KB Home - KBH Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KB Home in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating, 11 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" KBH shares.
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15 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for KB Home's stock. Their KBH share price forecasts range from $28.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $42.23 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 26.2% from the stock's current price.
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KB Home's stock was trading at $44.73 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, KBH stock has decreased by 25.2% and is now trading at $33.46.
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KB Home saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,760,000 shares, an increase of 6.3% from the July 15th total of 5,420,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,830,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.1 days. Approximately 6.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, September 28th 2022.
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KB Home (NYSE:KBH) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June, 22nd. The construction company reported $2.32 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.97 by $0.35. The construction company earned $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.61 billion. KB Home had a net margin of 10.69% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.92%. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.50 EPS.

KB Home declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Thursday, August 18th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.79%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 3rd.
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KB Home (NYSE:KBH) pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.82%. The dividend payout ratio is 8.22%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, KBH will have a dividend payout ratio of 6.04% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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."

KB Home's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (4.98%), Group One Trading L.P. (0.00%), Northern Trust Corp (1.46%), Boston Common Asset Management LLC (1.11%), Walleye Trading LLC (0.00%) and Pictet Asset Management SA (0.88%). Insiders that own company stock include Albert Z Praw, Brian J Woram, Jeff Kaminski, Jeffrey T Mezger, Matthew W Mandino, Melissa Lora, Thomas W Gilligan and William R Hollinger.
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Shares of KBH stock 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 $33.46.

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) has a market capitalization of $2.92 billion and generates $5.72 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $564.75 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.30 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.