How have KBH shares performed this year?

KB Home's stock was trading at $65.72 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, KBH shares have decreased by 17.8% and is now trading at $54.01. View the best growth stocks for 2025 here .

How were KB Home's earnings last quarter?

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March, 24th. The construction company reported $1.49 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.56 by $0.07. The company's quarterly revenue was down 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. Read the conference call transcript .

Who are KB Home's major shareholders?

KB Home's top institutional shareholders include Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.85%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.40%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.29%) and Boston Common Asset Management LLC (0.26%). Insiders that own company stock include Jeffrey T Mezger , Melissa Lora , Brian J Woram , Albert Z Praw , William R Hollinger , Thomas W Gilligan and Jeff Kaminski . View institutional ownership trends .

How do I buy shares of KB Home?

Shares of KBH stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of KB Home own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that KB Home investors own include Humana (HUM) , American Water Works (AWK) , Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR) , Waste Connections (WCN) , The RMR Group (RMR) , DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH) and AUO (AUOTY) .

NYSE:KBH

KB Home (KBH) Stock Price, News & Analysis

$54.01 +0.31 (+0.58%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$53.90 -0.11 (-0.20%)

As of 06:28 PM Eastern

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Key Stats

Today's Range: $53.24
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$54.43
50-Day Range: $50.20
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$64.39
52-Week Range: $48.90
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$89.70
Volume: 1.11 million shs
Average Volume: 1.32 million shs
Market Capitalization: $3.87 billion
P/E Ratio: 6.38
Dividend Yield: 1.85%
Price Target: $71.04
Consensus Rating: Hold

Company Overview

KB Home operates as a homebuilding company in the United States. It operates through four segments: West Coast, Southwest, Central, and Southeast. It builds and sells various homes, including attached and detached single-family residential homes, townhomes, and condominiums primarily for first-time, first move-up, second move-up, and active adult homebuyers. The company also provides financial services, such as insurance products and title services, as well as mortgage banking services, including residential consumer mortgage loans to homebuyers. It has operations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Nevada, North Carolina, Texas, and Washington. The company was formerly known as Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation and changed its name to KB Home in January 2001. KB Home was founded in 1957 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

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99th Percentile Overall Score

KBH MarketRank™:

KB Home scored higher than 99% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 1st out of 100 stocks in the construction sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Consensus Rating
KB Home has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.23, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
KB Home has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.
Read more about KB Home's stock forecast and price target.

Earnings Growth
Earnings for KB Home are expected to grow by 8.55% in the coming year, from $8.42 to $9.14 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of KB Home is 6.38, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.75.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of KB Home is 6.38, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Construction sector average P/E ratio of about 15.35.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
KB Home has a PEG Ratio of 0.90. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
KB Home has a P/B Ratio of 0.98. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.
Read more about KB Home's valuation and earnings.

Percentage of Shares Shorted
5.41% of the float of KB Home has been sold short.
Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover
KB Home has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
Change versus previous month
Short interest in KB Home has recently decreased by 3.87%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend Yield
KB Home pays a meaningful dividend of 1.87%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.
Dividend Growth
KB Home does not have a long track record of dividend growth.
Dividend Coverage
The dividend payout ratio of KB Home is 12.20%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
Dividend Sustainability
Based on earnings estimates, KB Home will have a dividend payout ratio of 10.94% next year. This indicates that KB Home will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
Read more about KB Home's dividend.

Percentage of Shares Shorted
5.41% of the float of KB Home has been sold short.
Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover
KB Home has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
Change versus previous month
Short interest in KB Home has recently decreased by 3.87%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

News Sentiment
KB Home has a news sentiment score of 0.90. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Construction companies.
News Coverage This Week
MarketBeat has tracked 22 news articles for KB Home this week, compared to 12 articles on an average week.
Search Interest
Only 7 people have searched for KBH on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.
MarketBeat Follows
Only 4 people have added KB Home to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 30 days.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, KB Home insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,891,175.00 in company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
Only 3.89% of the stock of KB Home is held by insiders.
Percentage Held by Institutions
96.09% of the stock of KB Home is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.
Read more about KB Home's insider trading history.

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