What is Wedbush’s Forecast for KB Home Q1 Earnings?

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) – Equities researchers at Wedbush lowered their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for KB Home in a research report issued on Monday, January 13th. Wedbush analyst J. Mccanless now anticipates that the construction company will earn $1.61 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.79. Wedbush has a “Neutral” rating and a $75.00 price objective 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 Q3 2025 earnings at $2.30 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.77 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.51 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $2.73 EPS.

KBH has been the subject of several other research reports. Bank of America cut their price objective on KB Home from $80.00 to $76.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. UBS Group cut their price target on KB Home from $105.00 to $100.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, January 8th. Evercore ISI upped their price target on shares of KB Home from $88.00 to $95.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Barclays dropped their target price on shares of KB Home from $85.00 to $60.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada raised shares of KB Home from an “underperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and decreased their price target for the company from $70.00 to $67.00 in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, KB Home has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $75.88.

KB Home Trading Up 5.1 %

NYSE:KBH opened at $67.36 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.94 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 1.86. KB Home has a 1 year low of $58.05 and a 1 year high of $89.70. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $73.56 and a 200-day moving average of $77.99.

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January 13th. The construction company reported $2.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.44 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $2 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.99 billion. KB Home had a net margin of 9.31% and a return on equity of 15.69%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 19.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.85 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Financial Management Professionals Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of KB Home during the third quarter worth $32,000. Riggs Asset Managment Co. Inc. bought a new position in KB Home during the third quarter worth about $43,000. Versant Capital Management Inc grew its position in shares of KB Home by 275.7% during the 4th quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 759 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $50,000 after buying an additional 557 shares during the period. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB acquired a new position in shares of KB Home during the 3rd quarter worth about $59,000. Finally, Banque Cantonale Vaudoise bought a new stake in shares of KB Home in the 3rd quarter valued at about $61,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.09% of the company’s stock.

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.