KB Home (NYSE:KBH) Receives Consensus Rating of “Hold” from Analysts

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) has been assigned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the sixteen analysts that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, ten have assigned a hold recommendation and four have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average twelve-month price target among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $60.1667.

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Wall Street Zen upgraded KB Home from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, June 27th. Weiss Ratings downgraded KB Home from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Bank of America decreased their target price on KB Home from $63.00 to $56.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, March 25th. Truist Financial raised their price target on KB Home from $50.00 to $56.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 24th. Finally, UBS Group lifted their price target on KB Home from $63.00 to $66.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th.

Key Headlines Impacting KB Home

Here are the key news stories impacting KB Home this week:

• Positive Sentiment: KB Home opened several new communities this week, including Enclaves at Tumamoc in Tucson, Tobiano in southwest Las Vegas, and Greyhawk and Sparrow at Dutton Meadows in Santa Rosa, expanding its footprint in active housing markets and supporting future sales. KB HOME OPENS ENCLAVES AT TUMAMOC: HOMES PRICED FROM THE LOW $300Ks IN A CENTRAL TUCSON, ARIZONA LOCATION
• Positive Sentiment: The company was named to TIME’s America’s Best Companies 2026 list, a reputational win that may reinforce KB Home’s brand with buyers and investors. KB HOME NAMED ONE OF AMERICA’S BEST COMPANIES BY TIME
• Positive Sentiment: Zacks Research raised several forward earnings estimates for KB Home, including FY2026, FY2027, and FY2028, which can help support investor confidence in the company’s earnings trajectory. KB Home analyst estimate updates
• Neutral Sentiment: KB Home declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share, underscoring capital return discipline, though the dividend announcement is not likely to be a major short-term stock catalyst. KB HOME DECLARES THIRD QUARTER 2026 DIVIDEND
• Negative Sentiment: The company’s most recent quarterly results showed earnings slightly below expectations and revenue down sharply year over year, which still hangs over the stock and may limit upside until housing demand or margins improve further.

Institutional Trading of KB Home

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. State Street Corp increased its stake in shares of KB Home by 3.1% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,503,159 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $185,562,000 after purchasing an additional 106,926 shares in the last quarter. Freestone Grove Partners LP acquired a new stake in KB Home during the 3rd quarter valued at $111,050,000. Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in KB Home by 1.4% during the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,400,892 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $89,153,000 after buying an additional 19,330 shares during the last quarter. Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. increased its position in KB Home by 13.1% during the fourth quarter. Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. now owns 1,054,280 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $59,472,000 after buying an additional 122,457 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE increased its position in KB Home by 36.4% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,033,287 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $65,758,000 after buying an additional 275,965 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 96.09% of the company’s stock.

KB Home Stock Up 0.0%

Shares of NYSE KBH opened at $56.33 on Monday. KB Home has a 52 week low of $44.03 and a 52 week high of $68.71. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $52.80 and a 200 day moving average price of $55.78. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 9.36 and a beta of 1.34.

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, June 23rd. The construction company reported $0.43 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.44 by ($0.01). KB Home had a return on equity of 7.67% and a net margin of 4.94%.The company had revenue of $1.11 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.09 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.50 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 27.3% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts expect that KB Home will post 3.29 EPS for the current fiscal year.

KB Home Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, August 20th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 6th will be issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.8%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 6th. KB Home’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 34.84%.

About KB Home

KB Home is an American homebuilding company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1957, it was among the first homebuilders to go public, offering investors access to one of the nation’s largest residential construction platforms. The company is structured to serve a broad spectrum of homebuyers, with a particular focus on first-time, first move-up and active adult segments. As a public company trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol KBH, KB Home draws on decades of experience in land acquisition, construction and community planning.

At its core, KB Home designs and constructs single-family detached and attached homes, townhomes and condominium units.