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Industry Resilience | Despite KB Home's struggles, the broader homebuilding sector maintains a positive outlook, presenting opportunities for recovery and growth in a competitive landscape. |
Strategic Shifts | Explore KB Home's proactive approach to stimulating buyer interest through price reductions, balancing increased sales volume with profitability concerns. |
Financial Outlook | EPS projections for FY 2025 and 2026 cut by 10% and 21% respectively. Price target lowered to $49, reflecting cautious sentiment despite strong fundamentals. |
Market Headwinds | KB Home faces declining orders and margin pressures, with a 13% drop in Q2 orders surpassing expectations. Analysts revise earnings estimates downward amid challenging conditions. |

Metrics to compare | KBH | Sector Sector - Average of metrics from a broad group of related Consumer Cyclicals sector companies | Relationship RelationshipKBHPeersSector | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
P/E Ratio | 12.7x | 13.2x | 10.4x | |
PEG Ratio | −0.28 | −1.82 | 0.02 | |
Price / Book | 0.9x | 2.0x | 1.4x | |
Price / LTM Sales | 0.6x | 0.9x | 0.9x | |
Upside (Analyst Target) | 0.3% | 2.5% | 26.4% | |
Fair Value Upside | Unlock | 8.7% | 12.2% | Unlock |
KB Home operates as a homebuilding company in the United States. It builds and sells 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. The company also provides financial services, such as mortgage banking services, such as residential consumer mortgage loan originations to homebuyers; property and casualty insurance services, as well as earthquake, flood, and personal property insurance products to homebuyers; and title services. It conducts operations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Nevada, North Carolina, Texas, and Washington. The company was formerly known as Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation and changed its name to KB Home in January 2001. KB Home was founded in 1957 and is based in Los Angeles, California.