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KBH vs. DFH, AYI, CCS, DHI, LEN, MTH, NVR, TMHC, TOL, and TPH

Should you be buying KB Home stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KB Home include Dream Finders Homes (DFH), Acuity (AYI), Century Communities (CCS), D.R. Horton (DHI), Lennar (LEN), Meritage Homes (MTH), NVR (NVR), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), Toll Brothers (TOL), and Tri Pointe Homes (TPH).

KB Home vs. Its Competitors

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) and Dream Finders Homes (NASDAQ:DFH) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

KB Home has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dream Finders Homes has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

KB Home has a net margin of 8.47% compared to Dream Finders Homes' net margin of 7.65%. Dream Finders Homes' return on equity of 30.18% beat KB Home's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KB Home8.47% 14.02% 8.14%
Dream Finders Homes 7.65%30.18%10.63%

In the previous week, KB Home had 13 more articles in the media than Dream Finders Homes. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for KB Home and 9 mentions for Dream Finders Homes. KB Home's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Dream Finders Homes' score of 0.45 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
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Dream Finders Homes
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

96.1% of KB Home shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of Dream Finders Homes shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of KB Home shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 68.2% of Dream Finders Homes shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

KB Home currently has a consensus target price of $68.05, suggesting a potential upside of 9.10%. Dream Finders Homes has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.02%. Given KB Home's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe KB Home is more favorable than Dream Finders Homes.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
KB Home
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
Dream Finders Homes
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
KB Home$6.67B0.64$655.02M$7.558.26
Dream Finders Homes$4.71B0.53$295.90M$3.098.71

Summary

KB Home beats Dream Finders Homes on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KBH vs. The Competition

MetricKB HomeBLDG IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.25B$9.74B$9.48B$21.71B
Dividend Yield1.56%2.76%1.85%3.52%
P/E Ratio8.267.9217.2129.84
Price / Sales0.645.39102.6060.74
Price / Cash6.587.6415.6224.72
Price / Book1.131.544.814.59
Net Income$655.02M$1.21B$625.64M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-4.02%-2.41%0.01%0.64%
1 Month Performance-3.76%-3.88%6.88%2.77%
1 Year Performance-28.67%-17.53%105.75%14.49%

KB Home Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KBH
KB Home
4.5968 of 5 stars
$62.37
0.0%
$68.05
+9.1%
-29.3%$4.25B$6.67B8.262,384Trending News
DFH
Dream Finders Homes
1.4898 of 5 stars
$28.77
-1.2%
$29.00
+0.8%
-26.5%$2.67B$4.71B9.401,210Positive News
AYI
Acuity
4.0214 of 5 stars
$341.26
+1.5%
$352.60
+3.3%
+24.5%$10.46B$3.84B26.8913,200Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CCS
Century Communities
4.2912 of 5 stars
$67.02
-0.7%
$85.00
+26.8%
-38.3%$2.00B$4.31B8.181,873
DHI
D.R. Horton
4.3561 of 5 stars
$171.99
-3.3%
$154.38
-10.2%
-14.0%$51.27B$36.80B13.7914,766Positive News
LEN
Lennar
4.3864 of 5 stars
$133.92
-2.4%
$130.77
-2.4%
-33.7%$34.69B$35.44B11.0813,265Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MTH
Meritage Homes
4.7285 of 5 stars
$77.16
-2.1%
$87.71
+13.7%
-29.2%$5.61B$6.22B6.941,898Positive News
NVR
NVR
3.5526 of 5 stars
$8,286.94
-1.5%
$8,783.33
+6.0%
-17.9%$23.78B$10.60B17.497,000Positive News
TMHC
Taylor Morrison Home
3.7683 of 5 stars
$68.66
-1.4%
$76.88
+12.0%
-6.2%$6.99B$8.40B7.933,000Positive News
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.6395 of 5 stars
$141.52
-1.4%
$149.07
+5.3%
-11.1%$13.64B$10.85B10.404,900Dividend Announcement
TPH
Tri Pointe Homes
3.9905 of 5 stars
$35.07
-0.6%
$40.80
+16.3%
-26.0%$3.18B$4.04B8.921,750Positive News

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