Zacks Research Has Pessimistic View of KB Home Q4 Earnings

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research dropped their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for shares of KB Home in a note issued to investors on Monday, April 7th. Zacks Research analyst S. Mukherjee now anticipates that the construction company will post earnings of $2.33 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $2.55. The consensus estimate for KB Home’s current full-year earnings is $8.42 per share.

KBH has been the subject of several other research reports. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price objective on KB Home from $81.00 to $72.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday, March 7th. Wedbush reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $75.00 price target on shares of KB Home in a research report on Tuesday, March 25th. Bank of America cut their price objective on shares of KB Home from $67.00 to $62.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, March 25th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on shares of KB Home from $82.00 to $74.50 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. Finally, StockNews.com lowered KB Home from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 26th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $71.21.

KB Home Price Performance

Shares of NYSE KBH opened at $51.96 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 5.51, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $61.51 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $70.75. KB Home has a 1-year low of $51.31 and a 1-year high of $89.70. The firm has a market cap of $3.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 6.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 1.65.

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

KB Home Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 20th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 6th were issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, February 6th. KB Home’s payout ratio is 12.20%.

Insider Buying and Selling

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

Institutional Trading of KB Home

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its stake in KB Home by 65.6% in the fourth quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 540 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 214 shares during the last quarter. Principal Securities Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of KB Home by 43.6% in the 4th quarter. Principal Securities Inc. now owns 590 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $39,000 after purchasing an additional 179 shares in the last quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc increased 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 valued at $50,000 after purchasing an additional 557 shares during the last quarter. Amundi raised its holdings in shares of KB Home by 29.6% during the 4th quarter. Amundi now owns 880 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $58,000 after buying an additional 201 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB purchased a new position in shares of KB Home during the 3rd quarter valued at about $59,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors 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.