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$67.26 -3.18 (-4.51%)
(As of 05:45 PM ET)

KBH vs. TOL, MTH, MHO, CVCO, TPH, BZH, HOV, DHI, LEN, and NVR

Should you be buying KB Home stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KB Home include Toll Brothers (TOL), Meritage Homes (MTH), M/I Homes (MHO), Cavco Industries (CVCO), Tri Pointe Homes (TPH), Beazer Homes USA (BZH), Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV), D.R. Horton (DHI), Lennar (LEN), and NVR (NVR). These companies are all part of the "homebuilding" industry.

KB Home vs.

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) and Toll Brothers (NYSE:TOL) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.

KB Home has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toll Brothers has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

KB Home pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Toll Brothers pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. KB Home pays out 12.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toll Brothers pays out 6.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

In the previous week, Toll Brothers had 65 more articles in the media than KB Home. MarketBeat recorded 78 mentions for Toll Brothers and 13 mentions for KB Home. Toll Brothers' average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat KB Home's score of 0.28 indicating that Toll Brothers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
KB Home
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Toll Brothers
18 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
32 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Toll Brothers received 100 more outperform votes than KB Home when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.08% of users gave Toll Brothers an outperform vote while only 46.74% of users gave KB Home an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
KB HomeOutperform Votes
545
46.74%
Underperform Votes
621
53.26%
Toll BrothersOutperform Votes
645
57.08%
Underperform Votes
485
42.92%

Toll Brothers has higher revenue and earnings than KB Home. Toll Brothers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KB Home, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
KB Home$6.60B0.78$590.18M$7.809.03
Toll Brothers$10.85B1.24$1.37B$15.038.83

KB Home presently has a consensus price target of $79.17, suggesting a potential upside of 12.39%. Toll Brothers has a consensus price target of $152.53, suggesting a potential upside of 14.92%. Given Toll Brothers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Toll Brothers is more favorable than KB Home.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
KB Home
3 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Toll Brothers
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

96.1% of KB Home shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Toll Brothers shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of KB Home shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Toll Brothers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Toll Brothers has a net margin of 14.48% compared to KB Home's net margin of 9.31%. Toll Brothers' return on equity of 19.64% beat KB Home's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KB Home9.31% 15.69% 9.11%
Toll Brothers 14.48%19.64%11.02%

Summary

Toll Brothers beats KB Home on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KBH vs. The Competition

MetricKB HomeOperative builders IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.17B$8.07B$9.12B$19.67B
Dividend Yield1.36%1.11%1.86%3.51%
P/E Ratio9.038.1529.0343.74
Price / Sales0.781.012.3717.61
Price / Cash9.369.8422.2521.73
Price / Book1.471.856.355.46
Net Income$590.18M$792.91M$516.58M$987.68M
7 Day Performance-5.21%-5.51%-2.96%-2.32%
1 Month Performance-8.83%-6.46%-0.87%0.63%
1 Year Performance16.66%3.26%42.37%16.39%

KB Home Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KBH
KB Home
4.8371 of 5 stars
$67.26
-4.5%
$79.17
+17.7%
+16.2%$4.93B$6.60B8.622,205Analyst Forecast
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.8679 of 5 stars
$134.79
+0.7%
$152.53
+13.2%
+29.5%$13.61B$10.85B8.934,800Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
MTH
Meritage Homes
4.3363 of 5 stars
$167.24
-0.7%
$215.14
+28.6%
-5.3%$6.05B$6.14B7.621,920
MHO
M/I Homes
3.8441 of 5 stars
$155.37
+2.3%
$197.50
+27.1%
+21.7%$4.31B$4.27B8.141,607Positive News
CVCO
Cavco Industries
2.143 of 5 stars
$482.35
-0.5%
$487.50
+1.1%
+42.5%$3.91B$1.85B27.616,500Insider Trade
TPH
Tri Pointe Homes
3.2628 of 5 stars
$39.24
+0.5%
$45.75
+16.6%
+13.5%$3.67B$4.50B8.101,438Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
BZH
Beazer Homes USA
4.6561 of 5 stars
$30.75
+0.1%
$39.67
+29.0%
-4.5%$954.79M$2.33B6.781,158
HOV
Hovnanian Enterprises
1.5798 of 5 stars
$147.47
-6.0%
$155.00
+5.1%
-3.8%$892.93M$3.00B4.891,715Analyst Forecast
DHI
D.R. Horton
4.993 of 5 stars
$148.05
-1.2%
$180.60
+22.0%
-2.3%$47.55B$36.80B10.4414,766Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
LEN
Lennar
4.8428 of 5 stars
$152.40
-1.3%
$183.76
+20.6%
+1.5%$41.34B$36.46B10.2212,284Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
NVR
NVR
3.8187 of 5 stars
$8,602.07
+0.2%
$9,765.00
+13.5%
+23.3%$26.36B$10.13B17.586,300Buyback Announcement

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This page (NYSE:KBH) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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