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Kier

LSE:KIE · GB0004915632
Construction & EngineeringLarge

360

82
EV / EBIT93
Price / Owner Earnings64
Owner Earnings Yield78
Dividend Yield75
Price/Sales91
EV / Gross Profit73
Price/Book63
Return on Capital32
Cash Return on Capital80
Return on Equity56
EBIT Margin18
Gross Profitability30
Cash Conversion83
Accruals85
Owner Earnings Margin32
Sales growth59
Profit Growth37
Long-Term EPS Growth59
Owner Earnings Growth37
Reinvestment30
Price momentum49
Debt load10
Refinancing1
Debt Payback56
Liquidity32
Analyst ratings56
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside74
Market mood47
Value Creation12/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Kier clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUK
IndustryConstruction & Engineering
SizeLarge
TypePublic Company
ExchangeLSE
Founded1992
Employees7,102
Websitekier.co.uk
ISINGB0004915632
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Themes
Power GridEnvironmental EngineeringSmart Water Networks (SWN)Construction

Description

Kier Group plc engages in the infrastructure services, construction services. Business Segments The company operates mainly through three primary segments such as Infrastructure Services, Construction, and Property. Infrastructure Services: The In…

Analysis

Bargain bin

Kier Group plc is priced cheaply, and that invites the natural question of why, since the underlying business scores below average.

On valuation, the picture is attractive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 11.7×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around -1% a year, against analyst forecasts of 8%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

Growth is moderate; the safety picture is adequate. The company scores 12/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
45
2023202420252026

All-time high

80

Jan 2024

All-time low

37

Jan 2023

Average rank

56

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
91
95
89
94
Price/Earnings
89
89
100
95
Price/Book
63
49
68
78
Dividend Yield
75
68
62
21
Value (overall)
94
84
89
71

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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