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

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$4.61B0.57$295.90M$3.348.46
KB Home$6.67B0.59$655.02M$7.557.33

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

In the previous week, KB Home had 19 more articles in the media than Dream Finders Homes. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for KB Home and 6 mentions for Dream Finders Homes. Dream Finders Homes' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat KB Home's score of 0.18 indicating that Dream Finders Homes is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Dream Finders Homes presently has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.68%. KB Home has a consensus price target of $66.14, suggesting a potential upside of 19.50%. Given KB Home's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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 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%

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$3.97B$9.44B$9.35B$20.67B
Dividend Yield1.78%2.70%2.01%3.71%
P/E Ratio7.336.6016.1927.86
Price / Sales0.596.69111.5756.13
Price / Cash5.867.2014.9217.92
Price / Book1.001.404.514.60
Net Income$655.02M$1.21B$622.34M$989.89M
7 Day Performance3.99%2.57%1.14%0.43%
1 Month Performance5.70%10.70%5.67%5.50%
1 Year Performance-27.76%-13.05%96.67%9.92%

KB Home Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KBH
KB Home
4.7247 of 5 stars
$55.35
-0.5%
$66.14
+19.5%
-27.3%$3.97B$6.67B7.332,384Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
DFH
Dream Finders Homes
0.8783 of 5 stars
$25.96
-0.6%
$29.00
+11.7%
+1.5%$2.43B$4.61B8.481,210
AYI
Acuity
4.6743 of 5 stars
$306.38
+0.3%
$340.60
+11.2%
+20.4%$9.39B$3.84B24.1413,200
CCS
Century Communities
4.4082 of 5 stars
$58.24
-2.4%
$85.00
+45.9%
-32.3%$1.78B$4.40B6.031,873
DHI
D.R. Horton
4.9331 of 5 stars
$131.01
-0.7%
$151.15
+15.4%
-11.5%$40.24B$36.80B9.9214,766Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
LEN
Lennar
4.7413 of 5 stars
$109.28
-0.8%
$128.85
+17.9%
-29.3%$28.83B$35.44B9.0413,265
MTH
Meritage Homes
4.7157 of 5 stars
$68.61
-2.9%
$97.72
+42.4%
-18.4%$4.93B$6.40B5.611,898Positive News
NVR
NVR
4.035 of 5 stars
$7,575.55
-0.6%
$9,023.33
+19.1%
-5.7%$22.12B$10.29B15.597,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TMHC
Taylor Morrison Home
3.5709 of 5 stars
$62.51
-1.5%
$76.88
+23.0%
+5.8%$6.27B$8.17B7.273,000Positive News
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.8624 of 5 stars
$116.30
-1.3%
$141.46
+21.6%
-3.0%$11.42B$10.85B8.634,900
TPH
Tri Pointe Homes
3.3378 of 5 stars
$32.47
-1.5%
$41.60
+28.1%
-17.1%$2.94B$4.42B7.221,750

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