Wedbush Weighs in on KB Home’s Q2 Earnings (NYSE:KBH)

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) – Analysts at Wedbush dropped their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of KB Home in a report issued on Monday, March 24th. Wedbush analyst J. Mccanless now expects that the construction company will post earnings per share of $1.47 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $2.27. 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 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.

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March 24th. The construction company reported $1.49 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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.51 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.76 EPS. The company’s revenue was down 5.2% on a year-over-year basis.

A number of other brokerages have also recently issued reports on KBH. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods dropped their price objective on shares of KB Home from $76.00 to $65.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Bank of America dropped their price target on shares of KB Home from $67.00 to $62.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. Raymond James reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $80.00 price objective (down from $93.00) on shares of KB Home in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. Evercore ISI upped their price objective on KB Home from $88.00 to $95.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Finally, Seaport Res Ptn upgraded KB Home from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 6th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $71.21.

KB Home Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE KBH opened at $59.29 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.00, a PEG ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 1.89. KB Home has a one year low of $56.41 and a one year high of $89.70. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $63.63 and a 200 day simple moving average of $72.62. The company has a current ratio of 5.51, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On KB Home

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in KBH. Xponance Inc. increased its stake in shares of KB Home by 1.7% in the 4th quarter. Xponance Inc. now owns 9,815 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $645,000 after acquiring an additional 163 shares during the last quarter. Principal Securities Inc. grew its holdings in KB Home by 43.6% during the fourth quarter. Principal Securities Inc. now owns 590 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $39,000 after purchasing an additional 179 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc. increased its stake in KB Home by 15.3% in the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,465 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $96,000 after purchasing an additional 194 shares in the last quarter. Amundi raised its holdings in KB Home by 29.6% in the fourth quarter. Amundi now owns 880 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $58,000 after purchasing an additional 201 shares during the period. Finally, MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. boosted its position in shares of KB Home by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 37,019 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $2,433,000 after purchasing an additional 206 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 96.09% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at KB Home

In related news, CFO Jeff Kaminski sold 27,500 shares of KB Home stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 28th. The stock was 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 $2,370,708.21. The trade was a 44.37 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 3.89% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

KB Home Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 6th were paid 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 12.20%.

About KB Home

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.