Wedbush Brokers Lower Earnings Estimates for KB Home

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) – Investment analysts at Wedbush dropped their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of KB Home in a report released on Monday, March 24th. Wedbush analyst J. Mccanless now anticipates that the construction company will earn $1.47 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $2.27. Wedbush has a “Neutral” rating and a $75.00 price target 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 $1.88 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.28 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.42 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.87 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.20 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.38 EPS.

Other equities analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Royal Bank of Canada decreased their target price on KB Home from $67.00 to $63.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. StockNews.com lowered shares of KB Home from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Wednesday. Evercore ISI lifted their target price on shares of KB Home from $88.00 to $95.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on shares of KB Home from $63.00 to $57.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Barclays lowered their price objective on shares of KB Home from $60.00 to $56.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $71.21.

KB Home Trading Up 1.0 %

NYSE KBH opened at $59.14 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $4.23 billion, a P/E ratio of 6.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 1.89. KB Home has a fifty-two week low of $56.41 and a fifty-two week high of $89.70. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $63.81 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $72.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a current ratio of 5.51.

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, March 24th. The construction company reported $1.49 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.56 by ($0.07). The firm had revenue of $1.39 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.51 billion. KB Home had a net margin of 9.45% and a return on equity of 16.46%. The business’s revenue was down 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.76 earnings per share.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On KB Home

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Barclays PLC boosted its stake in KB Home by 24.5% during the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 196,229 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $16,816,000 after purchasing an additional 38,638 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of KB Home by 22.1% in the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 906,236 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $77,655,000 after purchasing an additional 164,010 shares during the last quarter. Neo Ivy Capital Management bought a new position in shares of KB Home during the third quarter valued at $956,000. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its position in shares of KB Home by 35.9% during the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,727 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $113,000 after buying an additional 456 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cerity Partners LLC increased its holdings in KB Home by 24.7% in the 3rd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 38,742 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $3,320,000 after buying an additional 7,679 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 96.09% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at KB Home

In other KB Home news, CFO Jeff Kaminski sold 27,500 shares of KB Home stock in a transaction dated 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 directly owns 34,473 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,370,708.21. The trade was a 44.37 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. 3.89% of the stock is owned by insiders.

KB Home Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared 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. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 6th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.69%. KB Home’s payout ratio is presently 12.20%.

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.