KB Home - KBH Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KB Home in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" KBH shares.
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15 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for KB Home's stock. Their KBH share price forecasts range from $28.00 to $51.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $38.77 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.9% from the stock's current price.
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KB Home's stock was trading at $44.73 at the start of the year. Since then, KBH stock has decreased by 30.6% and is now trading at $31.05.
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KB Home saw a increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,910,000 shares, an increase of 7.8% from the October 15th total of 6,410,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,670,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.1 days. Currently, 8.3% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 11th 2023.
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KB Home (NYSE:KBH) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, September, 21st. The construction company reported $2.86 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.69 by $0.17. The construction company had revenue of $1.84 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.90 billion. KB Home had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 23.95% and a net margin of 11.67%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 25.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.64 earnings per share.

KB Home declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 13th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Wednesday, November 23rd. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.93%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 9th.
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KB Home (NYSE:KBH) pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.90%. The dividend payout ratio is 7.01%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, KBH will have a dividend payout ratio of 9.63% 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.92%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (4.68%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (4.12%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.38%), State Street Corp (3.18%) and Fisher Asset Management LLC (3.17%). 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 $31.05.

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) has a market capitalization of $2.66 billion and generates $5.72 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $564.75 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.56 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.