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KBH vs. TOL, MTH, CVCO, MHO, TPH, BZH, HOV, DHI, LEN, and NVR

Should you be buying KB Home stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KB Home include Toll Brothers (TOL), Meritage Homes (MTH), Cavco Industries (CVCO), M/I Homes (MHO), Tri Pointe Homes (TPH), Beazer Homes USA (BZH), Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV), D.R. Horton (DHI), Lennar (LEN), and NVR (NVR). These companies are all part of the "homebuilding" industry.

KB Home vs.

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) and Toll Brothers (NYSE:TOL) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

KB Home has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toll Brothers has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

96.1% of KB Home shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Toll Brothers shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of KB Home shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Toll Brothers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

KB Home presently has a consensus price target of $71.05, suggesting a potential upside of 29.80%. Toll Brothers has a consensus price target of $141.08, suggesting a potential upside of 25.91%. Given KB Home's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe KB Home is more favorable than Toll Brothers.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
KB Home
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Toll Brothers
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

KB Home pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Toll Brothers pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. KB Home pays out 12.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toll Brothers pays out 7.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. KB Home has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Toll Brothers has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Toll Brothers received 112 more outperform votes than KB Home when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.85% of users gave Toll Brothers an outperform vote while only 46.19% of users gave KB Home an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
KB HomeOutperform Votes
552
46.19%
Underperform Votes
643
53.81%
Toll BrothersOutperform Votes
664
56.85%
Underperform Votes
504
43.15%

In the previous week, Toll Brothers had 9 more articles in the media than KB Home. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Toll Brothers and 13 mentions for KB Home. KB Home's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Toll Brothers' score of 0.49 indicating that KB Home is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
KB Home
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Toll Brothers
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Toll Brothers has a net margin of 14.03% compared to KB Home's net margin of 9.45%. Toll Brothers' return on equity of 18.32% beat KB Home's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KB Home9.45% 16.46% 9.61%
Toll Brothers 14.03%18.32%10.34%

Toll Brothers has higher revenue and earnings than KB Home. KB Home is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toll Brothers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
KB Home$6.85B0.57$655.02M$8.206.67
Toll Brothers$10.66B1.03$1.57B$13.488.31

Summary

Toll Brothers beats KB Home on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KBH vs. The Competition

MetricKB HomeOperative builders IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.93B$6.70B$8.73B$19.81B
Dividend Yield1.89%1.63%2.04%3.85%
P/E Ratio6.467.0516.9735.71
Price / Sales0.570.78101.5345.94
Price / Cash6.627.6421.7617.52
Price / Book0.991.445.034.84
Net Income$655.02M$854.81M$553.80M$1.02B
7 Day Performance5.75%5.61%2.16%2.35%
1 Month Performance1.42%8.73%4.46%5.86%
1 Year Performance-21.03%-13.44%94.13%14.72%

KB Home Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KBH
KB Home
4.9842 of 5 stars
$54.73
+3.4%
$71.05
+29.8%
-22.3%$3.93B$6.85B6.462,370News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.9516 of 5 stars
$103.25
-1.0%
$141.36
+36.9%
-6.4%$10.31B$10.66B7.115,200
MTH
Meritage Homes
4.4514 of 5 stars
$63.12
-0.8%
$97.72
+54.8%
-22.9%$4.53B$6.29B4.831,920Positive News
CVCO
Cavco Industries
2.4745 of 5 stars
$423.51
-2.3%
$522.50
+23.4%
+23.6%$3.40B$2.02B20.846,300
MHO
M/I Homes
4.1138 of 5 stars
$104.93
-1.6%
$162.50
+54.9%
-10.7%$2.81B$4.43B5.321,660Positive News
TPH
Tri Pointe Homes
4.3573 of 5 stars
$29.36
-0.4%
$41.60
+41.7%
-17.9%$2.66B$4.29B6.081,470Positive News
BZH
Beazer Homes USA
4.9453 of 5 stars
$20.70
+0.9%
$37.00
+78.7%
-21.7%$627.27M$2.44B5.271,130Positive News
HOV
Hovnanian Enterprises
3.0211 of 5 stars
$88.05
-2.5%
$120.00
+36.3%
-33.7%$521.68M$3.06B2.741,870Positive News
DHI
D.R. Horton
4.9661 of 5 stars
$116.83
-1.0%
$151.15
+29.4%
-12.5%$35.89B$35.32B8.2613,200
LEN
Lennar
4.9139 of 5 stars
$104.97
-1.0%
$150.07
+43.0%
-28.4%$27.69B$35.76B7.3212,000Upcoming Earnings
NVR
NVR
3.7736 of 5 stars
$7,036.20
-1.1%
$9,023.33
+28.2%
-5.0%$20.57B$10.61B13.866,550

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This page (NYSE:KBH) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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