KB Home Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KB Home in the last twelve months. There are currently 6 hold ratings, 7 buy ratings and 2 strong buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" KB Home stock.
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KB Home saw a drop in short interest in February. As of February 12th, there was short interest totaling 2,380,000 shares, a drop of 46.8% from the January 28th total of 4,470,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,660,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.4 days.
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KB Home is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 25th 2021.
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KB Home (NYSE:KBH) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January, 11th. The construction company reported $1.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.19. The construction company had revenue of $1.20 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.15 billion. KB Home had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.66% and a net margin of 7.08%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 23.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.31 earnings per share.
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KB Home's stock was trading at $26.73 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, KBH shares have increased by 51.1% and is now trading at $40.38.
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KB Home declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 22nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 4th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Thursday, February 18th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.49%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 3rd.
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KB Home pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.53%. KB Home has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of KB Home is 19.17%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, KB Home will have a dividend payout ratio of 11.15% next year. This indicates that KB Home will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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15 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for KB Home's shares. Their forecasts range from $24.00 to $54.00. On average, they anticipate KB Home's share price to reach $42.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.0% from the stock's current price.
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109 employees have rated KB Home CEO Jeff Mezger on Glassdoor.com. Jeff Mezger has an approval rating of 68% among KB Home's employees.

Some companies that are related to KB Home include D.R. Horton (DHI), Lennar (LEN), NVR (NVR), PulteGroup (PHM), Toll Brothers (TOL), M.D.C. (MDC), Meritage Homes (MTH), Tri Pointe Homes (TPH), Cavco Industries (CVCO), M/I Homes (MHO), Beazer Homes USA (BZH) and Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV).
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KB Home trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KBH."

KB Home's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (12.17%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (3.58%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.12%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (3.00%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.44%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.43%). Company insiders that own KB Home stock include Albert Z Praw, Brian J Woram, Jeff Kaminski, Jeffrey T Mezger, Matthew W Mandino, Melissa Lora and William R Hollinger.
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KBH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Foundry Partners LLC, Edgestream Partners L.P., Squarepoint Ops LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Northern Trust Corp, and Comerica Bank. 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, Matthew W Mandino, Melissa Lora, and William R Hollinger.
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KBH stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Copeland Capital Management LLC, Carlson Capital L P, Impala Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Prudential PLC, William Blair Investment Management LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., and Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund.
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Shares of KBH can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of KBH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.38.

KB Home has a market capitalization of $3.70 billion and generates $4.18 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $268.77 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.13 on an earnings per share basis.

KB Home employs 1,776 workers across the globe.

The official website for KB Home is www.kbhome.com.

KB Home is headquartered at 10990 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles CA, 90024.

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]