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$78.53 0.00 (0.00%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

KBH vs. TOL, MTH, MHO, TPH, CVCO, HOV, BZH, 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), Tri Pointe Homes (TPH), Cavco Industries (CVCO), Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV), Beazer Homes USA (BZH), 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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

In the previous week, Toll Brothers had 11 more articles in the media than KB Home. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Toll Brothers and 12 mentions for KB Home. KB Home's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Toll Brothers' score of 0.75 indicating that KB Home is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Toll Brothers
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
KB Home
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Toll Brothers pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. KB Home pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Toll Brothers pays out 6.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KB Home pays out 12.8% 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 received 95 more outperform votes than KB Home when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.99% of users gave Toll Brothers an outperform vote while only 46.86% of users gave KB Home an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Toll BrothersOutperform Votes
640
56.99%
Underperform Votes
483
43.01%
KB HomeOutperform Votes
545
46.86%
Underperform Votes
618
53.14%

Toll Brothers has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KB Home has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its share price is 81% 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$9.99B1.54$1.37B$14.5110.52
KB Home$6.41B0.90$590.18M$7.8010.07

Toll Brothers has a net margin of 14.63% compared to KB Home's net margin of 9.31%. Toll Brothers' return on equity of 19.82% beat KB Home's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Toll Brothers14.63% 19.82% 10.97%
KB Home 9.31%15.69%9.11%

Toll Brothers currently has a consensus price target of $148.87, suggesting a potential downside of 2.49%. KB Home has a consensus price target of $77.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.31%. Given KB Home's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe KB Home is more favorable than Toll Brothers.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Toll Brothers
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69
KB Home
4 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

91.8% of Toll Brothers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of KB Home shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Toll Brothers shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of KB Home 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.

Summary

Toll Brothers beats KB Home on 15 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$5.76B$9.17B$9.69B$19.76B
Dividend Yield1.27%1.06%1.82%3.50%
P/E Ratio10.079.4528.4737.06
Price / Sales0.901.143.3017.77
Price / Cash9.8910.5822.8121.54
Price / Book1.632.775.254.64
Net Income$590.18M$828.35M$516.02M$982.94M
7 Day Performance-4.46%-5.41%-2.94%-2.12%
1 Month Performance-6.21%-9.61%-0.30%-0.39%
1 Year Performance45.78%33.97%47.45%23.34%

KB Home Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KBH
KB Home
4.7435 of 5 stars
$78.53
flat
$77.50
-1.3%
+45.5%$5.76B$6.41B10.072,205Short Interest ↓
Positive News
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.573 of 5 stars
$151.83
-3.5%
N/A+79.3%$15.33B$9.99B10.464,800News Coverage
MTH
Meritage Homes
3.0964 of 5 stars
$183.09
+1.2%
N/A+26.5%$6.62B$6.14B8.291,920Positive News
MHO
M/I Homes
3.9113 of 5 stars
$157.39
+0.9%
N/A+50.7%$4.37B$4.03B8.431,607Analyst Revision
News Coverage
TPH
Tri Pointe Homes
2.9649 of 5 stars
$42.09
+0.6%
N/A+42.2%$3.94B$3.67B8.731,438Positive News
CVCO
Cavco Industries
2.4035 of 5 stars
$470.01
+0.5%
N/A+64.7%$3.81B$1.79B26.576,500Short Interest ↑
HOV
Hovnanian Enterprises
1.4029 of 5 stars
$172.06
-5.9%
N/A+92.0%$1.04B$2.76B5.321,715Short Interest ↑
BZH
Beazer Homes USA
4.2207 of 5 stars
$32.51
+1.4%
N/A+10.1%$1.01B$2.21B7.011,067Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Insider Selling
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
DHI
D.R. Horton
4.8627 of 5 stars
$163.21
+0.9%
N/A+26.6%$53.18B$36.80B11.3713,450Ex-Dividend
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
LEN
Lennar
4.4128 of 5 stars
$169.00
+1.7%
N/A+32.9%$45.84B$34.23B11.1912,284Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
NVR
NVR
3.221 of 5 stars
$9,114.26
-1.5%
N/A+43.5%$27.89B$9.31B18.636,300Insider Selling
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:KBH) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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