Wedbush Has Pessimistic Outlook of KB Home Q4 Earnings

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) – Investment analysts at Wedbush lowered their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for shares of KB Home in a research note issued on Monday, March 24th. Wedbush analyst J. Mccanless now anticipates that the construction company will post earnings per share of $2.45 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $2.55. Wedbush has a “Neutral” rating and a $75.00 price objective 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 Q4 2026 earnings at $2.91 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also commented on the company. Royal Bank of Canada lowered 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. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on shares of KB Home from $82.00 to $74.50 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. Evercore ISI raised their price target 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. Raymond James reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $80.00 price objective (down from $93.00) on shares of KB Home in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. Finally, StockNews.com cut shares of KB Home from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, KB Home has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $71.21.

KB Home Stock Performance

KB Home stock opened at $59.29 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 5.51 and a quick ratio of 0.83. KB Home has a 12 month low of $56.41 and a 12 month high of $89.70. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $63.63 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $72.62. The company has a market cap of $4.24 billion, a PE ratio of 7.00, a P/E/G ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 1.89.

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On KB Home

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in KBH. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its stake in KB Home by 65.6% during the 4th 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 in the last quarter. Principal Securities Inc. lifted its position in 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 buying an additional 179 shares in the last quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc boosted its stake 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 buying an additional 557 shares during the period. Amundi grew 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 acquiring an additional 201 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB acquired a new position in shares of KB Home in the third quarter worth $59,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.09% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

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

KB Home Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 20th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 6th were given a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, February 6th. KB Home’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) 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.