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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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

96.1% of KB Home shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of Dream Finders Homes shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of KB Home shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 68.2% of Dream Finders Homes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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$6.67B0.66$655.02M$7.558.58
Dream Finders Homes$4.71B0.58$295.90M$3.099.59

KB Home has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dream Finders Homes has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its stock 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%

KB Home presently has a consensus price target of $66.14, indicating a potential upside of 2.05%. Dream Finders Homes has a consensus price target of $29.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.10%. Given KB Home's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Dream Finders Homes
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, KB Home had 9 more articles in the media than Dream Finders Homes. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for KB Home and 5 mentions for Dream Finders Homes. Dream Finders Homes' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat KB Home's score of 1.28 indicating that Dream Finders Homes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
KB Home
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Dream Finders Homes
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

KB Home beats Dream Finders Homes on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KBH and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$4.41B$10.34B$9.60B$21.31B
Dividend Yield1.65%2.67%1.85%3.54%
P/E Ratio8.588.2416.3829.10
Price / Sales0.661.08121.4254.41
Price / Cash6.827.9515.4024.09
Price / Book1.171.564.815.47
Net Income$655.02M$1.21B$618.69M$992.74M
7 Day Performance3.01%0.55%6.54%2.67%
1 Month Performance14.57%5.90%9.69%2.35%
1 Year Performance-24.49%-10.30%104.22%10.76%

KB Home Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KBH
KB Home
4.2515 of 5 stars
$64.81
+7.0%
$66.14
+2.1%
-24.5%$4.41B$6.67B8.582,384News Coverage
Positive News
DFH
Dream Finders Homes
1.6002 of 5 stars
$28.05
+0.2%
$29.00
+3.4%
-11.5%$2.61B$4.71B9.171,210News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
AYI
Acuity
3.9648 of 5 stars
$319.49
+1.8%
$340.60
+6.6%
+30.4%$9.79B$3.84B25.1813,200News Coverage
Positive News
CCS
Century Communities
4.5433 of 5 stars
$65.01
-0.7%
$85.00
+30.7%
-35.0%$1.93B$4.40B7.941,873News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
DHI
D.R. Horton
4.6656 of 5 stars
$165.26
-0.2%
$153.23
-7.3%
-11.0%$49.27B$36.80B13.2514,766News Coverage
Positive News
LEN
Lennar
4.4268 of 5 stars
$131.43
-0.4%
$128.85
-2.0%
-26.6%$34.04B$35.44B10.8713,265News Coverage
MTH
Meritage Homes
3.911 of 5 stars
$77.21
+0.3%
$87.71
+13.6%
-22.2%$5.49B$6.40B6.941,898News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
NVR
NVR
3.5134 of 5 stars
$8,155.46
-1.0%
$8,783.33
+7.7%
-11.8%$23.41B$10.29B17.217,000News Coverage
Positive News
TMHC
Taylor Morrison Home
3.6381 of 5 stars
$68.09
+0.2%
$76.88
+12.9%
+1.1%$6.83B$8.17B7.863,000News Coverage
Positive News
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.744 of 5 stars
$131.31
+0.6%
$142.23
+8.3%
-6.4%$12.89B$10.85B9.744,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
TPH
Tri Pointe Homes
3.5082 of 5 stars
$34.65
-0.7%
$40.80
+17.7%
-21.2%$3.14B$4.04B8.821,750News Coverage
Positive News

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