KB Home (NYSE:KBH) Announces Earnings Results

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday. The construction company reported $2.04 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.06 by ($0.02), Briefing.com reports. KB Home had a return on equity of 15.66% and a net margin of 9.43%. The company had revenue of $1.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.73 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.80 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

KB Home Stock Performance

Shares of KBH stock opened at $82.75 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $6.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.95, a P/E/G ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 1.81. KB Home has a 52 week low of $42.11 and a 52 week high of $89.70. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $82.37 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $73.43.

KB Home Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 22nd. Investors of record on Thursday, August 8th were given a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.21%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 8th. KB Home’s payout ratio is currently 13.23%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on shares of KB Home from $70.00 to $80.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, September 9th. Wedbush raised their price objective on shares of KB Home from $67.00 to $75.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on shares of KB Home from $72.00 to $82.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 3rd. Bank of America raised their price objective on shares of KB Home from $75.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 19th. Finally, Evercore ISI raised their price objective on shares of KB Home from $86.00 to $89.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, July 15th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, KB Home presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $77.27.

KB Home Company Profile

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.