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KBH vs. TOL, MTH, CVCO, MHO, 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), Cavco Industries (CVCO), M/I Homes (MHO), 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.

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

In the previous week, KB Home had 6 more articles in the media than Toll Brothers. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for KB Home and 29 mentions for Toll Brothers. Toll Brothers' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat KB Home's score of 0.30 indicating that Toll Brothers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Toll Brothers
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
KB Home
9 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Toll Brothers has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KB Home has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Toll Brothers$10.76B1.03$1.57B$14.537.60
KB Home$6.93B0.64$655.02M$8.477.29

Toll Brothers pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. KB Home pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Toll Brothers pays out 6.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KB Home pays out 11.8% 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.

Toll Brothers has a net margin of 14.03% compared to KB Home's net margin of 9.45%. Toll Brothers' return on equity of 18.32% beat KB Home's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Toll Brothers14.03% 18.32% 10.34%
KB Home 9.45%16.46%9.61%

91.8% of Toll Brothers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of KB Home shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Toll Brothers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of KB Home shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Toll Brothers received 103 more outperform votes than KB Home when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.87% of users gave Toll Brothers an outperform vote while only 46.50% of users gave KB Home an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Toll BrothersOutperform Votes
654
56.87%
Underperform Votes
496
43.13%
KB HomeOutperform Votes
551
46.50%
Underperform Votes
634
53.50%

Toll Brothers presently has a consensus target price of $147.57, indicating a potential upside of 33.67%. KB Home has a consensus target price of $75.21, indicating a potential upside of 21.73%. Given Toll Brothers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Toll Brothers is more favorable than KB Home.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Toll Brothers
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
KB Home
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.23

Summary

Toll Brothers beats KB Home on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KBH vs. The Competition

MetricKB HomeOperative builders IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.41B$6.87B$8.30B$19.74B
Dividend Yield1.63%1.44%2.03%3.75%
P/E Ratio7.297.4116.3334.14
Price / Sales0.640.7967.9828.93
Price / Cash6.627.6421.4017.54
Price / Book1.121.474.294.65
Net Income$655.02M$854.81M$535.55M$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.59%2.45%1.47%1.47%
1 Month Performance-2.21%-4.12%-1.59%-0.75%
1 Year Performance-9.70%-20.68%13.64%7.33%

KB Home Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KBH
KB Home
4.9124 of 5 stars
$59.77
-3.3%
$72.46
+21.2%
-9.7%$4.26B$6.93B7.042,384Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.9324 of 5 stars
$106.06
+1.1%
$147.57
+39.1%
-12.5%$10.55B$10.76B7.305,200
MTH
Meritage Homes
4.783 of 5 stars
$70.61
+0.9%
$106.25
+50.5%
-11.6%$5.07B$6.39B5.401,920Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
CVCO
Cavco Industries
1.379 of 5 stars
$506.60
0.0%
$522.50
+3.1%
+32.7%$4.11B$1.93B24.936,300Positive News
MHO
M/I Homes
4.2411 of 5 stars
$115.82
-1.2%
$176.50
+52.4%
-6.4%$3.14B$4.50B5.881,660News Coverage
Positive News
TPH
Tri Pointe Homes
4.6918 of 5 stars
$31.29
-0.8%
$40.60
+29.8%
-11.7%$2.87B$4.49B6.481,438News Coverage
Positive News
BZH
Beazer Homes USA
4.702 of 5 stars
$21.68
+1.3%
$39.67
+83.0%
-29.4%$676.33M$2.41B5.521,130Positive News
HOV
Hovnanian Enterprises
2.2326 of 5 stars
$109.28
+1.0%
$155.00
+41.8%
-22.6%$647.48M$3.08B3.401,870
DHI
D.R. Horton
4.9874 of 5 stars
$127.09
+0.2%
$170.93
+34.5%
-19.4%$40.05B$36.69B8.9813,200Positive News
LEN
Lennar
4.9176 of 5 stars
$119.00
+0.8%
$165.53
+39.1%
-29.5%$31.60B$35.44B8.3012,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NVR
NVR
4.3875 of 5 stars
$7,208.82
-0.4%
$9,356.67
+29.8%
-7.9%$21.55B$10.54B14.207,000Positive News
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This page (NYSE:KBH) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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