KB Home (KBH) Stock Price, News & Analysis

11 Wall Street equities research 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 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research 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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11 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for KB Home's stock. Their KBH share price targets range from $42.50 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $53.58 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.2%.
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KB Home's stock was trading at $31.85 at the beginning of the year. Since then, KBH stock has increased by 96.1% and is now trading at $62.46.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 10th 2024.
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KB Home will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 10th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, September, 20th. The construction company reported $1.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.43 by $0.37. The construction company earned $1.59 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.47 billion. KB Home had a net margin of 9.83% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.56%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 14.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $2.86 earnings per share.

KB Home declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 5th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Wednesday, November 22nd. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 8th.
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KB Home (NYSE:KBH) pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.28%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 10.44%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, KBH will have a dividend payout ratio of 11.10% 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 Invesco S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value ETF (RFV), Invesco Building & Construction ETF (PKB), Invesco Dorsey Wright Consumer Cyclicals Momentum ETF (PEZ), Opus Small Cap Value Plus ETF (OSCV), Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (QVAL), Invesco S&P MidCap Value with Momentum ETF (XMVM), iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB) and Global X Green Building ETF (GRNR).

KB Home declared that its board has initiated a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, March 22nd 2023, which permits the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 15.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is 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.

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