Comparing Skyline Builders Group (NASDAQ:SKBL) and KBR (NYSE:KBR)

Skyline Builders Group (NASDAQ:SKBL) and KBR (NYSE:KBR) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Skyline Builders Group and KBR, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Skyline Builders Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
KBR	0	6	5	0	2.45

KBR has a consensus price target of $57.40, suggesting a potential upside of 35.95%. Given KBR’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe KBR is more favorable than Skyline Builders Group.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Skyline Builders Group and KBR”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Skyline Builders Group	$46.01 million	0.95	N/A	N/A	N/A
KBR	$8.04 billion	0.67	$375.00 million	$2.91	14.51

KBR has higher revenue and earnings than Skyline Builders Group.

Profitability

This table compares Skyline Builders Group and KBR’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Skyline Builders Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
KBR	4.71%	35.14%	7.63%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.0% of KBR shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of KBR shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

KBR beats Skyline Builders Group on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Skyline Builders Group

Skyline Builders Group Holding Ltd. operates as an exempted limited liability company. It operates business through its subsidiary, Kin Chiu Engineering Limited, which provides construction activities include public civil engineering works, such as road and drainage works in Hong Kong. The company was founded on June 25, 2024 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

About KBR

KBR, Inc. provides scientific, technology, and engineering solutions to governments and commercial customers worldwide. It operates through Government Solutions and Sustainable Technology Solutions segments. The Government Solutions segment offers life-cycle support solutions to defense, intelligence, space, aviation, and other programs and missions for military and other government agencies in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Its services cover research and development, advanced prototyping, acquisition support, systems engineering, cyber analytics, space domain awareness, test and evaluation, systems integration and program management, global supply chain management, and operations readiness and support, as well as command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance services. This segment also provides various professional advisory services to the defense, renewable energy, and critical infrastructure sectors. The Sustainable Technology Solutions segment operates portfolio of various proprietary process technologies for ammonia/syngas, chemical/petrochemicals, clean refining, and circular process/circular economy solutions. This segment also provides synergistic services, including advisory and consulting focused on broad-based energy transition and net-zero carbon emission solutions; high-end engineering, design and program management centered around decarbonization, energy efficiency, environmental impact and asset optimization; and digitally-enabled operating and monitoring solutions. KBR, Inc. was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.