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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

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

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

Dream Finders Homes has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KB Home has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Dream Finders Homes and Dream Finders Homes both had 5 articles in the media. KB Home's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Dream Finders Homes' score of 0.27 indicating that KB Home is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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
Dream Finders Homes7.65% 30.18% 10.63%
KB Home 8.47%14.02%8.14%

Dream Finders Homes presently has a consensus target price of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.67%. KB Home has a consensus target price of $66.14, indicating a potential upside of 13.51%. Given KB Home's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe KB Home is more favorable than Dream Finders Homes.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Dream Finders Homes
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
KB Home
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

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
Dream Finders Homes$4.71B0.51$295.90M$3.098.33
KB Home$6.93B0.57$655.02M$7.557.72

Summary

KB Home beats Dream Finders Homes on 11 of the 16 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$3.97B$9.74B$9.13B$20.54B
Dividend Yield1.75%2.83%2.03%3.70%
P/E Ratio7.737.1515.3429.29
Price / Sales0.570.91109.1165.72
Price / Cash6.037.2715.0017.53
Price / Book1.051.454.604.61
Net Income$655.02M$1.21B$620.50M$994.29M
7 Day Performance2.09%-1.20%-1.31%-2.48%
1 Month Performance7.90%0.10%-0.44%-1.49%
1 Year Performance-28.15%-9.57%104.57%11.72%

KB Home Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KBH
KB Home
4.632 of 5 stars
$58.27
+1.9%
$66.14
+13.5%
-29.5%$3.97B$6.93B7.732,384
DFH
Dream Finders Homes
1.7689 of 5 stars
$27.39
-0.3%
$29.00
+5.9%
-10.7%$2.56B$4.61B8.951,210Earnings Report
AYI
Acuity
4.4953 of 5 stars
$313.44
+3.8%
$340.60
+8.7%
+32.4%$9.61B$3.84B24.7013,200
CCS
Century Communities
4.6098 of 5 stars
$59.26
-0.6%
$85.00
+43.4%
-40.8%$1.81B$4.31B7.241,873Analyst Downgrade
DHI
D.R. Horton
4.6593 of 5 stars
$146.29
+0.7%
$153.23
+4.7%
-15.4%$43.61B$36.80B11.7314,766Positive News
LEN
Lennar
4.5729 of 5 stars
$116.27
+0.8%
$128.85
+10.8%
-33.5%$30.12B$35.44B9.6213,265Positive News
MTH
Meritage Homes
4.7894 of 5 stars
$70.50
+1.0%
$93.78
+33.0%
-25.6%$5.06B$6.22B6.341,898
NVR
NVR
3.2582 of 5 stars
$7,860.65
+0.9%
$8,783.33
+11.7%
-9.2%$22.98B$10.60B16.597,000Positive News
TMHC
Taylor Morrison Home
2.9153 of 5 stars
$60.64
-0.2%
$76.88
+26.8%
-4.0%$6.09B$8.40B7.003,000Positive News
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.9224 of 5 stars
$123.33
+0.2%
$141.85
+15.0%
-9.7%$12.11B$10.66B9.154,900Analyst Forecast
TPH
Tri Pointe Homes
4.0621 of 5 stars
$31.70
+0.3%
$40.80
+28.7%
-25.8%$2.87B$4.42B8.071,750

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This page (NYSE:KBH) was last updated on 8/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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