NYSE:KBH - KB Home Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

KB Home announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 12th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.025 per share on Thursday, August 16th. This represents a $0.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.39%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 1st. View KB Home's Dividend History.

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June, 28th. The construction company reported $0.57 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.48 by $0.09. The construction company earned $1.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.05 billion. KB Home had a return on equity of 12.31% and a net margin of 2.67%. KB Home's revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.33 EPS. View KB Home's Earnings History.

KB Home is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, September, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for KB Home.

17 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for KB Home's stock. Their predictions range from $16.00 to $40.00. On average, they expect KB Home's share price to reach $30.8750 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for KB Home.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KB Home in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 11 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for KB Home.

KB Home saw a decline in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,759,708 shares, a decline of 37.1% from the August 15th total of 7,568,069 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,208,834 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.9 days. Approximately 5.6% of the company's shares are sold short. View KB Home's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to KB Home include PulteGroup (PHM), Toll Brothers (TOL), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), TRI Pointe Group (TPH), Meritage Homes (MTH), M.D.C. (MDC), LGI Homes (LGIH), Century Communities (CCS), M/I Homes (MHO), William Lyon Homes (WLH), Green Brick Partners (GRBK), AV Homes (AVHI), Beazer Homes USA (BZH), Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Class A (HOV) and New Home (NWHM).

Press coverage about KBH stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. KB Home earned a daily sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the construction company an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for KB Home.

KB Home's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (11.78%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (3.85%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.17%), Northern Trust Corp (2.34%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (1.38%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.33%). Company insiders that own KB Home stock include Albert Z Praw, Brian J Woram, Jeff Kaminski, Jeffrey T Mezger, Thomas F Norton and William R Hollinger. View Institutional Ownership Trends for KB Home.

KBH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, Millennium Management LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Braun Stacey Associates Inc., Engineers Gate Manager LP, BlackRock Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd. and BlueMountain Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold KB Home company stock in the last year include Albert Z Praw, Brian J Woram, Jeff Kaminski, Jeffrey T Mezger and Thomas F Norton. View Insider Buying and Selling for KB Home.

KBH stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Investec Asset Management LTD, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC, Trexquant Investment LP, Bank of Montreal Can, American Century Companies Inc., Northern Trust Corp and Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH. View Insider Buying and Selling for KB Home.

Shares of KBH can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KBH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.37.

KB Home has a market capitalization of $2.26 billion and generates $4.37 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $180.59 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.85 on an earnings per share basis. KB Home employs 1,915 workers across the globe.

KB Home's mailing address is 10990 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles CA, 90024. The construction company can be reached via phone at 310-231-4000 or via email at [email protected]