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$54.00 -1.74 (-3.12%)
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KBH vs. DFH, AYI, CCS, DHI, LEN, MTH, NVR, TMHC, TOL, and TPH

Should you be buying KB Home stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KB Home include Dream Finders Homes (DFH), Acuity (AYI), Century Communities (CCS), D.R. Horton (DHI), Lennar (LEN), Meritage Homes (MTH), NVR (NVR), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), Toll Brothers (TOL), and Tri Pointe Homes (TPH).

KB Home vs. Its Competitors

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) and Dream Finders Homes (NASDAQ:DFH) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
KB Home$6.93B0.56$655.02M$7.557.15
Dream Finders Homes$4.61B0.54$295.90M$3.347.93

KB Home currently has a consensus target price of $66.14, indicating a potential upside of 22.47%. Dream Finders Homes has a consensus target price of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.52%. Given KB Home's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe KB Home is more favorable than Dream Finders Homes.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
KB Home
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Dream Finders Homes
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, KB Home and KB Home both had 4 articles in the media. Dream Finders Homes' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat KB Home's score of 0.25 indicating that Dream Finders Homes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
KB Home
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Dream Finders Homes
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

96.1% of KB Home shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of Dream Finders Homes shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of KB Home shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 68.2% of Dream Finders Homes shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

KB Home has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dream Finders Homes has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

KB Home has a net margin of 8.47% compared to Dream Finders Homes' net margin of 7.65%. Dream Finders Homes' return on equity of 30.18% beat KB Home's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KB Home8.47% 14.02% 8.14%
Dream Finders Homes 7.65%30.18%10.63%

Summary

KB Home beats Dream Finders Homes on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KBH vs. The Competition

MetricKB HomeBLDG IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.88B$9.33B$9.37B$20.73B
Dividend Yield1.85%2.69%2.03%3.72%
P/E Ratio7.156.5216.6628.06
Price / Sales0.560.98120.4238.45
Price / Cash5.717.0915.0518.22
Price / Book0.981.384.664.61
Net Income$655.02M$1.21B$620.21M$983.39M
7 Day Performance2.22%0.46%2.14%2.79%
1 Month Performance4.80%5.72%4.09%4.37%
1 Year Performance-18.05%-5.18%105.17%15.08%

KB Home Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KBH
KB Home
4.7862 of 5 stars
$54.00
-3.1%
$66.14
+22.5%
-18.0%$3.88B$6.93B7.152,384
DFH
Dream Finders Homes
0.7725 of 5 stars
$25.15
-0.6%
$29.00
+15.3%
+7.5%$2.35B$4.61B8.221,210News Coverage
AYI
Acuity
4.5139 of 5 stars
$298.86
-1.5%
$340.60
+14.0%
+27.6%$9.16B$3.84B23.5513,200News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
CCS
Century Communities
4.6913 of 5 stars
$56.39
+0.6%
$85.00
+50.7%
-23.1%$1.72B$4.35B5.841,873Trending News
Analyst Revision
DHI
D.R. Horton
4.9699 of 5 stars
$129.02
+0.3%
$151.15
+17.2%
-2.6%$39.63B$36.80B9.7713,200Positive News
LEN
Lennar
4.8233 of 5 stars
$110.78
+0.5%
$128.85
+16.3%
-22.7%$29.22B$35.44B9.1612,000
MTH
Meritage Homes
4.6203 of 5 stars
$67.02
+0.4%
$97.72
+45.8%
-7.2%$4.81B$6.29B5.481,898Positive News
NVR
NVR
3.8963 of 5 stars
$7,398.00
+0.3%
$9,023.33
+22.0%
+2.7%$21.63B$10.61B15.226,550
TMHC
Taylor Morrison Home
3.0842 of 5 stars
$61.51
+0.4%
$76.88
+25.0%
+18.5%$6.17B$8.36B7.153,000News Coverage
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.8073 of 5 stars
$114.34
+0.0%
$141.46
+23.7%
+7.1%$11.23B$10.66B8.484,900
TPH
Tri Pointe Homes
3.7284 of 5 stars
$31.96
flat
$41.60
+30.2%
-8.5%$2.90B$4.42B7.101,750

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