KB Home (KBH) Stock Price, News & Analysis

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KB Home in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" KBH shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in KBH, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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12 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for KB Home's stock. Their KBH share price targets range from $43.00 to $87.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $66.11 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.8% from the stock's current price.
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KB Home's stock was trading at $62.46 at the start of the year. Since then, KBH stock has increased by 1.0% and is now trading at $63.10.
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KB Home saw a decrease in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,710,000 shares, a decrease of 21.9% from the February 29th total of 6,030,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,160,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.1 days. Approximately 6.5% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, June 19th 2024.
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KB Home (NYSE:KBH) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March, 20th. The construction company reported $1.76 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.57 by $0.19. The construction company earned $1.47 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.46 billion. KB Home had a net margin of 9.29% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.78%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 6.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.45 EPS.

KB Home declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 8th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Thursday, February 22nd. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 7th.
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KB Home (NYSE:KBH) pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.25%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 10.88%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, KBH will have a dividend payout ratio of 9.17% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of KB Home (NYSE:KBH) stock in their portfolio include Opus Small Cap Value Plus ETF (OSCV), Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Momentum ETF (QMOM), Invesco S&P MidCap Value with Momentum ETF (XMVM), Global X Green Building ETF (GRNR), Hoya Capital Housing ETF (HOMZ), Invesco MSCI Green Building ETF (GBLD), iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB) and Invesco MSCI Sustainable Future ETF (PZD).

KB Home announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, March 22nd 2023, which authorizes the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 15.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

109 employees have rated KB Home Chief Executive Officer Jeff Mezger on Glassdoor.com. Jeff Mezger has an approval rating of 68% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other KB Home investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Micron Technology (MU), Bank of America (BAC), Alibaba Group (BABA), Intel (INTC), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Home Depot (HD), Walt Disney (DIS) and Netflix (NFLX).

KB Home's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Salem Investment Counselors Inc. (0.20%), Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.03%), Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.03%), FCF Advisors LLC (0.03%), Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC (0.01%) and Ballentine Partners LLC (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Albert Z Praw, Arthur Reginald Collins, Brian J Woram, Jeff Kaminski, Jeffrey T Mezger, Melissa Lora, Thomas W Gilligan and William R Hollinger.
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Shares of KBH stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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