Zacks Research Has Negative Forecast for KB Home Q4 Earnings

KB Home (NYSE:KBH - Free Report) - Analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for KB Home in a note issued to investors on Monday, April 7th. Zacks Research analyst S. Mukherjee now anticipates that the construction company will post earnings of $2.33 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $2.55. The consensus estimate for KB Home's current full-year earnings is $8.42 per share.

KB Home (NYSE:KBH - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March 24th. The construction company reported $1.49 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.56 by ($0.07). KB Home had a return on equity of 16.46% and a net margin of 9.45%. The firm had revenue of $1.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.51 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.76 EPS. The business's revenue was down 5.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

A number of other research firms have also weighed in on KBH. UBS Group cut their price objective on shares of KB Home from $97.00 to $86.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, March 25th. StockNews.com downgraded KB Home from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 26th. Royal Bank of Canada decreased their price objective on KB Home from $67.00 to $63.00 and set a "sector perform" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, March 25th. Evercore ISI lifted their price target on KB Home from $88.00 to $95.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on KB Home from $82.00 to $74.50 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $71.04.

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KB Home Stock Performance

NYSE KBH traded down $0.28 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $50.62. The stock had a trading volume of 262,411 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,308,733. KB Home has a 52-week low of $48.90 and a 52-week high of $89.70. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $60.36 and a 200 day moving average of $69.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a current ratio of 5.51. The stock has a market cap of $3.62 billion, a P/E ratio of 5.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 1.65.

KB Home Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 20th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 6th were issued a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 6th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.98%. KB Home's dividend payout ratio is currently 12.20%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other KB Home news, CFO Jeff Kaminski sold 27,500 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $68.77, for a total transaction of $1,891,175.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 34,473 shares in the company, valued at $2,370,708.21. This represents a 44.37 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 3.89% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in KBH. State Street Corp grew its stake in shares of KB Home by 1.3% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,539,328 shares of the construction company's stock worth $303,285,000 after acquiring an additional 45,311 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its stake in KB Home by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,396,967 shares of the construction company's stock worth $157,529,000 after purchasing an additional 56,142 shares in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in KB Home by 3.4% during the 4th quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 2,281,315 shares of the construction company's stock worth $149,928,000 after purchasing an additional 75,143 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in KB Home by 0.9% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,938,359 shares of the construction company's stock valued at $166,125,000 after purchasing an additional 16,593 shares in the last quarter. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP boosted its stake in shares of KB Home by 61.2% in the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,327,809 shares of the construction company's stock valued at $87,264,000 after buying an additional 503,895 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.09% of the company's stock.

About KB Home

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.