 8.23%
• Return on Assets: 2.18%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 302.83
• Current Ratio: 0.88
• Quick Ratio: 0.69

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £3.92 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.13
• Cash Flow: GBX 134.51 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.91
• Book Value: GBX 121.21 per share
• Price / Book: 1.01

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 430,459,706
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £526.02 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.14