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KB Home
KBH · Price history
Price at last available close
$47.66
+$1.19 (+2.56%) 1M
2026-10-29
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Company & revenue
About KB Home
Primary reporting period: 2025-11-30 · Research updated Oct 12, 2026. A research update is not a new financial filing.
Who they are
KB Home functions as a prominent residential construction enterprise across the United States. Its operations are strategically divided into four key geographical areas: the West Coast, Southwest, Central, and Southeast regions. The company is engaged in both constructing and selling a wide range of housing types, from attached and detached single-family dwellings to multi-family options like townhouses and condominiums.
How they make money
KB Home operates as a homebuilder that generates revenue primarily through the construction and sale of new single-family residential homes, including attached and detached homes, townhomes, and condominiums. The company also earns revenue through land sales and provides financial services, including title and insurance services, to support its homebuilding operations.
Products & services
New home construction including single-family homes, townhomes, and condominiums; land development; and financial services including title and insurance services.
Brands & revenue mix
The primary brand under which the company conducts its homebuilding operations.
Separate brand revenue is not available in this research.Source
Revenue share is not unit sales or a best-seller ranking. Parent brands and included sub-brands can overlap; do not add overlapping rows.
Product / operating segments
No reconciled product or operating-segment revenue breakdown is available for the current research period. Company-wide revenue remains separate from segment disclosure.
Geographic revenue
Period ended 2025-11-30Source
Period ended 2025-11-30Source
Period ended 2025-11-30Source
Period ended 2025-11-30Source
Calculated from reported segment revenue. Check the source period and revenue basis before comparing shares. Categories can overlap and may not add to 100%.
Customer types
Customer concentration
The company does not have a concentration of customers that accounts for a significant portion of its revenue, as its business involves selling individual homes to a large number of diverse homebuyers.
Suppliers, materials & equipment
- Building materials and construction components — The company sources various building materials, architectural elements, and construction components from numerous third-party suppliers; specific supplier names are not disclosed.Source
Business relationships & partnerships
- KBHS Home Loans, LLC — An unconsolidated joint venture with GR Alliance Ventures, LLC (a subsidiary of Guaranteed Rate, Inc.) that provides mortgage banking services to homebuyers.Source
Competitors
- Public and private homebuilders — The company competes with a wide range of national, regional, and local homebuilders in each of its served markets.Source
Wall Street Score
Overall investment score · Quality, value, risk and opportunity
42
Weak
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Company Quality
How good is the actual business—regardless of today’s stock price?
60
Fair
Financial Strength
62
Business Quality / Moat
77
Management
59
Growth Quality
5
Risk / Durability
94
Uses financial strength, moat, management, growth quality and durability. It excludes share price, P/E, market cap, intrinsic value and margin of safety.
Opportunity
Opportunity Score · How does the current price compare with estimated value?
16
Avoid
Based on current valuation, company quality, recent trends, and available market signals.
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Model Outlook
12-month model · What does the model think happens next?
27/100
Building Historical Record
Model Score 27/100 — estimates relative performance potential, distinct from the overall Wall Street Score and the separate Company Quality score.
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WSS View
The quick read
The overall Wall Street Score is low across its combined quality, valuation and risk inputs. This can reflect an expensive share price, business weaknesses, or both; check Company Quality and the category breakdown before drawing a conclusion.
At today’s price, the WSS valuation framework currently reads as less attractive based on the available valuation and market data.
The model outlook is currently cautious.
- •Balance-sheet / debt profile scores strongly
- •Recent buyback activity is present
- •Valuation is a weaker part of the current profile
- •Revenue fundamentals are weak
Company-specific research
Questions worth answering for KBH
These questions are generated from this company's current financial and score data so the page adds context instead of treating the headline score as a stand-alone conclusion.
- •What is driving KBH's revenue decline, and does the latest company filing suggest the weakness is temporary or structural?
- •Is KBH's positive free cash flow repeatable, or is the current level being helped by temporary working-capital or spending changes?
- •Is KBH's debt load manageable relative to cash generation, interest costs and upcoming maturities?
- •What future growth or profitability would be needed to justify KBH's current valuation?
Essential Investment Snapshot
Wall Street Score
42
Opportunity Score
16
Market Cap
$2.90B
P/E Ratio
12.8
EPS
$3.63
52-Week High
$67.57
52-Week Low
$44.03
Beta
1.34
Intrinsic Value
$30.86
Analyst Target
$54.50
Shares Outstanding
69.3M
Total Revenue
$5.18B
Total Debt
$2.11B
Dividend Yield (TTM)
2.10%
Liquidation Value / Share
$54.89
Dividend / Share (TTM)
$1.00
Momentum & Volatility Signals
Two different market-behavior signals. Momentum measures direction and trend strength. Volatility measures how large and unstable the price moves are, regardless of direction.
