KB Home (KBH) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

KB Home is a national homebuilder that designs, constructs and sells single-family homes and townhomes. The company offers homes in a range of floor plans, sizes and price points, with options that allow buyers to personalize features and finishes. Its communities typically include amenities such as parks, open spaces and other neighborhood improvements.

Founded in 1957, KB Home is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The company serves residential markets across the United States, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Washington. Its operations include land acquisition and development, home construction, sales and customer service.

KB Home has emphasized energy-efficient and resource-conscious homebuilding, including the construction of homes designed to meet ENERGY STAR standards and other sustainability objectives. Jeffrey Mezger serves as the company’s chairman and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $43.02 to $44.11
• 50-Day Range: $41.65 to $58.62
• 52-Week Range: $40.92 to $67.57
• Volume: 1.61 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.88 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.65 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.29
• Dividend Yield: 2.29%
• Price Target: $52.85
• Consensus Rating: Hold

KB Home Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

KB Home scored higher than 92% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 87th out of 482 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

KB Home has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 8 hold ratings, and 4 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

KB Home has a consensus price target of $52.85, representing about 21.1% upside from its current price of $43.63.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

KB Home has been the subject of 13 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 15.64%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for KB Home are expected to grow by 15.64% in the coming year, from $3.26 to $3.77 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of KB Home is 12.29, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 36.01.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of KB Home is 12.29, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 42.61.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

KB Home has a PEG Ratio of 2.17. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

KB Home has a P/B Ratio of 0.70. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

16.23% of the float of KB Home has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

KB Home has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.22.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in KB Home has recently increased by 12.06%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

KB Home pays a meaningful dividend of 2.37%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

KB Home has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of KB Home is 28.17%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, KB Home will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.53% next year. This indicates that KB Home will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.21

News Sentiment

KB Home has a news sentiment score of 0.21. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 24 news articles for KB Home this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

9 people have searched for KBH on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added KB Home to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, KB Home insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,520,120.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

4.69% of the stock of KB Home is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

96.09% of the stock of KB Home is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 8/20 Dividend: 8/06/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/20 Dividend: 8/06/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/20/2026
• Last Earnings: 9/22/2026
• Today: 10/16/2026
• Record date for 11/25 Dividend: 11/12/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 11/25 Dividend: 11/12/2026
• Dividend Payable: 11/25/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 11/30/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/17/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Household Durables
• Sub-Industry: Homebuilding
• Current Symbol: NYSE:KBH
• CIK: 795266
• Web: www.kbhome.com
• Phone: (310) 231-4000
• Fax: 310-231-4222
• Employees: 2,118
• Year Founded: 1957

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for KB Home: $52.85
• High Price Target: $70.00
• Low Price Target: $39.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +21.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 16 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.55
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.29
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.38
• P/E Growth: 2.17
• Net Income: $428.79 million
• Net Margins: 4.39%
• Pretax Margin: 5.56%
• Return on Equity: 6.56%
• Return on Assets: 3.71%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 2.07
• Quick Ratio: 0.18

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $5.18 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.51
• Cash Flow: $7.93 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.50
• Book Value: $62.56 per share
• Price / Book: 0.70

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 60,763,000
• Free Float: 57,913,000
• Market Cap: $2.65 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.34