KB Home (KBH) Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KB Home in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" KBH shares.
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10 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for KB Home's shares. Their KBH share price forecasts range from $38.00 to $68.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $52.29 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.0% from the stock's current price.
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KB Home's stock was trading at $31.85 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, KBH shares have increased by 45.2% and is now trading at $46.26.
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KB Home saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,290,000 shares, an increase of 11.9% from the August 15th total of 5,620,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,600,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.9 days. Currently, 8.1% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 10th 2024.
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KB Home (NYSE:KBH) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, September, 20th. The construction company reported $1.80 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.43 by $0.37. The construction company had revenue of $1.59 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.47 billion. KB Home had a net margin of 9.83% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.56%. The business's revenue was down 14.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $2.86 EPS.

KB Home declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 13th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Thursday, August 17th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.73%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 2nd. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.15.
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ETFs with the largest weight of KB Home (NYSE:KBH) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value ETF (RFV), Invesco Building & Construction ETF (PKB), Invesco Dorsey Wright Consumer Cyclicals Momentum ETF (PEZ), Opus Small Cap Value Plus ETF (OSCV), Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (QVAL), Invesco S&P MidCap Value with Momentum ETF (XMVM), iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB) and Global X Green Building ETF (GRNR).

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.75%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 10.44%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, KBH will have a dividend payout ratio of 10.88% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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KB Home announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase program on Wednesday, March 22nd 2023, which allows the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy up to 15.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

109 employees have rated KB Home Chief Executive Officer Jeff Mezger on Glassdoor.com. Jeff Mezger has an approval rating of 68% among the company's employees.

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KB Home trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KBH."

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One share of KBH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $46.26.

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) has a market capitalization of $3.73 billion and generates $6.90 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $816.67 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.66 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,244 workers across the globe.

KB Home's mailing address is 10990 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles CA, 90024. The official website for the company is www.kbhome.com. The construction company can be reached via phone at (310) 231-4000, via email at investorrelations@kbhome.com, or via fax at 310-231-4222.