Brokers Issue Forecasts for KB Home’s Q4 Earnings (NYSE:KBH)

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) – Equities research analysts at Wedbush dropped their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of KB Home in a research note issued on Monday, March 24th. Wedbush analyst J. Mccanless now anticipates that the construction company will earn $2.45 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $2.55. Wedbush currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $75.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for KB Home’s current full-year earnings is $8.42 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for KB Home’s Q4 2026 earnings at $2.91 EPS.

KBH has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Bank of America dropped their price target on shares of KB Home from $67.00 to $62.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday. UBS Group decreased their target price on shares of KB Home from $97.00 to $86.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on KB Home from $82.00 to $74.50 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. Evercore ISI boosted their price target on KB Home from $88.00 to $95.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reduced their price objective on KB Home from $85.00 to $76.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $72.13.

KB Home Trading Down 5.2 %

Shares of NYSE:KBH opened at $58.56 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 5.51 and a quick ratio of 0.83. KB Home has a 1 year low of $56.41 and a 1 year high of $89.70. The company has a market cap of $4.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 6.91, a PEG ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 1.89. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $63.99 and its 200-day moving average price is $72.81.

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March 24th. The construction company reported $1.49 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.56 by ($0.07). The company had revenue of $1.39 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.51 billion. KB Home had a net margin of 9.45% and a return on equity of 16.46%. KB Home’s revenue was down 5.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.76 earnings per share.

KB Home Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 6th were paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.71%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 6th. KB Home’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 11.81%.

Insider Activity at KB Home

In other KB Home news, CFO Jeff Kaminski sold 27,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $68.77, for a total transaction of $1,891,175.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 34,473 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,370,708.21. This trade represents a 44.37 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. 3.89% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On KB Home

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. FMR LLC lifted its stake in KB Home by 47.9% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 5,411,255 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $463,690,000 after purchasing an additional 1,752,498 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its stake in KB Home by 1.3% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,539,328 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $303,285,000 after acquiring an additional 45,311 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of KB Home by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,396,967 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $157,529,000 after acquiring an additional 56,142 shares in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC boosted its position in shares of KB Home by 3.4% during the 4th quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 2,281,315 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $149,928,000 after acquiring an additional 75,143 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of KB Home by 0.9% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,938,359 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $166,125,000 after acquiring an additional 16,593 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 96.09% of the company’s stock.

About KB Home

KB Home operates as a homebuilding company in the United States. It operates through four segments: West Coast, Southwest, Central, and Southeast. It builds and sells various homes, including attached and detached single-family residential homes, townhomes, and condominiums primarily for first-time, first move-up, second move-up, and active adult homebuyers.