KB Home Stock Forecast, Price & News

KB Home's stock was trading at $26.73 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, KBH shares have increased by 57.2% and is now trading at $42.02.
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16 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KB Home in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 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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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.

KB Home is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 25th 2021.
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KB Home (NYSE:KBH) issued its earnings results on Monday, January, 11th. The construction company reported $1.12 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.19. The construction company earned $1.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.15 billion. KB Home had a net margin of 7.08% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.66%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 23.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.31 EPS.
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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 dividend yield of 1.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 1.41%. 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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16 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for KB Home's stock. Their forecasts range from $24.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect KB Home's share price to reach $40.44 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.8%.
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KB Home saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,390,000 shares, an increase of 20.6% from the December 15th total of 2,810,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,390,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.4 days.
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Some companies that are related to KB Home include D.R. Horton (DHI), Lennar (LEN), NVR (NVR), PulteGroup (PHM), Toll Brothers (TOL), Meritage Homes (MTH), M.D.C. (MDC), TRI Pointe Group (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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.38%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.37%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.18%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.02%). 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 Pacer Advisors Inc., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Strs Ohio, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold KB Home company stock in the last year include Albert Z Praw, Brian J Woram, Jeffrey T Mezger, Matthew W Mandino, and Melissa Lora.
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KBH stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, Vanguard Capital Wealth Advisors, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc..
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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.

One share of KBH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.02.

KB Home has a market capitalization of $3.80 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 2,140 workers across the globe.

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

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]