Neutral / mixed momentum
Normal movement
A high momentum score means price has been trending upward with confirming short- and medium-term strength. A low score means downward or weakening momentum.
A high volatility score means larger, less stable price swings. It can happen while a stock is rising or falling, so high volatility is not automatically bullish or bearish.
Important: the volatility score above is based on realized price volatility. Implied volatility (IV) comes from options prices and represents the market's expected future movement. Wall Street Score will keep IV separate and will only display it when a verified options-chain feed is available.
Notices for KBH
Detected from reported data — verify before acting.Dividend history reported
Dividend payments are recorded. Review the dates and regular/special classification below; past payments do not guarantee future dividends.
Historical repurchase activity
Reported cash flows or share-count measures indicate past repurchase activity. This does not verify an active buyback authorization or future purchases.
Community Sentiment
0 active · 0 total callsNo personal call yet on KBH.
Potential upside factors
- +Growth opportunities may come from revenue expansion, margin improvement, new products, market-share gains, and stronger cash flow.
- +KB Edge business strategy.
- +Customer-centric design and personalization process.
- +Positive free cash flow may provide capacity to invest in growth.
Potential downside factors
- −Key risks may include competition, margin pressure, debt levels, valuation risk, and changes in demand within the Residential Construction industry.
- −Fluctuations in economic conditions and housing market demand.
- −Availability and cost of land, labor, and building materials.
- −Interest rate volatility affecting mortgage affordability.
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Scores
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Score Changes
4 historical score records availablePrevious Score
42
Sep 25, 2026
Change
+0.1
points
Current Score
42
Oct 1, 2026
Category Changes
KBH increased 0.1 points because overall fundamentals improved.
Projected Score
Projected Score
32
Projected Change
-10.0 points
Preliminary comparable-period financial changes suggest decline of approximately 10.0 points. This is a projected estimate, not the official WallStreetScore.
Price vs. Value
OvervaluedCurrent Price
$47.66
Model Intrinsic Value
$30.86
Difference
+$16.80
+54.5% vs IV
Margin of Safety
-54.5%
Financial Charts
Revenue
Additional Metrics
Operating Cash Flow
Total Debt
Total Assets
Net Margin %
Free includes 3 annual periods plus available TTM; Premium includes up to 10 annual periods. History depends on available company filings. Swipe the table horizontally to see older periods. A dash means unavailable, not zero.
| Line Item | TTM | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.18B | $6.24B | $6.93B | $6.41B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Cost of Revenue | $4.47B | $5.06B | $5.46B | $5.04B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Gross Profit | $706.2M | $1.17B | $1.47B | $1.37B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Research & Development | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| SG&A Expenses | $441.6M | $646.2M | $686.8M | $632.1M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Operating Expenses | $443.1M | $646.2M | $686.8M | $632.1M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| EBITDA | $315.0M | $591.5M | $888.2M | $807.7M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Operating Income | $263.2M | $525.3M | $785.6M | $742.5M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Interest Expense | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Income Before Tax | $288.0M | $554.2M | $850.9M | $771.3M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Income Tax Expense | $60.4M | $125.4M | $195.9M | $181.1M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Net Income | $227.6M | $428.8M | $655.0M | $590.2M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Basic EPS | $3.63 | $6.31 | $8.70 | $7.25 | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Basic Shares | 60.83M | 67.91M | 74.75M | 80.84M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Diluted Shares | 61.76M | 69.25M | 76.95M | 83.38M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
Earnings Summary
Revenue
$1.30B
Estimate unavailable.
Revenue Beat/Miss
Not available (no estimate stored)
EPS
$1.05
Estimate unavailable.
EPS Beat/Miss
Not available (no estimate stored)
Debt Change
+7.4%
Cash Change
-52.1%
Margin Change
-1.7 pp
Debt and cash show percentage changes versus the comparison period; margin shows the change in percentage points (pp). These are company-wide changes, not per-share amounts.
Financial Changes Since Prior Period
What Weakened
- Margins contracted
- Cash position declined
- Debt increased
Potential Score Impact
Pressure indicators included revenue growth, EPS growth, cash levels, debt levels. These factors may support or pressure the Revenue, Management, Financial, and Debt categories; this summary does not claim that the stored scores changed.
Stored Earnings Analysis
Revenue declined 20.0%. EPS declined 34.8%. Cash declined 52.1%. Total debt increased 7.4%. Net income margin declined by 1.7 percentage points.
Earnings-Call Transcript
Earnings-call transcript analysis is not currently available.
These results may influence future scores when the next evaluation is completed.
Insider Activity
Guru / Smart Money
Guru Score
Smart Money
Number of Gurus
Total Guru Value
Avg Portfolio Weight
Largest Holder
Largest Holder %
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Short Interest
Dividend History
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Conservative Projected Values
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