Research Analysts Set Expectations for KB Home Q1 Earnings

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) – Wedbush cut their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for KB Home in a report issued on Monday, January 13th. Wedbush analyst J. Mccanless now expects that the construction company will post earnings of $1.61 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.79. Wedbush currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $75.00 target price 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 $2.30 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.77 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.51 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $2.73 EPS.

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January 13th. The construction company reported $2.52 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.44 by $0.08. KB Home had a return on equity of 15.69% and a net margin of 9.31%. The company had revenue of $2 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.99 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.85 EPS. KB Home’s revenue for the quarter was up 19.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

KBH has been the subject of several other research reports. Bank of America cut their price objective on KB Home from $80.00 to $76.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. Royal Bank of Canada upgraded shares of KB Home from an “underperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and cut their price target for the company from $70.00 to $67.00 in a research note on Friday, January 10th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on shares of KB Home from $82.00 to $74.50 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price target on KB Home from $74.00 to $65.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday. Finally, UBS Group dropped their price objective on KB Home from $105.00 to $100.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, KB Home currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $75.88.

KB Home Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE KBH opened at $67.36 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.94 billion, a PE ratio of 8.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 1.86. KB Home has a 52 week low of $58.05 and a 52 week high of $89.70. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $73.56 and a 200 day moving average price of $77.99.

Institutional Trading of KB Home

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. FMR LLC increased its position in KB Home by 47.9% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 5,411,255 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $463,690,000 after buying an additional 1,752,498 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its position in KB Home by 1.3% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,539,328 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $303,285,000 after acquiring an additional 45,311 shares during the period. Fisher Asset Management LLC increased its position in KB Home by 3.4% during the third quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 2,206,172 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $189,047,000 after acquiring an additional 73,051 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in KB Home by 0.9% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,938,359 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $166,125,000 after purchasing an additional 16,593 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Holocene Advisors LP acquired a new position in shares of KB Home during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $89,899,000. 96.09% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.